Uhhh.... Is this normal? (Clicking from space bar on rMBP.)

[Squilly]

I was messing around with my rMBP and pressed the space bar. I didn't cause any harm but I don't know if this is normal or not. Here's a video:

 

[xShane]

I was messing around with my rMBP and pressed the space bar. I didn't cause any harm but I don't know if this is normal or not. Here's a video:
YouTube: video

That's normal.

 

[leman]

That's just the OS informing you that your keystrokes are not being recognised as valid commands.

 

[Squilly]

So there's both the clicking noise and the other noise?

 

[Nismo73]

I've heard that before on other computers. I think it's to help wake you up when your head falls down onto the space bar after some beers and late-night gaming.

 

[johnnnw]

Mine doesn't do that for some reason, but everyones saying it's normal. Weird.

 

[Squilly]

It's still covered under warranty. I wonder if I should bring it in or call Apple. It only happens when I press the spacebar on my desktop.

 

[treyjustice]

normal

 

[kny3twalker]

go to sound preferences and uncheck play user interface sound effects

 

[leman]

It's still covered under warranty. I wonder if I should bring it in or call Apple. It only happens when I press the spacebar on my desktop.

I am sure it does not. E.g. try opening Safari and pressing CMD+L followed by CMD+K. This is an invalid sequence and should also produce the sound.

 

[MacKid]

As others have pointed out, that isn't a hardware sound. Your keyboard isn't making that noise. It's an OS alert sound. These settings can be changed in the Sound preferences pane.

 

[Squilly]

I am sure it does not. E.g. try opening Safari and pressing CMD+L followed by CMD+K. This is an invalid sequence and should also produce the sound.

Yeah, I get that sound. But I don't get both sounds combined. I only get the one "ding", not the "ding" followed by the "click".

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