Restart Mac Using Voice Controls

Greets:

I am a low vision user of Apple products.


I have started using Voice Controls in recent weeks; sparingly, but gradually. Tonight, I created my first custom voice command, and decided to create one to restart my Mac. I have chosen "Select Menu" for the action, but I am stuck on "Menu Title." I left the above options to both be "Any App" so that I can access the Apple menu, regardless of the current application in use.


When I tested the command unsuccessfully after several tries, I felt I'm missing something. I could use an assist to find out if it's even possible. I'm on the latest version of macOS Sonoma.


Thank you!

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Mar 23, 2025 11:21 PM

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Posted on Mar 24, 2025 2:47 AM

Hello


I could not get this to work using the "Select Menu" method.


Another way is to use an AppleScript. Create an AppleScript with Script Editor app as follows


tell application "System Events"

restart

end tell


Save this file to your drive.


Then create a custom voice control command using "Open File" and select the file saved above.

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Mar 24, 2025 2:47 AM in response to Velanche Stewart

Hello


I could not get this to work using the "Select Menu" method.


Another way is to use an AppleScript. Create an AppleScript with Script Editor app as follows


tell application "System Events"

restart

end tell


Save this file to your drive.


Then create a custom voice control command using "Open File" and select the file saved above.

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