Boot up your computer. If you’re the owner of one of the more than two hundred million Macs sold, what’s the first thing you hear when you start or restart your machine?

We've discussed how to make your Mac boot up silently before, but it's a long, drawn out process. Free app StartNinja will silence your startup chime with just one click. embarrassing How to ...

Twitter/reekes Former Apple employee Jim Reekes, the man behind the Mac's famous startup sound — the noise the computer makes as it's booting up — has explained in a new interview how a group ...

If you're a Mac user, then you're undoubtedly familiar with the startup chime that plays when you boot up or restart the computer. Some people love the classic sound; others, not so much. We've ...

Change Windows 11/10 Startup sound by editing the Registry. But you must disable Fast Boot and enable the Startup sound before proceeding.

The result is a masterpiece. 6. MAC STARTUP/CRASH SOUNDS If you had a Mac in the '90s, you'd hear a startup chime … and hopefully, you didn't hear the crash sound too often.

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 Apple in the 1990s, but you ...