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The Mac startup sound was designed to calm you down
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If you owned a computer in the 90s, turning it on was a game of Russian roulette. The jarring error beeps of early Macs gave users literal anxiety. Jim Reekes, an Apple sound designer, created the soothing C-major chord startup chime to act as an auditory palate cleanser, signaling that the machine actually managed to boot up without self-destructing. It’s basically digital therapy for traumatized early adopters.
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