It doesn’t get any better when a few lines further down he disables the LaunchServices quarantine and frames it as eliminating a dialogue box instead of as eliminating a major mitigation to browser vulnerabilities.
(a fun game whenever these silly scripts get posted is to count how many different security measures they silently disable with little to no warning to the naive)
Can you elaborate? I despise the startup chime and disable it on all of my Macs. Why should they announce a startup when none of my other devices do? Why would I want to wake a sleeping baby or annoy other library patrons? This is one of the most obnoxious decisions Apple ever forced on its users (and, yes, I was happy when the illuminated logo on the laptop lid was finally put to rest).
Because if you ever run into a problem where your computer doesn't turn on, the startup sound is your first indicator of whether the screen is faulty, or the board is faulty.
Among the many differences, if the screen is faulty, one can plug in an external monitor, and: get files off, perform a backup, use the computer, and so on and so forth.
It’s intended originally to confirm boot, a real issue to solve back in the day. Some people get a warm nostalgia from it now. Not all choices need to be logical to improve a product for some.
I have plenty of devices that announce startup, I can think of at least one in every room of the house. Everything from my pfSense box to my washing machine.
Yes! The startup sound is part of the long history of the Mac. It’s entirely nostalgic for me and always reminds me of the sense of wonder I felt when I first used a 128K Mac.
Just the other day my mind was blown when I learned that the startup chord was inspired by the chord at the end of A Day In The Life from Sgt. Pepper's. Source? The guy who created it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5838mfezO8M
(a fun game whenever these silly scripts get posted is to count how many different security measures they silently disable with little to no warning to the naive)