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Power chime sound9/26/2023 Sure, make it an option for those who need their Macs to be silent at all times, but it’s a useful indication that the Mac is working as expected-at least to that point in the boot process. I don’t understand what modern-day Apple has against the startup sound. However, AppleInsider said that it didn’t work on several machines-it’s unclear why not. TidBITS Talk members report it working on 2017 iMacs, 2018 Mac minis, a 2018 13-inch MacBook Pro, and a 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro. Now, however, Twitter user DylanMcD8 has discovered a new NVRAM parameter that brings back the startup sound, even on the latest Macs. Unfortunately, that approach stopped working with Mac models in 2017, presumably due to Apple removing the option in a macOS update, and since then, new Macs have started up silently. When Apple disabled the startup sound by default in 2016, someone discovered that a Terminal command could bring it back: Ken from the Computer Clan made a nice video that provides a history of the startup sound and demonstrates how the startup sound changed over time. I have recently been playing with some very old Macs and emulators, which reminded me of how the Mac’s startup sound evolved over the years before going quiet in 2016. TipBITS: Enable the Startup Chime on New Macs ![]()
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