Siri on your Mac

Use Siri on your Mac Pro to do everyday tasks and find information. For example, you can schedule meetings, change settings, get answers, send messages, place calls, and add items to your calendar. If you turn on the “Listen for” option in Siri settings, you can activate Siri with your voice when you say “Hey Siri” or “Siri,” and immediately speak your request.

Throughout this guide, you can find examples of how you could use Siri—they look like this:

Siri: Say to Siri:

“How do I get home from here?”
“How high is Mount Whitney?”
“Create a new grocery list.”
“Show me my reminders.”
“What time is it in Paris?”

Note: To use Siri, your Mac must be connected to the internet. Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas, and features may vary by area.

Important: Mac Pro doesn’t have a built-in microphone, so you must connect an external microphone (sold separately) in order to use Siri with your voice. After attaching your microphone, select it in Sound settings (open System Settings, click Sound, click Input, then select your microphone).

Turn on Siri. Open System Settings, click Apple Intelligence & Siri (or Siri ) in the sidebar, turn on Siri, then click Enable. If you enabled Siri during setup and you have a Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, you can also press and hold the Dictation/Siri (F5) key on your keyboard to open Siri. You can customize other Siri settings, such as the language and voice to use and whether to show Siri in the menu bar.

Activate Siri. There are several ways to activate Siri. Click or in the menu bar. You can also press and hold the Dictation/Siri key (F5) on a Magic Keyboard, or use the keyboard shortcut selected in Siri settings.

Tip: To learn about more ways you can use Siri, ask “What can you do?” at any time, or see the Apple Siri website.

Type to Siri. Type your requests to Siri instead of speaking them. Click Accessibility in System Settings, then click Siri and turn on “Type to Siri.” If Apple Intelligence is turned on, you can automatically type Siri requests—just click .

Note: Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions. To check whether Apple Intelligence is available for your device, language, and region, see the Apple Support article How to get Apple Intelligence.

Show captions. Show what Siri says on screen. Open System Settings, click Apple Intelligence & Siri (or Siri ), then click Siri Responses and turn on “Always show Siri captions.” You can also turn on “Always show speech” to have Siri transcribe your requests.

Change the voice. Open System Settings, click Apple Intelligence & Siri (or Siri ), then choose an option from the Voice menu.

Learn more. See Use Siri on Mac.

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