iPad Pro Would you like the iPad Pro to have a boot up Chime. ?

[TheRealAlex]

This is something that is a key hallmark of Apple and has been recognized and brought back to Mac OS BigSur. In keeping with Apple’s vision to merge MacBooks and iPads with ARM based silicone, a unifying touchstone like a boot chime on iPadOS would be appropriate. IPad needs this.


http://chng.it/rNpBCLmn Lets make this happen.

 

[AutomaticApple]

has been recognized and brought back to Mac OS BigSur.

It was brought back in macOS Catalina, but you had to enable it VIA a command in the terminal.

 

[ericwn]

iPads rarely boot up, hence useless.

It’s not a Mac and it doesn’t need to behave as one.

Boot chimes are at best a thing of the past.

 

[trevpimp]

I would like one hehe

Or maybe if they brought up an even more experience on start up 🤔

 

[Plutonius]

It was brought back in macOS Catalina, but you had to enable it VIA a command in the terminal.

I have Mojave and I enabled the chime in the terminal.

 

[EmlynDewar]

My iPad is very rarely off, but I'd prefer not to have an obnoxious loud chime whenever I turn on any electronic equipment.
As mentioned above, it belongs in the past.

 

[one more]

Could not care less - for me, the faster and quieter it starts up when powered on, the better. 👍

 

[Seanm87]

Good God no

 

[xxray]

No. I wish Apple didn’t bring it back for Big Sur, and I hope there’s an option to turn off. It’s so embarrassing and annoying for your device to play a loud sound when you’re just trying to get started using it. Silently starting is way better.

 

[Thoradin]

It was brought back in macOS Catalina, but you had to enable it VIA a command in the terminal.

I bought a 2017 Air for the Mrs and it has had the chime right from coming out of the box. To be fair I never knew it had gone anywhere, my 2011 mini has it and so does my iBook clamshell (the only other Apple computers in the house).
The iPad, you would never hear the chime though. If they are anything like my iPhone it would only ever sound when fresh from the box, other than updates I’ve not restarted my XR at any point.

 

[ApfelKuchen]

Back in the 20th Century, many desktop computer systems played a simple beep at startup to indicate that Power On Self Test (POST) had completed. Startup key combinations could not be recognized by the system until POST was done. When Mac came along, Apple thought it would be fun to replace that annoying beep with a more pleasing sound.

POST used to take a fair bit of time (10-20 seconds or more), but today's computing devices finish POST in a fraction of a second. There's no need to "wait for it, wait for it..." before pressing key combinations, so Apple eliminated the startup chime from Mac a few years ago. Apple returning the startup sound to Mac is purely about nostalgia and marketing (announcing to people in the area that there's a Mac present).

There's no functional need for a startup chime on iOS - there are no key combinations or gestures that can be invoked at startup.

All a startup sound or animation (Apple logo with loading bar) is useful for is to tell the user that something is actually happening. So sure, if the iPad can play a startup animation, why not a sound to go with it? One argument against it is that maybe people would prefer silence when starting/restarting an iOS device, since it's often done in public, rather than the relative privacy of a home or office.

But would Apple do it? Not if they want to maintain product differentiation between Mac and iPad.

 

[Ungibbed]

I’d rather have a startup loading animation than a chime on my iPad. It rarely gets restarted now that I think about it.

 

[Ethosik]

No. I wish Apple didn’t bring it back for Big Sur, and I hope there’s an option to turn off. It’s so embarrassing and annoying for your device to play a loud sound when you’re just trying to get started using it. Silently starting is way better.

I absolutely agree. Imagine this happening in a class or in a library. I really do not understand the obsession with a little sound that plays at the beginning. I cannot stand these kind of sounds. Like Windows XP and Windows Vista/7 sounds when you login.