The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for the startup chime sound. But that sound hasn’t always been the same. Here you have all the Apple startup chimes since the ...

One of the most recognizable sounds on the planet is going away. The chime that rings out whenever your MacBook or iMac (or PowerBook or Power Mac or Quadra) restarts, letting everyone around you know ...

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Apple's newly released MacBook Pros do away with the classic F-sharp major boot-up chime that has been a part of the Mac since 1999. Thankfully, for those who want to keep it, there's an easy way to ...

Britta is the former Deputy Editor of Pocket-lint and has covered the consumer technology industry since 2012. Her specialties include smartphones, smart home, speakers, and wearables. There's a ...

Apple is killing off one of its most iconic features: Its startup chime. The Californian technology company is removing the distinctive noise that Macs make when they boot up, starting with the new ...

At one time it was used for diagnostics, but the world moved on. Now Apple finally has too with its new laptop, the first of a brave new line of chimeless Macs Apple has finally put one of the most ...

Apple is in feature deleting mode. First, headphone jacks on the iPhone 7. Then, tethers on its display phones. And last week it got rid of the function keys on the new MacBook Pros and replaced them ...

Apple's won a U.S. trademark for the iconic Mac boot chime some six months after applying for it with the USPTO. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior Writer Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers ...