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When I got a new TouchBar MacBook I was wondering why the sound was muted from-factory, so I cleared the PRAM ... three or four times ... just to find myself ve
by KenanSulayman 8y ago
When I got a new TouchBar MacBook I was wondering why the sound was muted from-factory, so I cleared the PRAM ... three or four times ... just to find myself very saddened by the fact that the chime was removed.
It was always incredibly mesmerising to unwrap a new Mac, boot it and hear that sound. Like buying a car and listening to the engine powering on the first time.
- jerrysievert 8y agothat's ok, you'll get used to it as you fall into the comforting sound of "blonk" over and over again, as that USB-C cable that's charging it loosens and slides in and out as you use it.
- kitsunesoba 8y agoCan sounds be played from EFI? It might be possible to create a stub EFI bootloader that does nothing but play the chime and kick off the normal macOS boot process. EDIT: In fact I think Apple may have done something like this in their own EFI for the startup chime on Intel Macs – compared to PPC Macs, the sound was always a little delayed and clearly played further into the boot process.
- amyjess 8y agoHonestly, as much as the Mac startup sound makes me nostalgic, if I was going to go to that much effort, I might as well have it play the SGI Indy's glorious startup sound [0]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH9saUP2460 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH9saUP2460
- Apocryphon 8y agoAnother reason to dislike the TouchBar MacBook.