# How to Use Visual Intelligence in MacOS 27 with a Keyboard Shortcut

> Visual Intelligence in MacOS 27 lets Mac users query Siri about any active window on screen by pressing Shift + Command + Spacebar, OS X Daily reports.

- Canonical URL: https://coreiten.com/en/article/visual-intelligence-in-macos-27-ask-siri-shortcut-guide
- Language: en
- Section: macOS
- Author: Sami
- Published: 2026-10-25T04:01:20+03:00
- Modified: 2026-10-25T04:01:20+03:00
- Publisher: CoreITen (https://coreiten.com)
- Keywords: Visual Intelligence, MacOS 27, MacOS 27 Golden Gate, Siri, Apple Intelligence, Finder, Spotlight, ChatGPT

## Summary

MacOS 27 Golden Gate introduces Visual Intelligence, allowing Mac users to query Siri about any active screen content using a simple keyboard shortcut.

- Users can launch the Ask Siri prompt with Visual Intelligence by pressing Shift + Command + Spacebar while keeping the target item as the active window.
- OS X Daily reported that the tool successfully identified objects like an Apple II computer photo and a system daemon inside a Finder folder.
- As noted by OS X Daily, Spotlight's Ask ChatGPT feature serves as an alternative method that can perform similar tasks with images.

**Why it matters:** This feature streamlines AI-driven on-screen analysis, making it faster for Mac users to identify unfamiliar files, photos, and system components.

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Visual Intelligence in MacOS 27 Golden Gate lets Mac users query Siri about almost anything visible on their screen using a single keyboard shortcut. According to a guide from OS X Daily, the AI feature set can help identify objects in photos, explain documents, or clarify the purpose of unfamiliar apps and files.

Accessing the Siri and Visual Intelligence shortcut requires a Mac running MacOS 27 Golden Gate or a newer version.

### How to Use Visual Intelligence and Ask Siri on Any Active Window

OS X Daily notes that triggering the tool takes two steps:

1. **Keep** the image, file, or item you want to ask about open as the active window on the Mac.
2. **Press** **Shift + Command + Spacebar** to launch the **Ask Siri** prompt with Visual Intelligence for that active window, then type your question and press **Return**. *This brings up a small query box where you can type a request about the active window.*

The **Ask Siri** shortcut works from almost anywhere on the Mac and acts much like the floating **Write with Siri** button shown inside text-entry fields in recent MacOS releases.

### What You Can Identify on Screen

Once the prompt appears, users can ask specific questions about whatever is open. For instance, with a photo of a plant in the active window, pressing **Shift + Command + Spacebar** and typing “what type of plant is this” prompts Siri and Visual Intelligence to label and describe the plant.

Users can also press **Command + Shift + Spacebar** and type “describe this” to have the tool identify an on-screen image. In OS X Daily's testing, the feature accurately recognized a photo of an Apple II computer and returned details about it.

The shortcut also works inside Finder when inspecting an unfamiliar app, file, or system component. By pressing **Command + Shift + Spacebar** and asking “what is this”, OS X Daily used the tool to accurately identify a system daemon inside a MacOS system folder.

According to OS X Daily's writer, Siri and Apple Intelligence accurately described every test example provided, returning useful and accurate information across photos, webpages, files, and other items. As an alternative, the outlet notes that Spotlight's **Ask ChatGPT** feature can perform similar tasks when given an image.

## Sources

- [osxdaily.com](https://osxdaily.com/2026/10/23/how-use-visual-intelligence-siri-mac-keystroke/)

## Related topics

- [Visual Intelligence](https://coreiten.com/en/topic/visual-intelligence)
- [macOS 27](https://coreiten.com/en/topic/macos-27)
- [macOS 27 Golden Gate](https://coreiten.com/en/topic/macos-27-golden-gate)
- [Apple Intelligence](https://coreiten.com/en/topic/apple-intelligence)
- [ChatGPT](https://coreiten.com/en/topic/chatgpt)