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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Interesting bit of Apple trivia for ya. When you play the classic System 7 sound "Sosumi" backwards, it says "steve is dead." Seriously. At least that's what I read on the interweb so it must be true.