If you are a user of Macs released before 2016, you surely remember the iconic startup sound that always preceded the lighting of the apple indicating the start of the system on the machine. It was in 2016 that the edge started ringing, because it Apple he decided to gradually remove it from his machines, even in the settings. However, years later, he reconsidered his intention and will return the legend to Macs with macOS Big Sur.
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The startup sound could be activated via the terminal after killing it. However, this is not entirely realistic for many users due to its complexity, and therefore they preferred to accept the fact that they would never hear it again. The first beta However, macOS Big Sur has brought a smile to all these users' faces. After starting up a Mac that was turned off, this iconic sound resembling a bell will once again come out of its speaker.onek. The fact that this is not a bug is proven by the new option to deactivate it in the sound settings, which was missing in previous macOS versions. Thanks to it, even those users who do not want a similar feature will find their way.
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However, the return of the legendary sound is far from the only audio improvement in the new macOS Big Sur. According to what we know so far from the developer beta testing seems to be Apple decided to rework the sounds in macOS in quite a big way. Although the changes are not so striking, they are pleasant to the ears. The vast majority of the sounds we were used to in macOS now sound better than ever. So there is definitely something to look forward to.
The legendary sound is what Macintoshes with Motorola had when they booted, which I can't say about this modern multi-chord from the G4 era.
The flood was a C major chord.. and the sound is from the Korg Wavestation :-)
I didn't even realize it was missing at all.
"After starting a Mac that has been turned off, this iconic sound resembling a beeping sound comes out of its speaker again."onek.” – Reminiscent ofonek? Srsly? That's a sound that always really annoyed me because it was played at full blast.
This is another level of improvement - new sounds, new colors and other things... Where are the changes in functionality, bug fixes and most importantly: where is the big revolution???