The Curiologist on Instagram: "The Man behind Apple's Iconic Startup Sound Back in the 1980s and early '90s, Apple was not just shaping how computers looked and worked—it was also quietly shaping how they sounded. One of the unsung heroes of this era was Jim Reekes, a sound designer and engineer at Apple. He joined the company in 1988 and later became the man behind some of the most iconic sounds in tech history. Most famously, he created the soothing Macintosh startup chime that first appeared