Enable the macOS start up sound on the touch bar MacBook Pro

[Lounge vibes 05]

I would like to start this by saying that I respect Apple's decision to remove the start up sound, because many people have found it to be more of an annoyance, rather than a convenience. Me, how ever, am on the other side of that argument. I am a blind Mac user, who enjoyed having an audible noise to let me know that my system was working fine. I have tried many things, (Terminal commands, automater applications, etc), but none of them have been successful. So, can someone please tell me how to get it back.

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Late 2016, 2.9 Intel Dool I5, 13.3 inch, 512 gig SSD, Mac OS 10.12.3

 

[javier_83]

you can try this: http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/1/13486116/boot-up-sound-effect-macbook-pro-apple-how-to

 

[Sanpete]

Don't think it's possible. At least I haven't seen anyone succeed in doing it, despite some early claims. Does VoiceOver let you know when the computer is successfully booted?

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

you can try this: http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/1/13486116/boot-up-sound-effect-macbook-pro-apple-how-to

you can try this: http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/1/13486116/boot-up-sound-effect-macbook-pro-apple-how-to

you can try this: http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/1/13486116/boot-up-sound-effect-macbook-pro-apple-how-to

I tried this, and it doesn't work
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Don't think it's possible. At least I haven't seen anyone succeed in doing it, despite some early claims. Does VoiceOver let you know when the computer is successfully booted?

Don't think it's possible. At least I haven't seen anyone succeed in doing it, despite some early claims. Does VoiceOver let you know when the computer is successfully booted?

Your probably right

 

[rawweb]

Of all the changes to the MacBook Pro, I miss the startup chime the most. I never realized how accustom to it I had become.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Of all the changes to the MacBook Pro, I miss the startup chime the most. I never realized how accustom to it I had become.

It was devastating

 

[TrueBlou]

Y'know I do miss the startup chime, it's something I've been so accustomed to for so long that it just doesn't seem quite right for it not to be there.

Having said that, the damn thing starts so quickly there's not much opportunity to miss it. Even from a cold boot there's barely a couple of seconds between hitting the power button and the log-in screen appearing. So much so that I think the boot time would actually be longer if the chime played. Maybe not, but it just feels that way.

If that's the case and it may well not be, I'll take the way it is over the chime playing. The new MacBook is definitely the fastest boot-up of any system I've had yet and I like me a bit of speed.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Apple has blocked the hole(s) that once (ever so briefly) allowed a user to return the chime via terminal.

 

[rawweb]

Apple has blocked the hole(s) that once (ever so briefly) allowed a user to return the chime via terminal.

Wonder why they care so much.

 

[Weaselboy]

Apple has blocked the hole(s) that once (ever so briefly) allowed a user to return the chime via terminal.

Yeah... that trick did work and I read somewhere a firmware update blocked it.

 

[Altis]

Wonder why they care so much.

That's just how Apple is. They seem to like to force their way, even when it doesn't seem to matter at all.