Random sound when I am not at computer.

[macmanlikpacman]

Have you heard the sound when the cursor is spinning and you try to click on something? I am hearing this sound occasionally when I am inactive at the Mac. Is there something wrong? Could there be a virus? What is going on?

 

[petemwah]

most likely caused by an automated action in an application not working as expected, happens to me now and again, i wouldnt be too worried!

 

[decksnap]

randomly tangential I know- but has anybody heard the scrollbars click when you move them? I have a pair of in-ear headphones that when I'm wearing them, I can hear the scrollbars make a tick-tick-tick noise when I scroll anything.

 

[Tallest Skil]

Could there be a virus?

Impossible.

 

[Trajectory]

Poltergeist, most likely.

 

[MBPDiva]

I heard a loud, brief siren sound from my classic MBP once. I searched in the forums to see if anyone heard a similar siren sound, but found nothing.

 

[alphaod]

randomly tangential I know- but has anybody heard the scrollbars click when you move them? I have a pair of in-ear headphones that when I'm wearing them, I can hear the scrollbars make a tick-tick-tick noise when I scroll anything.

Yeah I've had the happen before; result of unclean sound. Crappy sound in these computers.

 

[arkitect]

Poltergeist, most likely.

Certainly more likely than the "dreaded newbie virus™"