Macintosh Startup Sound History - Bring Back the Bong! (RIP 1984-2016)

[@ComputerClan]

UPDATE: in macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple has officially released a checkbox option that lets users turn the sound back on! We did it! We brought back the bong! Hey, all! Hope you enjoy the new video. As part of our tribute to the Mac startup sound, today we ask: what startup sound was your favorite, and do you think Apple should bring it back to the Mac?

[@DBLCreations]

I have a Mac Pro, that came with macOS Sierra and it even doesn't play the sound anymore, it did in the beginning though, just not anymore since a couple of updates. So a command line might fix this, i will try it out. But yeah, i think they do need to bring it back. There was always an option to turn it down or mute it, so i think people should have that choice. I liked it, it let me knew that my system started up fine.

[@runforit420]

The Quadra startup sound (or any Mac with the 1 MB ROM) was my favourite. Apple should definitely bring back the startup chime - it's what made the Mac different from a PC way back when.

[@anianii]

Computer Clan the PowerBook in the intro was My personal favourite

[@VauxhaIIOpel]

the second highest bong

[@justaguy298]

what apple should bring back is a CEO that doesn't remove every feature that everyone is used to.

[@HidrogenoyMau]

No magsafe, no glowing apple, no boot sound... damn, new macbooks really lost everything that once made them special :(

[@DechantMusic]

YUP! hate them,will never get one,and do not get me started on that HUI guideline breaking awful touch bar and no headphone jack! terrible just awful.

[@kai.7406]

william dechant But, there *is* a headphone jack..

[@oscaremiilio]

lol to use your airpods

[@MrPoeTrolling]

I wanna like your comment but you’re on 69 likes

[@vedantganesh4954]

Apple lost their mojo, but USB C looks aesthetic, however apple jumped on the bandwagon too fast.

[@CanuckGod]

Never been a Mac person, but it sucks that they got rid of the startup sound given its history. At the very least, you would think they would have at least gone the 'disable by default, but give the end-user the option' route. RIP :(

[@SamSquids]

Yeah, but you realize Apple hates choice (and fun for that matter), right?

[@robertburgin8110]

I like the new one

[@supercellex4D]

they brought it back except now it's vine boom tier on the thicker MBPs

[@mikem2132]

I remember I was really hesitant to buy a MacBook Pro, I wasn't familiar with the operating system and it was very expensive. The startup sound, glowing Apple logo and MagSafe charger made me feel like I bought a very unique and premium laptop! I feel like some of these features add to the experience of owning a MacBook and I would definitely like to see Apple bring it back.

[@aidenthecomputernerd]

YESSSSSSSSS! WE FINALLY BROUGHT BACK THE CLASSIC OL' BONG ON MY M1!

[@20v552]

how

[@extraC344]

@@20v552 simple, they just added it back... but lowered it by an octave (I think)

[@anonymouspuppy]

@@20v552 Apple re-added it

[@SCP-6600]

sudo nvram BootAudio=%00

[@4x5au]

Fun Fact: In macOS Big Sur, the iconic name "Sosumi" was replaced with "Sonumi".

[@cheeseydoodoo]

another classic thing ruined by modern apple :(

[@Teguh_Seventy]

You don't have any source

[@nothanks39]

@with en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi the history tab says it changed to sonumi

[@nothanks39]

@with what version of big sur do you have in the vm

[@macart5429]

Well,. yes

[@user-cy3tj3uv1h]

Wait, they removed the startup sound?

[@ComputerClan]

On newer Macs, yes.

[@cringeman114]

I still have it on my macbook air (macos high sierra)

[@michael.carrot]

“Mac models from early 2016 and earlier make a chime sound when they start up. Mac models from late 2016 and newer don't have a startup chime, with the exception of MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017).” -Apple website

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

@@cringeman114 the latest macbook air hasn't been refresh since 2015. thats why

[@FrozenFeline]

@@NonsensicalSpudz how funny that the refreshed 2018 MacBook Air came out less than a month after you made your comment

[@jacciswacc4335]

I have a 2010-ish mac running on os high sierra. The sound in all its glory is still with me.

[@AttilaSVK]

I'm really not looking forward the day I'll have to replace my late 2011 MacBook Pro. However I'm sure I'll just get a second hand Mac which still has the startup sound. I'm so much used to it (for the past 12 years, which is more than 40% of my entire life) that I can't really imagine a Mac not having this sound. Steve Jobs would never let this happen.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

Agree, Jobs would hate this.

[@extraC344]

Curious if you got a new Mac since the startup sound is back

[@alexis0a]

I don't know why Apple take apart the sound, I LOVE IT, I mean, is like you turn on you Mac and you know is a Mac! Hahaha maybe don't explain me well, but you know, is a sound in the heart of Mac and us

[@alexis0a]

Wow, I just saw the video again and my comment haha, I'm so happy Apple bring back the chime, in my M1 Pro MacBook Pro sounds so good, I love it so much!

[@TimurTripp2]

I have the one of the first iMacs with the startup sound (1998 Rev. B Bondi Blue), and one of the last iMacs with the startup sound (Late 2015 5K Retina), and yes both start up with the same sound which is amazing to think about given how nearly everything else is completely different. Very sad how Apple removed it from the latest Mac models, and it just goes to show how the Mac is being neglected by Apple in the post-iOS-device era (iMac with Retina 5K and iMac Pro are really the only big product releases they've done to show otherwise in the last four years, maybe the 2016 MacBook Pro but that one is debatable for a variety of compromises, and the MacBook only exists to provide an iPad-style Mac at a much higher price).

[@VenemiesTech]

The terminal command actually does work. Tried it out today and brought back the chime on my mid 2018 MacBook Pro!

[@ComputerClan]

The terminal command is actually different than what I showed in the video. I suppose it's a new discovery!

[@feandesign]

Damn, some of these sounds make me want to get some old-school ambient synthesizer...

[@CosmicConsole]

Me too, fean. These sounds would cool to remix

[@Krystianek-fd7ct]

Witaj fean

[@arch4ngel]

neaf

[@ONEVONTE-_-]

fean I found you

[@michael1234252]

I remember back 20 years ago back in Elementary school using the iMac G3 using MacOS 9 and hearing some of later more iconic startup sound.

[@ComputerClan]

Hmm...but the iMac G3 has the same sound as the later machines. What other iconic sounds do you refer to? : o

[@michael1234252]

the one you mentioned to be the last version of the start-up chime that lasted almost 20 years.

[@nano_dank]

5:09 My favourite Macintosh startup sound is the one at 0:11 - 0:13 (Source: very old Computer Clan video). I believe that it's one of the greatest sounds ever. I'm also with the 96% of the poll; I might not use Apple products, but I would really like the sound to return back. I would like to hear it on startup. I think that it makes Macs stand out from generic Windows PCs.

[@ComputerClan]

I do like that one, too. Kinda wish I kept that old Power Mac.

[@MrFairhill]

I used to work at AppleCare and that startup sound was a pretty good indication to hear over the phone whenever someone rebooted their system.

[@hillstones]

Yeah, that one was featured in some Power Mac 5300 all-in-one models and also featured on the rare PowerPC Upgrade Cards for some 68040 based Macs. I have it on my LC 575 with the PowerPC card. When I boot 68040, it is the regular Mac chime. When I boot from the PowerPC card, I get that cooler sounding chime.

[@kbhasi]

I really wish Apple just came up with a new startup chime. Ugh, that alone just gives me a taste of how bad post-Jobs Apple is.

[@ryus4509]

Funny seeing you here...

[@kohrenhund]

Well, We, Teens can say that it's probably scare kids, I was scared of Windows XP startup sound when I was 4. XD

[@cat1554]

i can do one!

[@lattermanstudio]

The “Tim Cook Apple”...... ugh!!!

[@ad.l5891]

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[@altrogeruvah]

Fantastic video! One thing I've noticed from having been in many countries is that the latest F#maj chime pitch may fluctuate, depending on location and voltage. I've had the same computer play the chime as a Fmaj, F#maj and Gmaj chord.

[@thequicksavegamer]

Thankfully my Mac still has this sound. So nice.

[@dcvk6250]

I swear that they sampled the ‘bong’ for Rockman & Forte’s OST. Specifically, the CD database in the SNES version.

[@pin3e]

Lets make a trend >:) #BringBackTheBong

[@TimekeeperCookie]

Read Pinned comment We brought back the bong!

[@theasian5496]

*Y E S*

[@Minecraft101ToonLink]

I love the Startup Chime! I really don’t like the fact that they removed it! It’s so iconic! How could they do that?!?

