Turn Off Siri's Writing Assistance in Screen Time

Listeners who want Siri's Writing Assistance out of the way now have a documented route. The show notes for episode 707 of The Accidental Tech Podcast, titled "Haunting the Campus Like a Ghost," give the steps: open System Settings, go to Screen Time, then Content & Privacy, and turn that switch on. From there, open Siri and switch Writing Assistance off. The notes present this as a fix for a Siri issue the hosts ran into, but they don't go into detail about what the problem was or whether Apple plans a permanent change.

The same notes include a follow-up section that is mostly listener mail and in-jokes. The hosts say they were fooled by an extremely convincing fake made by designer Daniel Luz, and they add a short apology for having been taken in. The rundown also covers Apple's new Mac timetable and a question about whether photo libraries stored on external drives are supported.

On the business side, the notes check off a Tim Cook exit interview and say Phil takes another step toward the door, pointing to a separate discussion of Apple's leadership. They also list iPhone 17 exit interviews, an iPhone event preview, and a members-only segment on John Ternus and the Vision Pro. The notes do not add much context to these items, so readers should treat the episode as a starting point and check the original show for the full discussion before relying on any of these details.