In the late 1980s Jim Reekes began working as a sound designer for Apple, creating some of the Mac's most iconic sounds like the "Sosumi" beep, startup chord, and camera/screenshot click. In a new ...

Happy birthday, Apple Mac. Whether you can remember the hullabaloo of the very first Mac being announced on January 24, 1984, or your first Mac is the latest iMac, you’ll know that there’s something ...

One eagle-eyed report has noted the presence of the term ‘SoSuMi’ in the source code for the page on which Apple’s Samsung Statement appears, initially suggesting that the company was sticking a ...

If you’ve spent any amount of time with a Mac in the last 15 years or so, you may have noticed the Sosumi sound, one of several system alert sound options. Even though you most likely just passed it ...

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The story behind some of Apple's most iconic sounds - including that single chord that chimes when your computer boots up - all stem from just one man and more than a little influence from The Beatles ...

I haven't played around with themes since Akio posted the first ones at ResExcellence a long time ago. I thought it sucked, and installation and such was a needless pain in the ass. Just today I ran ...

What happens when a tech startup and the world’s most famous band share the same name? In 1976, when Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple Computer, they walked straight into a ...