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Disable Siri

Overview​

About this category

This category contains privacy scripts for macOS.

These changes use Mac system commands to update your settings.

Caution: Mixed Risk Levels

Be careful running these scripts. This category includes scripts with high impact:

  • 🔴 Some not recommended scripts. They should only be used by advanced users. They may break important functionality.
  • 🟡 Some recommended scripts only if you understand its implications. Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this this category.
Implementation Details

  • Language: bash

  • Scripts Count: 4 scripts

  • Required Privileges: Administrative (sudo) access

  • Compatibility: macOS only

  • Reversibility: All changes can be reverted

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These scripts are written using Bash (Shell script) scripting language.

Choose one of two ways to apply:

  1. Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
  2. Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.

Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy​

privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily.

Open privacy.sexy

It allows selectively choose parts of this action to conduct. You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application. Additionally, you can apply only the recommended scripts, instead of applying all of the scripts.

privacy.sexy instructions
  1. Open or download the desktop application
  2. Search for the category name: Disable Siri.
  3. Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
  4. Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.

Alternative 2. Download​

You can choose to apply only scripts with less impact or also those with higher impact:

Strict

Recommended if you understand its implications. It may cause some non-critical features to no longer function correctly.

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All

Not recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. It provides military-grade privacy, for special use-cases. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

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Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.

Reversible

This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.

If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.

Strict​

This script includes Standard and Strict recommendation levels.

Use with Caution

This script is only recommended if you understand their implications of every single change. Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this script.

Download Strict scripts:

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Restore these changes if you decide to revert them by downloading the restore script:

Download restore script

All​

This script includes Standard, Strict recommendation levels along with unrecommended scripts.

Not Advised

This script should only be used by advanced users. Some of these changes are NOT recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

Download all scripts:

Download script

Restore these changes if you decide to revert them by downloading the restore script:

Download restore script

Explore further​

This category includes total of 4 scripts but no subcategories.

Explore its 4 scripts:

Disable "Do you want to enable Siri?" pop-up

This script stops the "Enable Siri" pop-up from appearing the first time a user logs into macOS. Introduced in macOS version 10.12, this pop-up asks, "Do you want to enable Siri?" which could lead to Siri being enabled unintentionally. This script configures the "com.apple.SetupAssistant!DidSeeSiriSetup" setting to suppress this pop-up. This command tells the system that the Siri setup is complete, preventing the pop-up in future sessions and enhancing privacy by avoiding unintended Siri activat...

Explore Categories​

This action belongs to Configure Siri category. This category configures macOS using 7 scripts. These scripts are organized in 2 categories. The category includes 1 subscripts and 2 subcategories that include more scripts and categories. Read more on category page ▶

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