One of the most recognizable sounds on the planet is going away. The chime that rings out whenever your MacBook or iMac (or PowerBook or Power Mac or Quadra) restarts, letting everyone around you know ...

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At one time it was used for diagnostics, but the world moved on. Now Apple finally has too with its new laptop, the first of a brave new line of chimeless Macs Apple has finally put one of the most ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for the startup chime sound. But that sound hasn’t always been the same. Here you have all the Apple startup chimes since the ...

Apple's newly released MacBook Pros do away with the classic F-sharp major boot-up chime that has been a part of the Mac since 1999. Thankfully, for those who want to keep it, there's an easy way to ...