How to Bypass the Siri AI Waitlist on macOS 27 Beta

macOS 27 Golden Gate Beta 1 arrived on June 8, 2026, and with it came a frustrating surprise: a waitlist for the new Siri AI experience. Some developers get access within 10 minutes, while others have been waiting over a week with no clear pattern. A Terminal command discovered in the MacRumors bypasses that waitlist, giving you immediate access to Siri AI on your Mac. This tutorial walks through the exact steps, what to expect afterward, and a few things to know before you start. Note that the iOS 27 beta carries its own separate waitlist and is unaffected by this workaround.

Before running any commands, confirm you meet all of the following prerequisites. Your Mac must have an Apple silicon chip (M-series) or a MacBook Neo with an A18 Pro chip, since macOS 27 is incompatible with Intel Macs. You must have macOS 27 Golden Gate Beta 1 (build 26A5353q) installed and be enrolled in the Apple Developer Program. Both your system language and Siri language must be set to English (US), because Siri AI does not support other regions or localizations in this first beta, and the bypass will not work correctly with other settings. To check, open System Settings, go to General, then Language and Region, and confirm English (US) is selected. Do the same under Siri in System Settings to confirm the Siri language matches.

One important caveat before proceeding: by bypassing the waitlist, you are accessing Apple’s server infrastructure before Apple has officially granted your account capacity. Apple could in theory flag unauthorized access and act on it, early reports from developers indicate no accounts have been suspended, but that risk is worth understanding upfront. This bypass is also Mac-only and does not propagate to your iPhone or iPad, which will remain on the waitlist regardless.

Running the Siri AI waitlist bypass

1. Open Terminal. You can find it in Applications, then Utilities, or search for it in Spotlight.
2. Paste the following command exactly as written and press Return:sudo defaults write "https://cdn.ithinkdiff.com/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/GenerativeModels.plist" "EnhancedSiriWaitlist" -dict -add Enabled -bool NO

   Enter your administrator password when prompted. Terminal will not display characters as you type.

3. If that command returns an error, use the alternative two-step version instead. Paste the first line and press Return, then paste the second line and press Return:sudo defaults delete "https://cdn.ithinkdiff.com/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/GenerativeModels.plist" EnhancedSiriWaitlist

   sudo reboot

   The second command restarts your Mac immediately, so save any open work before running it.

4. If you used the first command and your Mac did not reboot automatically, restart manually via the Apple menu.
5. After your Mac restarts, open System Settings and navigate to the Apple Intelligence section. Enable Apple Intelligence if it is not already on.
6. Wait for the AI models to download automatically. The bypass removes the waitlist gate, but the language model files still need to download to your Mac, which can take several minutes depending on your connection speed.
7. Open the Siri app and check whether you have access to the new conversational interface. An error message at this stage is expected: it means your Apple account token has been issued and Siri AI is activated, but the language models have not finished loading. Give it additional time before trying again.

What you get after the bypass

Once everything has loaded, the new Siri on Mac supports back-and-forth conversations in both text and voice, with conversation history synced via iCloud. Siri AI can search across your messages, emails, and photos, and it is integrated into Spotlight and available through right-click context menus on any file or window, which represents a substantial expansion of what Siri could do before.

Most of the headline capabilities require cloud access rather than the local model alone. To run Apple’s most powerful on-device model locally, your Mac needs an M3 chip or later with at least 12GB of RAM. Siri AI is free, though Apple imposes daily limits on some features including image generation, and an iCloud+ subscription raises those limits. The waitlist itself exists because Apple is scaling out datacenter capacity gradually, a phased approach that mirrors how Apple’s AI training and infrastructure investments have been ramping up across its services.

Siri AI is available in English for Australia, Canada, Ireland, India, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the US. EU users on Mac can access it, since the Digital Markets Act restriction applies only to iPhone and iPad. Siri AI is not available in China regardless of device.

The public beta of macOS 27 Golden Gate is expected in July, with the full release following in September 2026. Developers who want a more stable environment before committing to Siri AI will find that public beta the more practical starting point.