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Siri Coming to the Mac Menu Bar in OS X 10.12 Later This Year
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AWESOME!!!!!!!
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Exactly my opinion!
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I agree with you, but I think that on the Mac it will be sort of a background option. You can call Siri and let it work while you are doing your stuff.
While you are scrolling a webpage, drawing, writing, etc... you can just say: "Siri, schedule an appointment for tomorrow at 5". Otherwise it would be useless...
Exactly my opinion!
Will this change survive a reboot or does it need to be done again after rebooting?
Thanks,
Dave
Thanks,
Dave
You need to disable System Integrity Protection on El Capitan to hide system icons.
I wish Apple would retract that feature. Or make it easier to turn off in settings like GateKeeper.
That's an interesting question.
But we have continuity and they'll improve it over time. So if you say "send a message to X" it doesn't matter which device will respond, and even if you ask "find X" will open a tab in safari but you'll be able to watch it on the Mac even if the iPhone opens Safari.
Even the Apple Watch may respond and Apple's ecosystem should be smart enough to do the right thing. If you're using your Mac because your watch is next to it and there's no screensaver it should execute the action on the Mac, otherwise go for the next device (iPad, then iPhone, then the Watch)
Here, here!
I think a lot of the stuff that ends up in the menu bar REALLY should be a dock icon, but somewhere along the line someone decided menu bar widgets were cool and then everyone got on the bandwagon.
They're running applications, and this is what the dock is for, is it not?
I would say the dock is for applications that the user opens and closes as part of their use flow. The menu bar is for utilities that are meant to be persistently running, and to display the status of that utility. In this sense, speaker volume, date and time, user, wifi, bluetooth, backup status, and the like are appropriate. Search and notification center seem out of place, as they don't really have any status to convey. Same with siri.
at least I can talk to my computer and have it reply back now. Wife gets concerned sometimes. Not my fault...recent game recording work yeah I can get confused when not recording. Lack of excuses before that...well we'll forget about those times lol.
Yup, i'd agree with that.
I've been trying to minimise the clutter on my menu bar, and it's still getting cluttered with crap i don't need/want on it.
Dropbox, ownCloud, Flux, 1password. To me they are all apps that can live in the dock.
iStatMenus - happy for that to stay up there, along with hardware status icons for Wifi, battery, clock... just seems everything wants a menu icon these days. Dock icons can be bigger, show more detail, etc. They can show status there quite happily to, e.g., activity monitor...
For those of you who think this is a pointless/useless feature, maybe take into consideration people who love to use Apple computers that may have some form of a mobile disability that makes typing or using a mouse difficult. They probably also can't afford a $3000-$5000 piece of equipment to help aid them in the use of a computer. And at least half of those options out there don't have software or drivers that are compatible to make the equipment work with Mac computers. I'm one of those said individuals. I'm a quadriplegic paralyzed from the neck down and cannot even move my arms. I use a stick called a typing stick or typing wand that I can use to type with and control a trackball but having voice control is much faster and easier and causes less neck pain. I have Nuance's Dragon for Mac but it has its problems (crashes frequently and their support is next useless) and they don't keep it updated properly with each new OS releases which breaks it and each time they do finally come out with a new update months later they want a fortune for the update.
As for turning Siri off. I don't see why that would not be possible. Take Apple dictation for example. It can be turned on and off in system preferences. It's even off by default to begin with.
As for Siri being continually on and connected to the Internet to be used. Even if that's how it is on mobile devices I don't see why it would be necessary on the desktop. Again take Apple dictation for example. At one time it also needed to be connected to the Internet to be usable but not anymore. Now you can choose to use it in an enhanced mode which downloads what's necessary to operate. No Internet access needed at all to use Apple dictation anymore. The only reason I would see Siri needing Internet access is when requesting information that's online. heck, Spotlight does that now, and you can even turn that off in System preferences where it doesn't access the Internet.
As for Siri using up CPU resources, I don't see that as a problem. Using Apple dictation is no problem. It doesn't eat up hardly any CPU resources for slow my computer down any at all. So I don't see why Siri would be any different.
Who knows, maybe they intend on combining Siri and Apple dictate into one feature. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As for accessing Siri with another command should be possible also. Again, take Apple dictation as example. You have the ability to change the command that wakes it up to start listening. I use "Computer" and then give my command. I can change that too any word I want. I can also assign a keyboard command to do the exact same thing instead of using a keyword. Currently the default keyboard shortcut is "Fn" but I change that to "Opt+/" because since I use sticky keys that makes It impossible to use the "Fn" key.
Fully able bodied individuals may not see any benefit to this possibly new feature (Siri) for themselves but that does not mean it can't be beneficial to somebody else. I'm pretty confident that if they do add it that they will give you the option to turn it off if you don't feel the need or use for it.
As for turning Siri off. I don't see why that would not be possible. Take Apple dictation for example. It can be turned on and off in system preferences. It's even off by default to begin with.
As for Siri being continually on and connected to the Internet to be used. Even if that's how it is on mobile devices I don't see why it would be necessary on the desktop. Again take Apple dictation for example. At one time it also needed to be connected to the Internet to be usable but not anymore. Now you can choose to use it in an enhanced mode which downloads what's necessary to operate. No Internet access needed at all to use Apple dictation anymore. The only reason I would see Siri needing Internet access is when requesting information that's online. heck, Spotlight does that now, and you can even turn that off in System preferences where it doesn't access the Internet.
As for Siri using up CPU resources, I don't see that as a problem. Using Apple dictation is no problem. It doesn't eat up hardly any CPU resources for slow my computer down any at all. So I don't see why Siri would be any different.
Who knows, maybe they intend on combining Siri and Apple dictate into one feature. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As for accessing Siri with another command should be possible also. Again, take Apple dictation as example. You have the ability to change the command that wakes it up to start listening. I use "Computer" and then give my command. I can change that too any word I want. I can also assign a keyboard command to do the exact same thing instead of using a keyword. Currently the default keyboard shortcut is "Fn" but I change that to "Opt+/" because since I use sticky keys that makes It impossible to use the "Fn" key.
Fully able bodied individuals may not see any benefit to this possibly new feature (Siri) for themselves but that does not mean it can't be beneficial to somebody else. I'm pretty confident that if they do add it that they will give you the option to turn it off if you don't feel the need or use for it.
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This is actually a feature I am looking forward to. Setting up appointments and meetings on my Mac will be easier than ever. If it works... Otherwise it will be extremely frustrating and a waste of time.
I was honestly surprised that the newly introduced Magic Keyboard still features the eject key. It's probably here to stay on external Mac keyboards, as pendant to the MacBook keyboard's power key. Until we have keyboards wirelessly turning on and off our desktop Macs!
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You do know OS X supports spoken commands as well, not sure for how long, perhaps from the beginning?