![]() I think that chime signals both the boot up process of your beloved Mac and a bright new future for the platform. Oh no, I thought, it’s the beginning of the end. I’ll never forget when I first noticed MacBooks making the same “I’m connected” noise when you plugged them into power as the iPad and iPhone. ![]() It’s confirmation that they do still love the Mac, as is the launch of the M1 chip. I think the return of the startup chime is far more than a “oh go on, then, we’ll put it back in” reaction from Apple. It undoubtedly plays second fiddle to its world dominating little sibling, the iPhone, but it still has a massive army of users – most of whom reach near religious devotion to the product.ĭreadful hardware design decisions, lacklustre OS updates and a confusing, ageing product line only served to fuel fears that Apple had in some way given up on the Mac. Like many, I’ve been concerned about Apple’s approach to the Mac of late. If you want to see how excited I was by the return of the macOS chime, you can watch my reaction. ![]() The chime returns (and it means so much more than you think) As with most recent macOS upgrades, it was painless. Having given it 12 hours to settle, both my MacBook and iMac updated without any trouble whatsoever. And, I guess, that’s what a visual redesign tends to encourage. Was Big Sur one of the most anticipated macOS releases on a much wider scale? Were normal people joining the first day upgrade geeks in jumping onboard? Possibly. The good news is that these were definitely first day jitters and, unusually, Apple’s update servers clearly struggling under the pressure. my iMac flat out refused to even start the download.my 16” MacBook Pro failed to download the update and proceeded to act rather unusually for a good hour afterwards, right when I needed to edit and publish my latest video and.Like seemingly millions of others, I chose launch day (or night, my time) to upgrade to Big Sur.
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