How do I mute the Mac startup sound? The ever-familiar tune that plays when I power up my MacBook Air no longer plays, and frankly, I miss hearing it.

Twitter/reekes Former Apple employee Jim Reekes, the man behind the Mac's famous startup sound — the noise the computer makes as it's booting up — has explained in a new interview how a group ...

We've discussed how to make your Mac boot up silently before, but it's a long, drawn out process. Free app StartNinja will silence your startup chime with just one click. embarrassing How to ...

Is your Mac waking the neighbors when it boots up at the crack of dawn. Here's how to put a muzzle on it.

From the Mac startup chime to the dial-up modem handshake, the past few decades have generated some unforgettable sound ...

“I’ll just have to spell it funny, so I spelled it Sosumi.” Perhaps the most notable sound effect created by Reekes was the Mac boot up sound.