Suppressing Siri pop-up windows on macOS Sierra

Starting in 10.7.2, Apple set the iCloud sign-in to pop up on the first login.

In 10.10, Apple added a new Diagnostics & Usage window that pops up at first login after the iCloud sign-in.

In 10.12, Apple added another new pop-up window for Siri.

 

To stop the Siri pop-up window from appearing for your home folder, run the command shown below:

defaults write com.apple.SetupAssistant DidSeeSiriSetup -bool TRUE

Since you normally will be able to run this command only after you’ve seen the Siri pop-up window, I’ve updated my script for suppressing the iCloud and Diagnostic pop-up windows to now also suppress the Siri pop-up window. For more details, see below the jump.

The script is below and is also available on my GitHub repo. This script is also available as a payload-free package on my GitHub repo, available for download from the payload_free_package directory available from the link above.

	#!/bin/bash
	# Determine OS version
	osvers=$(sw_vers -productVersion | awk -F. '{print $2}')
	sw_vers=$(sw_vers -productVersion)
	# Determine OS build number
	sw_build=$(sw_vers -buildVersion)
	# Checks first to see if the Mac is running 10.7.0 or higher.
	# If so, the script checks the system default user template
	# for the presence of the Library/Preferences directory. Once
	# found, the iCloud, Diagnostic and Siri pop-up settings are set
	# to be disabled.
	if [[ ${osvers} -ge 7 ]]; then
	for USER_TEMPLATE in "/System/Library/User Template"/*
	do
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_TEMPLATE}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant DidSeeCloudSetup -bool TRUE
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_TEMPLATE}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant GestureMovieSeen none
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_TEMPLATE}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant LastSeenCloudProductVersion "${sw_vers}"
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_TEMPLATE}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant LastSeenBuddyBuildVersion "${sw_build}"
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_TEMPLATE}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant DidSeeSiriSetup -bool TRUE
	done
	# Checks first to see if the Mac is running 10.7.0 or higher.
	# If so, the script checks the existing user folders in /Users
	# for the presence of the Library/Preferences directory.
	#
	# If the directory is not found, it is created and then the
	# iCloud, Diagnostic and Siri pop-up settings are set to be disabled.
	for USER_HOME in /Users/*
	do
	USER_UID=`basename "${USER_HOME}"`
	if [ ! "${USER_UID}" = "Shared" ]; then
	if [ ! -d "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences ]; then
	/bin/mkdir -p "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences
	/usr/sbin/chown "${USER_UID}" "${USER_HOME}"/Library
	/usr/sbin/chown "${USER_UID}" "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences
	fi
	if [ -d "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences ]; then
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant DidSeeCloudSetup -bool TRUE
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant GestureMovieSeen none
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant LastSeenCloudProductVersion "${sw_vers}"
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant LastSeenBuddyBuildVersion "${sw_build}"
	/usr/bin/defaults write "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant DidSeeSiriSetup -bool TRUE
	/usr/sbin/chown "${USER_UID}" "${USER_HOME}"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant.plist
	fi
	fi
	done
	fi
	exit 0

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disable_apple_icloud_diagnostic_and_siri_pop_ups.sh

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For those who want to disable the Siri pop-up window using management profiles, I’ve created a .mobileconfig file and posted it here on Github:

https://github.com/rtrouton/profiles/tree/master/SkipSiriSetup