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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

When you start up a Mac, it goes “bong,” and that’s the way the world should be. Unless, that is, you bought a Mac in 2016 or later, when Apple removed the Mac startup chime. These days, a Mac starts ...

Apple has got rid of the sound on the new Mac.

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 ...

Music Thing has been posting delightful little vignettes about all the exciting computer sounds that we all know and love. Did you know that the Intel Inside jingle was written by someone who didn’t ...

Clues to the causes of Mac startup problems can be found by analyzing when in the boot process the system fails. Problems may be related to the power supply, battery, hard drive, logic board, OS ...

is a senior reporter 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 redesigned ...