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What happened to the power chime?
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I do not remember that chime ever existing, and I’ve been using a Mac laptop since 2001. Perhaps you are confusing the Mac with the iPad/iPhone, devices that indeed have a power up chime.
Nope, for sure it happened with my Macbooks. Maybe it was something off by default that you had to turn on but my Macbooks always chimed when I plugged into power.
I'd never heard of this before, then again I've got a 2012 MBP which explains it, google may be your friend - https://appletoolbox.com/fixing-a-malfunctioning-power-chime-on-mac-and-macbook-devices/
Well there goes my theory that it went away with Big Sur. I'm assuming you're using the power adapter that came with your Air? I'm using a 65W from a previous Pro so maybe that has something to do with it?
No- I’m actually not using my Air power adapter. It happens regardless of what power source I use- as expected. I have some aftermarket chargers too. It even chimes when charged with a 5W brick!
So a bit more info... I get the chime when my system is on with the lid open and I plug in power. If the lid is closed (but the system is not shut down, it's just sleeping) I do not hear a chime when I plug into power. This is a new behavior...it used to chime when the lid was closed.
I don't have it on my 2015 MacBook Air, but I (vaguely) remember having it in the past, possibly on a previous MacBook.
You seem to be right. I still do not remember this chime on previous MacBooks, but on my current 16" MBP there is indeed a chime when connecting to power.
I hadn't noticed it before, so it is more than plausible there was one on the 2015 rMBP but I didn't noticed it either.
The Magsafe Macs never had a chime when connecting power. That was new with the USB-C Macs, presumably because there was no longer a light on the cable to indicate if the computer was actually receiving power.
Yes, actually that's exactly how I noticed it. I'm running Big Sur on a 16" MBP and I plug the USB-C cable in the closed laptop. I really do not know how I hadn't noticed it before.
Makes sense, I also use USB-C MacBooks sometimes so that's probably what confused me.
MacBook Pro 13-inch, 2019, Apple of course.
If I close the lid and unplug to move it to another room it chimes as soon as I plug it in again, with the lid closed.
Nah, he isn’t. Macbooks from at least late 2016 played the same connection/charging chime when power is connected.