siri pop-up at start-up

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siri pop-up at start-up

A "Siri" Prompt, asking to turn on or off, keeps appearing at start up and stalls the start up process. It takes a while now to boot up so I go and do something else, come back ten minutes later and there's the Siri window asking if it should be turned on- every start up. Then after "continue", I have to sit there and wait another five or ten minutes for the computer to get itself in order.

It doesn't matter whether I turn it on or off or set prefs in the System Preferences.

This is among other daily issues that regard ignoring my preferences.

Thank you,

J

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Apr 24, 2017 6:21 AM

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Answer 1

tygb

Level 9

64,588 points

Apr 24, 2017 9:31 AM in response to rgbnite

Open system preferences > Siri do the settings as per screen shot , did you customize keyboard short cuts ?

Try a simple method enter into the user library : macOS Sierra: Library folder

Find a folder Preferences > drag and drop com.apple.Siri.plist to the desktop , again restart the machine and open system preferences > Open Siri , see if it works .

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Answer 2

tygb

Level 9

64,588 points

Oct 5, 2017 9:35 AM in response to rgbnite

When a new user account is created , an options come in-between two enable the box of Siri , its up to the Mac user to check or uncheck the box .

And what password is it prompting to enter ( is it Apple ID password ) , please send a screen shot , for the time being for experimental purpose create a new user account .How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac - Apple Support

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Answer 3

rgbnite Author

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Oct 5, 2017 6:38 AM in response to tygb

I have the same problem, among many, concerning keeping preferences. Upon boot, either the Siri pop-up stops the opening process or the original sign-up window appears asking to sign-in (in which the password is not accepted after going thru the prompts). Siri is always enabled in System prefs. Then throughout the day, pop-ups that ask for my password, which is not accepted after going thru the prompts, intrude my work space and don't allow work to continue until I cancel- and they appear twice! I've learned to live with this for over a year. There are all sorts of eccentricities I learned to work around. Recommendations? Thank you, Joe.

Imac, OS10.12.3

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Answer 4

Eric Root

Level 10

684,015 points

Oct 5, 2017 9:16 AM in response to rgbnite

Does the same thing happen if you disable Siri? Is the password popup asking for your admin password?

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