[@TheLordOfNothing]

Why did they do it? I don't know. Maybe its because since 2011, whe Jobs died, they headed in there own direction and maybe removing the startup sound was one of them. I personally don't know.

[@diablo2v2]

I remember when I was 11 and I got my first iMac, fantastic little 21 inch thing it made me so happy, hearing that beloved "Duunnn" chime is part of the mac experience, to me that sound means "hello! what will we do today?" in its own chirpy so-dumb-it-cute way, removing that to be "slick" or "sophisticated" takes away from what a mac really is, A device to just enjoy the magic of technology and computing.

[@oxymoronic-ephiphanies]

So my question is, why the start up sound got pitched down by time?

[@wacz016]

Wondering the same thing

[@cadeeen3625]

maybe it sounds more 'Relaxing?'

[@iWinnipeg]

System bloat making the sound heavier. ;-/

[@Preinstallable]

@@iWinnipeg hhhhhh

[@JinxCade]

speaker quality.?

[@ghostofakina9863]

I remember that nostalgic boot up sound when I was a kid in 1999 and 2001, it was on the Macintosh g3 desktop computer. Those were the days man

[@StoneNicolas93]

0:16 Okay.. 0:17 Getting Better 0:19 There you go!

[@johnp9761]

That startup sound was so beautiful

[@JunshuLiu]

It’s back with Big Sur! Yayyyy

[@TheTHORDummy]

And magsafe is back too

[@HaydenFluff]

I remember in middle school when we used Mac books in class, all of the bong sounds started playing at once and it sounded amazing

[@jromero.337]

Same me I had class to all old MacBooks and iMac too everyday morning turn on startup sounds so amazing!

[@CaptainPrice01]

3:13 is my favorite. It's so nostalgic. reminds me of using System 7 on my LC575 back in early to mid 90s. Of seeing the Mac OS in colour, using ClarisWorks Office, playing Flying Nightmares and Escape Velocity. Exploring MacFormat CDs. Those times were really awsome

[@TheGodfather2504]

all of them each has it nice sound for it's time

[@calvindejong4566]

The terminal command worked on my 2015 MacBook Pro. The startup sound was just disabled by default.

[@ComputerClan]

2016 is when the startup sounds were starting to get phased out.

[@calvindejong4566]

Computer Clan I see.

[@DocAlexLego]

You're right on that they just muted the famous chime. If I get a new macbook pro or the new imac pro (which I won't get XD) I'll hack the sound back to normal and boom, the sound to me makes me feel happy that it still boots up and stuff.

[@aperson4075]

Calneva32 It worked on my 2014 Macbook Air

[@TheLordOfNothing]

THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR USING A MACHINE OLDER THAN 2016. It dosen't matter the OS.

[@michaelsegal3558]

My new MacBook Pro that I got earlier this year has the startup sound back

[@sunny-hn9ug]

windows 98 startup sound was the best...

[@oxymoronic-ephiphanies]

sunny still creeps me out...

[@zank8470]

Doon dlllooon doom doom doom doom doom...

[@piggy1000jfk]

Yes

[@adulaney2004]

Hey, Jim's my cousin! It's always cool to see articles/videos referencing his work at Apple. Random fact, his dad also worked for Apple, be it back in the "Apple II" days.

[@ThunderBuddy01]

Apple still has the startup sound, at least to my knowledge. My MacBook Pro (late 2013, retina) still has it. Edit: I’m dumb and didn’t watch the entire video...

[@ilteen3181]

TBCMiro The Air was not updated for years, so basically there is no 2017 MacBook Air, if they ever update it, it will probably loose the sound as well.

[@KorbenTheFireX]

u mean 2015 btw.

[@toxictechtat9511]

Yeah, was about to say, my late 2013 iMac still has it.

[@elevatormaniacgames]

Lol I have the exact same computer.

[@loonity77]

my iMac pro still has it

[@RangerRickTV]

Is there a way to disable this sound?

[@Jandawg99]

1:39 "Good morning Paul...What will your first sequence of the day be?"

[@ComputerClan]

Load up Celery Man, please.

[@Amber_123]

My 2017 MacBook Air still has the bong. Such a nostalgic sound...

[@hillstones]

Because it is based on 2015 hardware.

[@normalhuman5603]

I grew up with that sound

[@ComputerClan]

Same

[@michele97593]

@@ComputerClan same

[@LoganT547]

@@ComputerClan same

[@broran_]

We have Mac Minis in my Broadcasting class, it's so refreshing being the first one there and hearing the startup.

[@PromotingTheBeat]

I miss all the sounds to be honest. I want all the sounds with the Aqua Interface...

[@bruhsus6445]

The sound is so nostalgic for me I love it

[@fjordstrom]

I have a 2017 MacBook Air and still have the start up sound... Or do you mean brand new products like the current MacBook Pros with touch bar?

[@ComputerClan]

I believe Apple started removing the sound with the Touch Bar MacBook Pros and iMac Pros

[@Apevia21]

You have a 2015 MacBook Air, apple hasn't made a new one since then. But they gave the 2015 model a slight boost in 2017 but did not change the model identifier number or the firmware of it from the 2015 version.

[@fjordstrom]

Oh okay! Just to make clear though, my MacBook Air is really called "MacBook Air 2017", both in the "About this Mac" window as on Apple's website, but they indeed have the same model number. Its part numbers are different though (support.apple.com/en-us/HT201862 )

[@hillstones]

@@fjordstrom Your MacBook Air was 'refreshed' in 2017, but still uses 2015 hardware. It still uses ROM from 2015. The chime was removed from brand-new hardware released in late 2016 and later. The new 2018 MacBook Air will not chime.

[@george78779]

Thanks to take your time and sharing this video.

[@thatkindofboi9955]

top 10 sad anime deaths

[@johnclydeceniaberdigay3825]

is the bong sound an anime?

[@DrewWalton]

THAT is the origin of the Sosume alert sound? Holy cow I had no idea. That's fascinating!

[@TheMorc]

And you forgot to tell about 20 anniversary edition Macintosh

[@ComputerClan]

I suppose we could've gone into it more, but we showed it at the beginning.

[@MrEvildervish]

I use a 2012 macbook pro 13.5 . I converted it to linux mint. The startup chime persisted though. Finally figured it out and silenced it. Hearing it again on here I'm surpringly nostalgic...not enough to re-enable it though. Great vid. cheers

[@joeygonzalez883]

Can You Do An History Of Nintendo Startup Sounds?

[@TheLordOfNothing]

does ken do nintendo videos??

[@HeadsetGuy]

My favorite Mac startup sound was one that you didn't go into in this video: the underrated 5200/5300/6200/6300 sound. It was also used in several Mac ads from around the time. I've always found it to be very friendly and inviting, while still saying "You are about to use an awesome computer." It helps that there were a bunch of 5200s at my elementary school, and thus the 5200 startup sound was the first Mac startup sound I ever heard.

[@bapt_andthebasses]

Another proof that Apple is gone. It's not the same thing anymore. They are boring, they computer get less and less attractive (won't take out the fact that they still have a great monitor and trackpad, and fairly good speakers, but even their OS is falling into pieces).

[@ComputerClan]

Honestly, with Jony Ive resuming some of his past duties, I think we'll see some better changes in design-even though I think a lot of what they do is okay. In terms of software, word on the street is that QA is a big focus for macOS and iOS this year. We'll learn more on June 4 during the developers conference.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Apple isn't actually gone, though. Just _nice_ Apple is.

[@Alecexo]

Instantly Ectobassma their last good OS was Mavericks

[@TheLordOfNothing]

I am typing this on a Acer Chromebook.

[@TheloniasBrowntail]

Not only should they bring back the startup sound, but they should give the option to choose not just a list of the classic sounds, but an option to add your own audio clip as a startup sound, however it must not exceed 3 seconds.

[@sansyfresh4200]

Because if you could exceed 3 seconds, you could swap in The Microsoft Sound and it would be cursed!

[@czLochy]

I hate the new Apple these days, they just keep removing things people love, things that are iconic, and things we are used to, when its not needed! Apple back in the day used to ADD features, not REMOVE them, their products felt different, and i think its a real shame that Apple is removing these features, that their products are recognized for.. And all the way back in 2007, when the Apple event where the iPhone was getting announced, Steve said its gonna be a Phone, a iPod, and a breakthrough Internet communication (my english is bad i know), now tell me, how useful is an iPod, without a headphone jack? And that they dont have space for it, goddamn it, a guy from the internet brings it right back, which takes up much more actual space, so that excuse is kinda useless. Jeez, this is long, i doubt that anyone cares enough to read this all lol

[@alicen2610]

Nah, Apple used to be notorious for having proprietary connectors and only being able to write to storage media formatted in their file system so you couldn't put a file on a floppy on a Mac and use it on a PC. I think there were a lot of things to like about Apple before they switched over to focusing almost entirely on portable devices, but that wasn't one of them.

