Hello Everyone, I know this was a recent topic of discussion on the list, but according to a friend of mine who purchased a Mac, last year, the command described in the article, works.
Read on for more details. Mark Bring back your Mac's startup chime with this simple terminal command By Michael Potuck Apple's Mac startup chime became an iconic signature of the company's computers over the years and then in late 2016, it was removed for all Macs going forward with the exception of the 2017 MacBook Air. In a fun development today, there's a short terminal command that's been discovered that will bring back your Mac's startup chime. Back in 2016, there was a similar terminal command discovered to keep the startup chime, but Apple killed it not too long after. Now it seems Apple has brought back the hidden option at some point with macOS Catalina. Today, Twitter user @chaysegr shared a video showing his MacBook Pro booting up with the iconic chime. He shared the terminal command that you can run to bring it back on your Mac: sudo nvram StartupMute=%00 Type or copy and paste that command in Terminal then press return (enter your password if required). We verified that the command does indeed work on a couple of our machines here at 9to5Mac. Shortly after, @tempaccountnull discovered that "sudo nvram StartupMute=%01" will turn it back to the default of no chime. For a fun look behind the scenes of the making and history of the Mac startup chime, check out this interview with the creator Jim Reekes. What do you think? Are you excited to have the Mac chime back? Share your thoughts in the comments below? Thanks, Dylan! Original Article at: https://9to5mac.com/2020/02/21/bring-back-mac-startup-chime-command/ -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/000301d5e9bb%2425f6b8e0%2471e42aa0%24%40edu.
