I've heard this too. My only comparison is from memory of my old MacBook Pro's to my current Mac mini. It sounds different to me but that could be the internal speaker setup.Activated this on my 2018 MacBook Pro - works a treat!
But the chime itself is different; the attack is very soft and the fall-off is greater. The chord is also more ‘pronounced’. Why on earth would they change the recording but not activate it?
Naah, sleep pulse light is all we need.now we just need the glowing Apple Logo and the sleep pulse light back and we're good!![]()
Where was the original sound stored? Rom?I've heard this too. My only comparison is from memory of my old MacBook Pro's to my current Mac mini. It sounds different to me but that could be the internal speaker setup.
I also miss the creative and whimsical error noises as well. From the airplane cabin chime to the actual 'dah dah DAH!' doom sound to the sound of an actual crash it just felt great, even when it error'd.
Also miss hard disk access lights. Many times on modern hardware I wonder if the machine is stuck/frozen at the hourglass cursor, or rainbow wheel of doom on a Mac, wishing I had confirmation of activity before unneccessarily force-rebooting it.
Also want the actual sound back in a computer. I'd personally buy a modern hard disk that brings back the jet engine spooling along with all the beep whirr clatter--the sound of work being done! the sound of the future!
That hard drive brought back some memories of my childhood. At my work I have a picture of a disk just like that - I think they were before IDE? You knew the computer was working when it made those noises.
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Also miss hard disk access lights. Many times on modern hardware I wonder if the machine is stuck/frozen at the hourglass cursor, or rainbow wheel of doom on a Mac, wishing I had confirmation of activity before unneccessarily force-rebooting it.
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Maybe my memory if faulty, but I don't recall my PowerBook G4 (or earlier Macs) chiming on wake from sleep. Historically, the chime was the indicator of the completion of POST (power on self test), which does not happen after wake from sleep. Chiming after wake from sleep would also be horribly annoying as it happens throughout the day. Imagine an office full of Macs chiming throughout the day as people return from coffee breaks, lunch, meetings, rest room, etc.Works on all Macs especially if you run Big Sur as well. Unfortunately, unlike my PowerBook G4, it doesn't chime when waking up from sleep mode. I hardly reboot so I hardly hear it unless the system completely freezes up.