CCATP #830 — Adam Engst on How Siri Could Become the Mac’s New Help System

CCATP #830 — Adam Engst on How Siri Could Become the Mac’s New Help System

From Chit Chat Across the Pond by Allison Sheridan

March 5, 2026 · 1h 1m

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Adam Engst discusses his vision for Siri as the new help system for Mac.

The charming Adam Engst joins us to talk about his vision of How Siri Could Become the Mac’s New Help System . His vision is that since Apple knows everything about macOS, it doesn't seem a big leap that we should just be able to ask Siri how to do things on our Mac. It could access all of the developer documentation to do this without breaking a sweat. Of course, we wandered off the reservation into talking about how apps could do this too, and of course, we had great fun together noodling this idea. Read an unedited, auto-generated transcript with chapter marks: CCATP_2026_02_27 Join the Conversation: allison@podfeet.com podfeet.com/slack Support the Show: Patreon Donation Apple Pay or Credit Card one-time donation PayPal one-time donation Podfeet Podcasts Mugs at Zazzle NosillaCast 20th Anniversary Shirts Referral Links: Setapp - 1 month free for you and me PETLIBRO - 30% off for you and me Parallels Toolbox - 3 months free for you and me Learn through MacSparky Field Guides - 15% off for you and me Backblaze - One free month for me and you Eufy - $40 for me if you spend $200. Sadly nothing in it for you. PIA VPN - One month added to Paid Accounts for both of us CleanShot X…

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