Siri and Apple Intelligence on a Mac, fixed in plain English.
6 fixes for macOS 26 Tahoe and macOS 27 Golden Gate.
Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27, where there's no single switchmacOS 27 removed the single Apple Intelligence switch; you turn off Siri and each AI feature separately.Apple Intelligence isn't available or isn't showing on your MacIt needs an Apple silicon Mac (M1 or later), macOS and Siri language set to a supported one, and a supported region.Writing Tools missing from the right-click menu on your MacWriting Tools needs Apple Intelligence turned on and an app that supports it.Turn On Siri on your MacSiri is switched off in System Settings.Get "Hey Siri" working again on your Mac"Listen for" is off, set to a different phrase, or the microphone/lid state blocks it.Find Apple Intelligence & Siri settings on macOS 27On macOS 27 the Apple Intelligence & Siri pane is just called Siri; Listen for is now Requests and Siri responses is now Responses.