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Classic Mac Startup Chime Not Present in New MacBook Pros
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Apple please introduce the "desperate Apple fan boy mode" in settings:
Turns screen black and white, 640x480, swaps all icons to mac OS 7 style, re-introduces the chime noise and the happy apple logo thing, increases boot up time with 10 minutes, re-introduces the watch instead of the spinning wheel or whatever, and turns off WiFi.
So the rest of us can focus on the future.
Turns screen black and white, 640x480, swaps all icons to mac OS 7 style, re-introduces the chime noise and the happy apple logo thing, increases boot up time with 10 minutes, re-introduces the watch instead of the spinning wheel or whatever, and turns off WiFi.
So the rest of us can focus on the future.
Apple definitely has some different minds now...
Two things about Finder that bug me to no end are — the window size and position is never remembered... I need to resize *every* time that I open a new Finder window. And the right-side preview column always opens. I close it, and then it opens again for the next window. So annoying. But maybe it's just my computer.
RIP, startup chime... you will be missed. The Mac is slowly losing its unique personality.
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Tim seems to be focused on business partnerships and not user experiences, despite claiming to care about the latter.
- Ruining of the Finder icon in the Dock
- That meaningless Siri icon.
- The terrible App Store design...
- Spending time changing System Preference icons without actually fixing real issues like a non-functioning "Show All" button when you're already on the Show All view.
- The user-UNfriendly Get Info window... changing permissions on a document can sometimes be painful with those small controls.
Two things about Finder that bug me to no end are — the window size and position is never remembered... I need to resize *every* time that I open a new Finder window. And the right-side preview column always opens. I close it, and then it opens again for the next window. So annoying. But maybe it's just my computer.
RIP, startup chime... you will be missed. The Mac is slowly losing its unique personality.
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Tim seems to be focused on business partnerships and not user experiences, despite claiming to care about the latter.
You'd rather hear a "chime" than have a MacBook power on automatically when you flip the lid?
Wow. Whatever floats your boat I guess.
Apple's famous for ditching old stuff. Some people need to get a grip. With SSDs, you'll know your Mac is booting up because it'll be done and ready to use in 3 seconds. Steve Jobs famously said "If you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else, not dwell on it too long. Just figure out what's next". I bet he would have included the startup chime in that. Macs should be spaceships, not museums. I'm glad the people at Apple are willing to ruthlessly seek the future. I'd rather they misstep than not step.
Same thing with removing the glowing Apple logo. I don't agree with all the bedwetting about thinness at the expense of battery, etc. I totally understand *those* arguments though. Adding ANY thickness to a screen for the sake of making an Apple logo glow? For what? Nostalgia? Cut it. The metal one looks much better anyway.
I bet most in here never would have made the iTunes commercials because "something something music nowadays". The world moves on and Apple can either be the ones clinging to the past and telling kids how cool they were or they can find ruthless futurists and keep plowing forward.
Personally, I'd prefer Apple didn't get rid of the SD slot. I'd weigh that in my buy or not buy decision (for the record, I would buy this MBP, but my work bought me a brand new laptop just last year, so I can't justify). It's gorgeous and the Touch Bar looks like an awesome replacement for the function keys. Let's not overthink it.
Same thing with removing the glowing Apple logo. I don't agree with all the bedwetting about thinness at the expense of battery, etc. I totally understand *those* arguments though. Adding ANY thickness to a screen for the sake of making an Apple logo glow? For what? Nostalgia? Cut it. The metal one looks much better anyway.
I bet most in here never would have made the iTunes commercials because "something something music nowadays". The world moves on and Apple can either be the ones clinging to the past and telling kids how cool they were or they can find ruthless futurists and keep plowing forward.
Personally, I'd prefer Apple didn't get rid of the SD slot. I'd weigh that in my buy or not buy decision (for the record, I would buy this MBP, but my work bought me a brand new laptop just last year, so I can't justify). It's gorgeous and the Touch Bar looks like an awesome replacement for the function keys. Let's not overthink it.
Often for most, no. But to clean the device with a microfiber cloth and remove fingerprints, yes.
This will also make selecting a boot device frustrating as it seems that you would need to dive for the Option key as soon as you opened the screen.
That's sad
Apple has done away with the traditional startup chime on its new MacBook Pro lineup because the machines automatically power on when the lid is opened.
Pingie.com was first to note the removal of the sound from Apple's new 13-inch and 15-inch laptops - both the models featuring Apple's new Touch Bar (as well as the 13-inch version without a Bar) automatically boot when opened or when connected to a power source if the battery is dead, so the sound has apparently been deemed surplus to requirements.
