Siri for Mac’s Colorful Waveform Dock Icon Revealed Ahead of OS X 10.12 Unveiling

[Elijen]

There are two things that Mac OS X needs right now-- Siri integration, and a touchscreen for notebooks. Amazingly, Windows has the lead in both of these areas. And that just should not be....

I am afraid both would be more marketing gimmicks than actually useful features. I find Siri in iPhone almost useless and I don't want to touch my screen. Mouse or trackpad is much better way of controlling Mac.

 

[John Mcgregor]

If Steve Jobs were alive. You can't even get the grammar right.

Oh, right. I forgot Steve is multiple people.

 

[mw360]

If Steve Jobs was alive he'd be screaming in his grave right now.

For no reason in particular, you may enjoy this today...
https://twitter.com/yesthatsthejoke

 

[Doc C]

People have different hobbies.

I don't know if that's funny or disturbing...

 

[dixido]

I would prefer if not a single new feature (especially gimmicky ones like this) were added and all focus was on improved stability instead.

Can I get an amen?

 

[sk1wbw]

Has anyone said "this is what OS X should have been 15 years ago..."?

 

[dwaltwhit]

Touch screen laptop is something i have used very limitedly and I was not a fan.is that true for everyone? Maybe not, but I found it downright uncomfortable.

Do I use siri very often on my phone? Not really but I do use it from time to time with generally positive outcome. Do I see myself using it on a computer? Remains to be seen. It would be a totally different way of interacting with my mac than I have used for the last 2 decades. So I am skeptical, but optimistic.

 

[dannyyankou]

If Steve Jobs was alive he'd be screaming in his grave right now.

It's alpha software, calm down. Icons go through many changes.

 

[BigJohno]

"Siri, open Safari."
...
"I'm having trouble locating Jafar E."

Or better yet. I can't do that request right now!!!! Or you are not connected to the internet. Siri is only useful for setting a timer.

 

[Mactendo]

OS X 10.12, new voice command to activate Siri:

- I obey to you the mighty Siri...
- You know, I won't understand your babbling anyway so just do yourself what you were going to do.

 

[tampageek]

I really, really, really, really hope that Apple embeds their own dedicated "V-series" voice-processing chip into both iOS devices and Macs to lessen the dependency of over-the-air processing. Not only would that speed up the processing, it would also lower battery usage for using Siri.

Yes but that might actually work better and cost more -so it would cut into their profit margin. We all know that Apple, of late, is far more interested in stock prices than real customers who use the devices.

 

[Thunderhawks]

why would he be in a grave if he was alive?

Like: A plane crashes and it's split: half in USA and half in Canada.
In which country do they bury the survivors?

 

[LordQ]

I tried to give Siri a second chance this past month but damn, it is so complicated to create an simple event with a name. 9/10 times I said "schedule tomorrow an appointment called "Go to print the invitation" at 16:00" and she just just couldn't get the anything right. Disabled it.

 

[Mactendo]

Oh, right. I forgot Steve is multiple people.

https://www.englishforums.com/English/IWasIWereHeWasVsHeWere/vkwzg/post.htm

 

[Relly]

why would he be in a grave if he was alive?

hahahahahaha I know right?

 

[mlabonte21]

Face it, we all know the best use for Siri on the Mac:

<Dun-nun>

Siri: "Using geo-location, I have calculated that your wife will be Home in approximately 5 minutes...

Shall I close all pornographic windows in Safari"

<Dun-nun>

 

[shyam09]

Cue all the complaints about the icon and how Steve is rolling in his grave...



So Siri is bloatware now?

I swear Apple could announce a zero bezel phone with 5 day battery life and people here would complain about it.

Well duh, 5 day battery life is nothing to having a 6 day battery life

 

[tampageek]

I have to wonder....If this actually works, how many other things will it break?

 

[John Mcgregor]

https://www.englishforums.com/English/IWasIWereHeWasVsHeWere/vkwzg/post.htm

Yep, it's confirmed. Steve is God.

 

[DanielDD]

Oh, right. I forgot Steve is multiple people.

Subjunctive verbs. "If he were alive" is correct

 

[tampageek]

I certainly hope the main new feature to be unveiled at WWDC 2016 is not going to be Siri for Mac.

No worries - there will probably be some new watch bands, too.

 

[nefan65]

Will this fix the pinwheel of death when I wake up my rMB?

 

[jorkie]

why would he be in a grave if he was alive?

I believe the point/joke was that's why he'd be screaming.

 

[Skylitfly]

I just hope that Siri will work on my mid 2015 macbook pro

Are you serious? I'm pretty sure it will.

But will it work on my early 2013 pro? Now that is the question.

 

[ABC5S]

If Steve Jobs was alive he'd be screaming in his grave right now.

Well, he hasn't been alive for over 4 years, so stop with this Steve Jobs crap. He's gone. Move along