User level: Level 2 (186 points)The Weather app tells me that Siri has assigned a home location for me even though I have never used Siri and intentionally left it switched off in System Settings.
What else might Siri be doing without my knowledge?
Posted on Oct 4, 2026 3:01 PM
User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)Oct 6, 2026 9:46 AM in response to Cheapster
By default, the macOS Weather application will use location services and your home/work address from Contacts to set your weather location. Siri has nothing to do with it. On the Weather Settings > General panel:
User level: Level 10 (125,838 points)Oct 5, 2026 5:37 AM in response to Cheapster
Take a look at the “Customize apps Siri has access to“ section in this article: Customize Siri on Mac - Apple Support
User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)Oct 6, 2026 9:55 AM in response to Cheapster
Factual answers are best. Charm school, not so much. These are international participation communities where those of us donating our time have grown up in different cultures, social mores, and life experiences. That will shape how our responses are interpreted, and we are not doing so to insult or patronize.
User level: Level 2 (186 points)Oct 7, 2026 4:57 AM in response to VikingOSX
I suppose that makes sense. If an answer to a question is shaped by the respondent's background and history, then so, by the same token, is any response to that answer. If a poster has the right to be perceived as rude, others have an equal right to point it out.
User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)Oct 7, 2026 9:33 AM in response to Cheapster
But you do not factually know a priori that the respondent to your post is being intentionally rude. It may be considered rude to scold them when their response was not as assumed.
Flaming someone here can be offputting to others that may decide to skip responding than potentially suffer the same flaming fate… 🧐
User level: Level 2 (186 points)Oct 7, 2026 2:43 PM in response to VikingOSX
I considered the post rude whether intended or not, but perhaps their style is simply blunt – as indeed mine can be in response – but I fear we are debating angels dancing on a pin and I'm sure, like me, you've got better things to do. Thanks for your engagement.
User level: Level 10 (238,530 points)Oct 5, 2026 5:49 AM in response to Cheapster
Exactly what are you seeing that you're interpreting as Siri having assigned a home location?
User level: Level 2 (186 points)Oct 7, 2026 9:26 AM in response to KiltedTim
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User level: Level 10 (238,530 points)Oct 5, 2026 3:49 PM in response to Cheapster
Please read the actual words. It allows Siri to learn from the application. It does not allow Siri to set your location.
Siri did not set your home location.
User level: Level 2 (186 points)Oct 6, 2026 8:52 AM in response to KiltedTim
Wow. Which charm school did you drop out of?
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256370491