[@nikkcade4481]

i read it all and i feel ya. 😥

[@dunebasher1971]

"Apple back in the day used to ADD features, not REMOVE them" - actually, Apple has a very long history of discarding older features in order to move forward. When it transitioned away from the 68k CPUs it didn't try and maintain compatibility for newer machines, because that would have compromised its ability to innovate. When it released the iMac it removed the floppy drive. Conventional logic dictated that the iMac could never succeed without a floppy drive because every PC manufacturer still supplied them, but look what happened. Apple was also first to eliminate the optical drive, starting in 2009. Apple has never been slow to remove legacy technology when it thinks it's headed for the graveyard, and so far it's never been wrong to do so.

[@brayannexon4613]

​@@dunebasher1971 except for the headphone jack only phones have lost them many other electronics still have it in 2019 2 years after apple removed it.

[@bombiss_9124]

I turned off the computer mid-video and turned it back on and was about to comment "Yay they brought it back" but then I remembered my computer's from 2013.

[@mbirth]

A startup sound might be nice at home … but is utterly annoying in a computer lab, library or lecture hall.

[@milfredboniface2156]

its cooler in our countries

[@milfredboniface2156]

He said, it’s annoying in a computer lab ,library or lecture hall... in our shitty countries tht sound is lit even in the bathroom..

[@dylanlopez1320]

at school in class when u forgot to put it off! I have a Mac Pro and my friend a Mac Pro from 2012 and it annoys the teacher

[@Midnight_horrors885]

So glad it’s back

[@LightTheUnicorn]

You knew it was ready, your Mac was firing up and things were gonna get *done* today. All mine have the startup chime except one, a 2017 MacBook Pro, and I can confirm the terminal command doesn't work. Amusingly, it's also been by far the most unreliable and inconsistent machine. Co-incidence? I think not ;)

[@NewtonDKC]

@0:23 Absolutely beautiful! First time Ive heard the Anniv Mac startup sound…and it’s my favorite as of right now! :-)

[@BlueMSX.]

my favorite is the startup sound for the Macintosh ii

[@jordanlivesey4715]

you forgot to mention that the power macintosh 6200 had a startup sound exactly like the one we know but instead in d major instead. also the startup sound in big sur is a lot different than that of other macs because the sound is part of the firmware not the OS so even if you downgrade back to catalina you will still hear the new big sur startup sound even if you turned it on back in big sur. the startup sound this time is in f major

[@deadchannel447]

Wow!

[@XMattingly]

You didn’t get em all. Early-mid 90’s Performas (perhaps indicative of Apple’s severely fractured product strategy) had a handful of different startup sounds, from the tri-tone “bing!” in earlier models to the oddly resonant synthesizer riff of 5200 & 6200’s. Check out the Mactracker app; it includes the startup sound of every Mac in existence.

[@ComputerClan]

I used Mactracker (and other sources) for the research. I honestly do not think I missed any. I played them all in this video. Of course, I won’t cover every single computer. That would take forever.

[@XMattingly]

Check it again, there are at least three unique startup sounds from the early-mid 90's Performa series that weren't featured in this video. Not knocking your research; it's still a great overview of how our computers greeted us with over the past three decades!

[@SomeBud]

Ahh good we have a Mac mini

[@teg24601]

I love the original Power Mac Sound or the TAM. The 6100 was awe-inspiring when you heard it through the AV monitor. I would love to see Apple bring it back, however, whenever they change the base number of a model, not the decimal, it should change. It was nice having them change once in a while. It was easier to figure out what machine you had by sound.

[@musicmayer2043]

Want the Startup chime again on 2016+ Mac? Follow this info: (so far confirmed to work on many models using Mojave or Catalina) 1. Open Terminal 2. Type sudo nvram StartupMute=%00 3. Enter admin password and press enter (you will not see anything as you type) 4. Restart Mac and enjoy. To disable, do anyone of these 4: - Type sudo nvram StartupMute=%01 - Type sudo nvram -d StartupMute - reset PRAM on startup (press and hold CMD (⌘)-OPT(⌥)-P-R on startup) - turn off and pull plug on desktop Macs (not all models) FYI, earliest source to post this is Jan 2020 (so far) To follow along trying to track down the earliest source of where this comes from, check out: mrmacintosh.com/how-to-enable-the-mac-startup-chime-on-your-2016-macbook-pro/#comment-270

[@thecartooncynic]

worked for me

[@gorillaman283]

Just in case you don't know, you can easily add it back with the command sudo nvram StartupMute=%00

[@ComputerClan]

(which is mentioned in the video cards, and in the description, but thank you. Wink!) Do check the description because we did a follow-up video, and there was an intriguing discovery...

