That familiar and, dare I say, invigorating chime that signals the startup of your Mac computer is officially dead, at least on the new MacBook Pro. SEE ALSO: MacBook Pro hands-on: The Touch Bar is ...
This is going to pulverize my inbox, but the biggest mistake Apple has made in years is bringing back that awful startup BLANG with the release of macOS 11 Big Sur. Maybe I’m just triggered because I ...
A fun piece from CNBC this morning highlights Jim Reekes, a former Apple employee who created numerous sound effects for the Mac during his time at Apple. Reekes left ...
Reader Stephen Mette faces the age-old problem of how to shut up the Mac when it first boots. He writes: I’ve always loved the Mac’s opening chime. But I’m the early riser in my family, and the volume ...
The discovery of a simple Terminal command will allow users to bring back the iconic Mac startup sound. The startup chime was a central part of Apple marketing and an iconic sound associated with the ...
In a newly-published interview, former Apple sound designer Jim Reekes discusses the history of the sound cues he created for the company's devices, such as the famous Mac "beep" and startup chords, ...
An optional new accessibility feature allows the upcoming iPhone 14 models to play a sound while turning on and off, according to assistive technology expert Steven Aquino, who compared the feature to ...
Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. The startup chime was first removed from Macs in 2016 with the ...
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