When
I plug in my iPhone or iPad, the device makes a little chiming noise so I know
I just gave it power. I would love it if my MacBook Air did the same thing when
I plugged it in. Is there a setting somewhere that could make this happen?
We agree—there is something
comforting about that chime; when you hear it, you know you have successfully
plugged in the device, and you know it’s charging away. This is such a common
request that it has become the default behavior on the new, super-thin MacBook
released in 2015. When you plug in that little computer, it chimes, so you know
you did the deed.
Ken recently wanted the same
behavior on his MacBook Pro, and so he did some research. He wasn’t alone in
his search, and found a number of articles describing how to enable this
feature, even though it’s not the default behavior of any older Macs, and
there’s no obvious setting in the user interface of OS X to enable it.
In order to enable the chime, you
must use the Terminal application (that is, the command line application that
communicates directly with the operating system). This can be a little scary
for first-time users, but if you follow the instructions in the following
article, everything should seem simple: http://osxdaily.com/2015/04/15/play-chime-sound-effect-when-macbook-power-connects/.
In essence, turning on the power
connection chime involves copying and pasting a single line of text and then
pressing Return in the Terminal application. Clearly, backing up your computer
before you attempt this change is a good idea, but because there’s very little
chance you could possibly do any damage of any kind, it’s not essential. (The worst
that might happen is that you type the command wrong, or paste only a portion
of it—in that case, the command simply won’t work.) The article listed
previously shows you how to enable the feature, and also how to disable it
later if you find you don’t like it. Check out the article to see how to enable
this useful Mac OS X feature that isn’t otherwise available: http://osxdaily.com/2015/04/15/play-chime-sound-effect-when-macbook-power-connects/.
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