Every ten minutes my G5 iMac beeps twice 'beep beep' 48 minutes, 58 minutes, 08 minutes etc. I can't place what might be causing this. Anyone got any ideas? I could reboot and hope the process finishes but I'd rather figure it out first 
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Beeping every 10 minutes?
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In the Date and Time panel, is it set to do that?
Edit: nevermind, looks like that was an OS 9 thing
Edit: nevermind, looks like that was an OS 9 thing
Nothing on today. Will advise on volume in 4 minutes time.ITASOR said:iCal doesn't need to be open to run alarms and such.
I would suggest opening iCal and looking under today's date to see if anything is there.
Does adjusting the volume affect the volume of the beep?
wasimyaqoob said:I think you need to enter the CODE
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and press "Execute"
Lost fans will know
what exactly does that do?
wait, is that something to do with the tv show "lost"?
security update wouldn't do anything
Good luck!
Look in activity monitor to see if any "helpers" are running.
Also, do you have a rev A, B, or C (iSight) iMac? May have something to do with it (though i doubt it)
Good luck!
Look in activity monitor to see if any "helpers" are running.
Also, do you have a rev A, B, or C (iSight) iMac? May have something to do with it (though i doubt it)
Do the logs say anything about it?
Is it a loud beep (from a speaker) or is it a soft beep from somewhere deep inside?
Does it happen if you log in as another user (create one)?
Is it a loud beep (from a speaker) or is it a soft beep from somewhere deep inside?
Does it happen if you log in as another user (create one)?
This is a little paranoid, but - has anybody else had physical access to the machine?
I'm asking because some keylogger is beeping if you don't pay/register, and it doesn't show up in the dock.
if you are lucky there is a short spike in the activity monitor (cpu) with every peep, would help you narrow down possible applications/processes.
I'm asking because some keylogger is beeping if you don't pay/register, and it doesn't show up in the dock.
if you are lucky there is a short spike in the activity monitor (cpu) with every peep, would help you narrow down possible applications/processes.
Are you sure it's not a smoke detector beeping because of low battery? This happened to me with a Carbon Monoxide detector and it drove me crazy because I couldn't pinpoint the source.
LOL. My kids have a toy cell phone that beeps periodically (about every 3 minutes) when left on, drives me nuts trying to find the *&%^)*&# thing in the middle of the night, since it tends to be under the sofa or buried in a pile of other toys.blodwyn said:
Anyhow, have you checked cron? From Terminal "sudo crontab -e" and see if anything is set to go off every 10 minutes...
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LOL, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title.wasimyaqoob said:I think you need to enter the CODE
4 8 15 16 23 42
and press "Execute"
Lost fans will know
LastLine said:
Any entry in the logs around the time of the beep. Use Console.app if you're not CLI-versed.
And what about logging in as another user (create one if need be)? This will help determine if the problem is system-wide, or relegated to your normal user.