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Bypass Siri AI Waitlist on macOS 27 Golden Gate Beta: Here's How

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If you installed the macOS 27 Golden Gate developer beta and have signed up to the Siri AI waitlist but are still waiting to be accepted, there's a Terminal command workaround that enables the new virtual assistant on your Mac immediately.

Siri App
If you're still reading, since you're on the first macOS 27 developer beta, we're assuming you are running it on a test machine, and not on your primary Mac. We're also assuming you're comfortable with using the Terminal app. MacRumors cannot take responsibility for lost data. You should always have a backup.

With that said, early reports indicate the workaround is safe, and you won't need to reverse it once officially off the waitlist. Note that while Siri AI is not available in the EU for iPhone and iPad users due to the DMA rules, it is available on Mac and Vision Pro.

Here's how it's done.

  1. Open Terminal on your Mac running the macOS 27 beta.
  2. Input the following command at the prompt and press Enter: sudo defaults write "/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/GenerativeModels.plist" "EnhancedSiriWaitlist" -dict-add Enabled -bool NO
  3. Restart your Mac to apply the change.

After restarting, you can try it out right away. In the dedicated Siri app, for example, you can have back-and-forth conversations with Siri in text or voice modes, and your conversation history is synced across your devices via iCloud.

Siri AI can draw on personal context understanding to search across messages, emails, photos, and more, and get things done across apps with even more system-wide app actions.

On Mac, ‌Siri‌ is now also integrated into Spotlight and available via right-click context menus on any file or window. Note that Siri AI is initially only available in English. Let us know how you get on in the comments.

Correction: Article originally stated that Siri AI is not available in the EU. However, the limitation only applies to the iPhone and iPad, not the Mac. Apologies for the error.

Top Rated Comments

Elusi Avatar
7 weeks ago

Just be careful with this. The waitlist is there for a reason, likely because Apple is still building out the datacenter capacity and is rolling out the feature to more currently-waitlisted users only as additional capacity becomes available. By effectively skipping the line, you would be making unauthorized use of the system while making the experience worse/slower for other testers who have been granted legitimate access. That could put your developer account access or even your Apple account in jeopardy of suspension if Apple detects the unauthorized access.
This message didn't stop me because I can't read
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
7 weeks ago
Just be careful with this. The waitlist is there for a reason, likely because Apple is still building out the datacenter capacity and is rolling out the feature to more currently-waitlisted users only as additional capacity becomes available. By effectively skipping the line, you would be making unauthorized use of the system while making the experience worse/slower for other testers who have been granted legitimate access. That could put your developer account access or even your Apple account in jeopardy of suspension if Apple detects the unauthorized access.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
963852741 Avatar
7 weeks ago

Just be careful with this. The waitlist is there for a reason, likely because Apple is still building out the datacenter capacity and is rolling out the feature to more currently-waitlisted users only as additional capacity becomes available. By effectively skipping the line, you would be making unauthorized use of the system while making the experience worse/slower for other testers who have been granted legitimate access. That could put your developer account access or even your Apple account in jeopardy of suspension if Apple detects the unauthorized access.
The number of people who will try it is negligible one way or the other. Let's not make it more dramatic than it should be.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
7 weeks ago

This message didn't stop me because I can't read
You sound like my users.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
opeter Avatar
7 weeks ago

The problem with deleting assetsv2 folder is that Dictionary app no longer has any dictionaries when you do that.
You don't delete the whole assetsv2 folder but rather some stuff inside it.

/Library/Apple/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels
/Library/Apple/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_Visual
/Volumes/Data/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels
/Volumes/Data/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_Visual

Cache locations:

/private/var/db/MobileAsset/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels
/private/var/db/MobileAsset/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_Visual
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
7 weeks ago

How to Disable Apple Intelligence

Follow these steps to deactivate the features:
[LIST=1]
* Click the Apple menu :apple: in the top-left corner of your screen.
* Select System Settings.
* In the left sidebar, click Apple Intelligence & Siri.
* Toggle the Apple Intelligence switch to the OFF position.
* Click Turn Off Apple Intelligence to confirm your choice.

Your welcome!
Jokes on you, there is no Apple Intelligence and Siri panel within macOS Golden Gate.
There’s no Apple Intelligence toggle either.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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