Apple has disabled the terminal trick that let macOS 27 beta 1 testers activate the new Siri AI without joining the official waitlist. The method—running a single command to flip a local entitlement flag—worked in the first Golden Gate developer preview, but fails for users on the beta 2 build released Monday. The change forces developers to wait for Apple’s official rollout.

The command relied on a locally stored feature flag; Apple appears to have moved the check to a server‑validated entitlement, effectively re‑locking access until the company scales its backend. Users who upgraded from beta 1 report being pushed back onto the queue, and community posts note the workaround no longer functions. This shift also hints at tighter security measures for future AI features.

For now, anyone who applied the bypass in beta 1 should stay on that build if they want to keep Siri AI access. Alternative suggestions—submitting Apple Intelligence feedback to speed approval—remain anecdotal. The redesigned assistant, now a full‑featured chatbot integrated into Spotlight and context menus, still isn’t available on iPhone or iPad in the EU, but works on Mac.