[@cheetosugar695]

My computer still makes the noise. Is it hard-coded into computers pre-2016 or were they deleted by updates?

[@ComputerClan]

It’s part of the ROMs of certain newer computers.

[@cheetosugar695]

Thank you very much!

[@MStrong95]

Is there a way to possibly hackintosh/patch this boot/startup sound back into the newer OS/SYSTEM ROM in protest? I think much of the so called removal/simplification "courage" on Apple's part is getting a bit much

[@felixmogensen3480]

I tried the command on my MB Pro 2017, it asked for a password and i assumed it would be the same i use for login... Sadly it didn’t work :/

[@paianis]

Make sure you're using an administrator account.

[@felixmogensen3480]

I am the administrator...

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

Thanks goodness we not only got the startup sounds back, but we may be getting MagSafe back with the new designs for the upcoming 2021 models! Honestly I can’t wait to see what the next Gen m2 Mac’s are going to look like...

[@johny1220]

Lmao it's the little things :D

[@santerixdxd]

5:00 actually works on 2012 MacBook air

[@ComputerClan]

Well, yes, but that machine already had a startup sound by default.

[@santerixdxd]

Computer Clan and it was just disabled by the software update till i turned it back on?

[@shocktrooper2117]

This is nothing compared to the windows xp start-up sound

[@ComputerClan]

They're two different things. The Windows XP sound is in the software-when you log into your user account. The Mac startup sound is in the ROM. You hear it immediately. With a Windows system, you would have to wait. I know it seems insignificant, but it's still a big difference, if you ask me. (But I still do love the XP sound. Heck, I play it on the piano).

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

@@ComputerClan What about the sound that Brian Eno composed for Windows 95? Or how about this version, time-stretched to 4 minutes: soundcloud.com/ideoforms/windows-95-startup-sound

[@NWB1989]

One of my favorite boot-up sounds on a classic Macintosh is the one found in Macintosh 5200/5300 as well as the Macintosh Performa 6300.

[@MacGuy3135]

One of the 65536 reasons why I just bought a MacBook Air rather than anything from the terrible current lineup.

[@ComputerClan]

65,536? I see what you did there.

[@TimurTripp2]

Correction: (1

[@OtioseFanatic]

On my 2020 Intel Macbook Air, the terminal command circulating around DID re-nable the sound, but its volume was tied to your system volume level so if you had your mac muted or low volume when shutting it down, you wouldn't hear the chime on start-up. Im guessing thats why people thought it didn't work. Its nice that turning it back on now is just a checkbox though.

[@phillytee9106]

When Apple remove the 'Apple' from Apple computers we'll all know it's over...👂⁉️😳😙😔

[@TheLordOfNothing]

Then...who would buy an Apple computer??? They wouldn't even know its from Apple

[@TechNerdNolan]

Mason Pickett by there design....

[@TheDankEngineer]

@@TheLordOfNothing they'd buy it because it's C O M P U T E R

[@ryannorthup3148]

4:14 Ken, Sosumi is an F MAJOR chord, not an F SHARP chord. It's an easy mistake to make, though. The position of the keys on a piano are similar, but the F sharp chord is harsh and grating compared to the F major chord, which is relaxing and chill, kind of like the "palate cleanser" after a crash that you meant.

[@pulleyluke]

This is why i wont buy a new mac

[@forfashire]

TheOrangePulley yeah lol I just buy older ones. My main laptop is a 2011 MacBook Pro with an i7 and 4gigs of ram and the only desktop I have is a 2007 iMac with a core 2 duo and I’m about to upgrade to 6gb ram on that. Older macs are just better. They have all the things that are removed on the new ones

[@CalistoLP]

It's just a sound. Look at what they've added lul... ^^

[@Painfulwhale360]

And reasons like this are why you’ll always stay dumb 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@zenospeed_345]

Rest In PowerMac Startup Chime 1984-2016 | 32 years old "He was a good sound."

