Donnnnnng. The classic Mac chime is a glorious way to let yourself know that your Mac is booting back up after a shutdown or reboot. But if I’m right, this friendly noise has been missing most new ...

Reader Stephen Mette faces the age-old problem of how to shut up the Mac when it first boots. He writes: I’ve always loved the Mac’s opening chime. But I’m the early riser in my family, and the volume ...

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 ...

Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X: The Startup Sound Debate Writing for eWeek, David Morgenstern explores the surprisingly complex thinking that went into Microsoft's new "sound experience" in Windows Vista, ...

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. The startup chime was first removed from Macs in 2016 with the redesigned ...

It appears that Apple mistakenly left out /usr/sbin/BootCacheControl for some Mac OS X 10.3.2 installations. The copy Terminal command resolves the issue. Also, readers continue to report that opening ...