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sam10685
Mar 30, 2006, 11:14 AM
as classic as the mac boot-up sound is, (it's been with us since the '80s hasn't it?), i was wondering if i could change it to something i made. (i put the introduction part of 'In-a-gadda-da-vida' by Iron Butterfly into it's own file.)


calebjohnston
Mar 30, 2006, 11:30 AM
No, I don't believe you can alter that file at all. It's made to tell you that hardware has passed inspection blahblahblah.
sam10685
Mar 30, 2006, 11:34 AM
No, I don't believe you can alter that file at all. It's made to tell you that hardware has passed inspection blahblahblah.

didn't think it was editable... thank u though!
steelfist
Mar 30, 2006, 11:37 AM
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12997

not sure if this is what you are looking for...
khisayruou
Mar 30, 2006, 11:40 AM
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12997

not sure if this is what you are looking for...

You should read the reviews ;)
File is no longer there.
trogdor!
Mar 30, 2006, 03:34 PM
Ive always wanted to change the boot sound for fun, but just isnt possible.
killmoms
Apr 1, 2006, 01:45 PM
as classic as the mac boot-up sound is, (it's been with us since the '80s hasn't it?), i was wondering if i could change it to something i made. (i put the introduction part of 'In-a-gadda-da-vida' by Iron Butterfly into it's own file.)
Just so you know, it has changed since the 80's. The one still on Macs now though appeared sometime in the 90's around the time of the first PowerMacs I believe. Download MacTracker—it's got every old Mac model listed, and includes the boot sounds for most of them!

As for the sound itself, yes, it's stored in the firmware (not anywhere on the HD) and thus you can't change it.
mjstew33
Apr 1, 2006, 01:51 PM
Yep, not possible.
You technically could do it by hacking the firmware, couldn't you?
killmoms
Apr 1, 2006, 02:05 PM
You technically could do it by hacking the firmware, couldn't you?
I guess, but... good God. That's like... I dunno. I'm hard pressed to think of a good analogy. That's like getting heart surgery for cosmetic reasons, or something. 'Cause you don't like how your lub-dub sounds.
Lacnce
Apr 2, 2006, 11:14 AM
Yep, not possible.
You technically could do it by hacking the firmware, couldn't you?
The firmware is probable "read only".
You could set whatever sound file you made to run on login.