New MacBook Pros lack iconic Mac startup chime, but they do automatically boot when you open the lid (update: here’s how to enable it)<div class="feat-image">
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<p><strong>Update</strong>: There is apparently a way to make your 2016 MacBook chime again at boot, using an NVRAM tweak —
full details here on how to do it. To enable chimes, open Terminal and type <code>sudo nvram BootAudio=%01 </code>This is not documented or officially supported in any way, so mileage may vary. There’s also a flag to disable the auto-boot behavior.</p>
<p>It has been discovered that along with physical function keys, glowing Apple logo and ‘old style’ USB ports, the
new MacBook Pros lack the iconic Mac chime when booting up. This is the distinctive noise heard at startup when the Mac passes the initial POST checks; Apple has used the
same F-sharp chord sound in its computers since 1998.</p>
<p>The new MacBooks end this tradition as the chime has been removed completely and the machines will make no noise at all on boot, unless there is a fault. However, there seems to be a good reason for this change …</p>
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