Hi Buddy, and list,
Ok, here’s the deal. First off, I recently acquired the 2018 MBP with
Touch Bar, firstly because my old MBP, an late 2011 model was showing signs of
age, and it was high time to upgrade. Also, because, unlike the non Touch Bar
model, it has a bigger SSD. Sad to say, of course, the startup chime isn’t
present. I did look on-line, and indeed found the Terminal command for
re-enabling it on 2015 & 2016 MBPs. I tried the command, and, much to my
chagrin, no dice! Also, there’s a command for disabling the “startup on lid
open” function, which, purportedly, will restore the chime. Again, no dice!
Someone on here also mentioned that the SSD models must make some
sounds as they boot up? Well, hate to break the bad news to everyone, the
machine makes *absolutely no sound*, whatsoever, on booting, until VO comes up.
Remember, folks, an SSD is, essentially, a 256GB, 512GB, etc, flash drive
inside your computer, instead of the old-style mechanical drives we’re all used
too. Because of this, unless you heard your machine’s fan reving up, or you
heard VO speak, you would have no clue what was going on with your machine.
As I understand things, from what I’ve read on-line, the reason Apple
ditched the chime, in their laptops, at least, has to do with how they
function. The new laptops are designed to simply power on when the lid is
lifted. For this reason, were the chime still there, you’d hear it, each &
every time you opened the thing up. That’d get annoying for some. The simple
solution to that, of course, would be to run the Terminal command which
disables that function.
Myself, personally, I love that iconic chime, and have never tired of
hearing it. To me, it was an almost comforting thing, a bit of piece of mind,
if you will, that the Mac was alive, at least, even if, on occasion, the boot
process didn’t go normally. Now, in this age of computers which are all memory
and processors, having that iconic chime, for us blind folk at least, seems
more important than ever. The example of resetting the PRAM, as someone else
mentioned, is an excellent case in point.
Here are the Terminal commands for turning the chime on/off, in the
2015 & 2016 MacBook Pros:
sudo nvram BootAudio=%01 (Restores the chime)
sudo nvram BootAudio=%00 (Turns the chime off)
sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00 (Disables the Auto Boot function)
sudo nvram AutoBoot=%03 (Restores Auto Boot functionality)
FYI, tried these commands on my new MacBook, and no joy!
I think the reason it doesn’t bother us that our iOS devices don’t make
a sound when we first turn them on is because they never had it, so we never
knew what we were missing.
HTH?
Ron
On Oct 9, 2018, at 6:57 PM, Buddy Brannan <buddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ah, but you can get the chime back. Disclaimer: this isn’t sanctioned,
approved, or endorsed by Apple. I found it on the web just like anyone else
can, use at your own risk, the views and opinions expressed do not
necessarily reflect the vies and opinions of my employer. Batteries not
included, void where prohibited, please enjoy responsibly, must be 18 years
or older to play, not available in Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico.
One article says this doesn’t work, but
https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/reenable-macbook-pro-startup-chime/
On Oct 9, 2018, at 6:38 PM, Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1993@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is happening with all new Macs. While frustrating, it isn’t the end of
the world for me. Windows computers don’t do this, and I’m just used to it
now.
Aleeha
On Oct 9, 2018, at 6:36 PM, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi folks,
We installed a brand new iMac in the shop to day one of the last built
before the new operating system. With every other mac I have ever set down
to when you press the start button you hear a chime of sorts to let you
know that the start up process has begun. But no start up chime with the
new iMac.
After calling tech support and accessibility neither one knew why they had
made the change but they did confirm that it was happening on the new iMacs.
We did register a complaint.
Any thoughts?
Keith Reedy
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http://biblesfortheblind.org
Keith Reedy
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