[@TransitAndTeslas]

I never turn even my older Macs off so I never hear the startup sound anyway.

[@SJSOmar]

I’m glad I still have it on my iMac late 2015

[@Pub2k4]

It’s back, baby!

[@connormink]

i enabled it on my 16 inch mbp. absolutely love it. so nostalgic

[@jaydenwilkey7188]

Well, I’m glad I decided to buy the MacBook Air 2017 model because that one still has the startup sound. Not that I knew that the other Macs did not have the sound when I bought it, but now that I do know, I feel it was a very good choice to go with the MacBook Air because it’s the newest one of them and I’ve always loved the startup sound

[@isaacmossios4337]

Who said in the vote that apple shouldn't bring back the startup sound?

[@beamwh]

I'm kinda late, but it's back, I'm glad

[@tonybossaller4074]

Personal favorite startup chime. Quadra 950 with the PPC Upgrade card. That Orchestra chime let you know this beast was being unleashed. Hehe.

[@lopeo2324]

It’s back on Mac OS 11. This video worked !!!

[@Rednax35]

Now they brought back the bong in a recent Catalina update.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

I met Jim “Mr Sound Manager” Reekes at an Apple developer do in San Jose in 1993 I think it was. I remember because that was the year the major revamped Sound Manager 3.0 was released.

[@hs_doubbing]

Man, I love that first Power Macintosh sound... I found a 6100/66 in my garage a couple days ago that apparently belonged to the Oklahoma State Treasurer's office at some point (O.O) but it seems totally bricked. It'll turn on and play that beautiful string sound, though, and that's about all you need. :)

[@hillstones]

Replace the battery on the motherboard.

[@kfcnyancat]

I get why startup and shutdown sounds got removed from Macs and Windows. They make starting up and shutting down slower, and while they used to serve the purpose of telling you the computer is working, they really don't need anymore because most people know how to use computers. Design shouldn't get in the way. While my logical brain knows this, I can still miss computers being flashy, OSes being aesthetically unique and trying to wow you.

[@TheSearleFamily123]

Did you know that Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X used to play videos on first boot? OS 9's intro was simple, and displayed the welcome message in a couple of languages. OS X Kodiak (Public beta) and Cheetah 10.0 and Puma 10.1 and Jaguar 10.2 all used the same intro. It changed in OS X Panther 10.3 (which had 2 intro videos, a beta intro and a final intro). It changed again in OS X Tiger 10.4, which only had one video. OS X Leopard 10.5 and Snow Leopard 10.6 used the same intro again. OS X Lion 10.7 was the 1st to ship without a welcome video. That was a real bummer.

[@connorhalleck2895]

terminal startup sound worked on my imac in 2020. the imac was from my job at the time, i use an hp omen now. i feel like it has the cool factor i used to feel from my macbooks. like the black plastic macbook, that thing was rad.

[@aheiiv]

You forgot one of startup sounds. The sound that Power Macintosh 7220 used was missed, btw it was the most beautiful startup sound on my opinion.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

4:34 Or, in fact, you are hearing an unauthorized sample of _4' 33"_ . John Cage’s estate should sue!

[@ComputerClan]

I loooove 4' 33"

[@sontodosnarcos]

Sosumi and the 6100 startup sound are my all-time favorites.

[@BlahBleeBlahBlah]

My favourite startup sound was the first generation Power Macintosh - with external speakers the crisp attack of the string and bassy resonance was really nice. I like the final startup sound, but it often sounded grainy like an 8 bit PCM. Another thing I miss, back in the old days you would hear the startup chime through external speakers if you had them connected. At some point (post Intel transition?) this stopped. External speakers really did the startup sounds justice, one of my favourite things about the Macintosh “experience” ❤️

[@AGwolf2097]

Classic II, as it was the first Mac I personally owned and had frequent access to. It was already an obsolete hand-me-down by the time I got it in 96, but I still loved it. There was also a utility from Apple that had samples of all the different startup sounds from every machine up until whatever version of the software you were running. I wish I could remember what it was called, I know I had it installed on a couple machines back in the day (likely downloaded from lord knows where online). IIRC, it had detailed information on just about every model that had been produced, it was sort of like a reference database. Was around the 7.6.1 or 8.x era I believe. I miss my old beige machines ;_;