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 did away with plenty of popular features in its new MacBook Pro lineup, including SD card support and MagSafe adapters. But a classic, underappreciated attribute, the famous Mac startup chime, ...

At the heart of Big Sur is a refreshed design that touches every rounded corner of the updated OS. The depth of the changes can’t be understated and is fully apparent from the moment you’re greeted ...

Numerous issues with stalls and complete failures during startup are covered in our tutorial "Startup fails (particularly after a system or security update); solving." That article, however, deals ...

For the past week whenever I wake my Mac Pro (early 2008 2.8Ghz octo) it makes this high pitched "chime" sound. The chime lasts for about 0.5s and sounds about the same pitch as a airplane chime (the ...

Warning: Some people may find the sounds in the linked article alarming, or even traumatizing. Please prepare yourself emotionally by remembering that, even when Macs made these sounds, no actual ...

It's that time again. Time for me to check out the current status of creating an emergency boot drive ? this time one with Leopard installed. Let's cut right to the chase: the ease of creating these ...