If it hasn’t already, your Mac downloads Enhanced Dictation, which enables you to use dictation, even when your Mac is offline. Turn Dictation on and then select Use Enhanced Dictation.
Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Dictation.
Scholle’s trick revolves around using a dictation feature to open Siri on your command. I’ve based these instructions on the coverage of Siri in Scholle McFarland’s “ Sierra: A Take Control Crash Course” book - it provides a slew of additional tips, tricks, and step-by-step illustrated instructions if you’re looking for more help with Siri or other new features in Sierra. Happily, there is a subtle trick you can use to simulate “Hey Siri” on a Mac running Sierra. With the Apple TV, you must press and hold a button on the Siri Remote, which can be difficult to do in a dark room.) (With older iOS devices, “Hey Siri” works only when the device is connected to power, rendering it significantly less useful. That shouldn’t be necessary: on recent iPhones and the 9.7-inch iPad Pro, and on the Apple Watch, you can just say “Hey Siri” to cause Siri to take notice of your next spoken command. Instead, you must click Siri’s menu bar icon or Dock icon, or press its keyboard shortcut.
#1625: Apple's "Far Out" event, the future of FileMaker, free NMUG membership, Quick Note and tags in Notes, Plex suffers data breachĪlthough Apple has made much of the fact that macOS 10.12 Sierra includes the Siri voice-driven personal assistant technology, there is one glaring omission: the capability to hail Siri with just your voice.