The iconic chiming startup sound was originally made to indicate that diagnostic tests have found no hardware or software issues. A similar sound has accompanied almost every Mac boot sequence since 1991 and its most recent F-sharp chord incarnation was first used in the iMac G3.
A C major chord was originally recorded by Apple engineer Jim Reekes using a Korg keyboard, and what most people hear these days is a pitch-shifted version of the sound made by the Macintosh Quadra family of professional computers, first released in 1991.
According to the book The Sonic Boom: How Sound Transforms the Way We Think, Feel, and Buy, Reekes' "earconic" sound came out of a desire to replace the older tritone boot sound heard on earlier Macs. Reekes wanted to use a more meditative sound to indicate the Mac had passed its initial Power On Self Test (POST) checks, a sound he later called a "palate cleanser for the ears".
According to Reekes, Apple executives didn't particularly like the sound, but it managed to make the final code that was shipped in all Quadra 700 Macs. Allegedly, Steve Jobs himself prevented any further alteration of the sound when he came back to Apple in 1996.
The Mac startup sound can also be heard in 2008 Disney-Pixar movie WALL*E. When the titular robot character has reached 100 percent power after positioning his solar array, the booting chime goes off.
Apple has updated its support documents to reflect the change. As noted previously, Apple has also removed the backlit Apple logo on new MacBook Pro models.
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Oh gosh...it's halloween month.
Let's see: MS studio humiliated Apple with their keynote product. Apple got rid of bell sound......yeah...okay...
What is the purpose of apple doing all these things? what is up with dongles?
Tim lost it.
Let's see: MS studio humiliated Apple with their keynote product. Apple got rid of bell sound......yeah...okay...
What is the purpose of apple doing all these things? what is up with dongles?
Tim lost it.
imagine if we clinged on the 1st gen mba form factor
heck, let's ponder if we kept the clamshell
heck, let's ponder if we kept the clamshell
Uh, this falls into the category of "so what?" for me. So it doesn't make a noise, it just starts up and is nearly instantly ready to use. Not sure how the charming little noise is more important than the utility in being ready to work sooner for some but people are different. As far as the logo lighting up, I have a lot of trouble seeing it when I'm using my MacBook. So I guess I won't miss that. But I may not look as cool when people enter the coffee shop I suppose. I'm just too cool to care about being cool I guess.
As far as the power extension cord that's fine by me. Never used mine anyway as it was fairly clunky to fumble with.
In the end when I order my new MacBook Pro guess I'll just have to be content with a faster, more capable machine with some new usability via the touch panel, more storage, better screen, lighter weight, thinner design and simplified port arrangement. Yep, that's enough for me. I'm always amazed when young people are so resistant to change.
As far as the power extension cord that's fine by me. Never used mine anyway as it was fairly clunky to fumble with.
In the end when I order my new MacBook Pro guess I'll just have to be content with a faster, more capable machine with some new usability via the touch panel, more storage, better screen, lighter weight, thinner design and simplified port arrangement. Yep, that's enough for me. I'm always amazed when young people are so resistant to change.
I feel done with their laptops for sure, in fact, I've already ordered their previous 15" model (CTO max spec). That's probably going to be last one I get and it feels kinda sad, but also exciting because hey there are some very decent Windows laptops now - ones with line-in and everything!
Before they die to me I want to see where they take the iMac. I was going to buy one regardless of the update... but there wasn't one. And if we get a super lame iMac like the MBP then. Well.
Thing is I love my iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch. They do what they're supposed to! Shaaaaame.
Oh sure. Most definitely you'll abandon the Mac for a windows machine. I can only imagine the moaning and groaning that move will produce. If anyone here who threatens to abandon the mac because the apple logo no longer shines into the night, etc, I'll eat my hat and post a youtube video of it.
Even though I didn't like that chime, it was a part of Apple since the beginning. This marks the end of the beginning. RIP Apple.
No people are stating their opinions and dissatisfaction with this move by Apple. The "gong" has long been part of this whole Mac "experience." No it's not a huge issue, much like the removal of the glowing Apple logo on the lids of MacBooks. But it is a disappointment for many nonetheless.
THANK YOU! It was a significant thing for ALL mac computers. It's a symbolic thing. I don't get these new members.
Think about the other 99.999999% of the worlds population that have had sadder moments in their lives than you, and rejoice!