Did you know that you can get distraction-covering noise from macOS (Ventura and above) and iOS (15 and above)?
In MacOS, go to System Settings > Accessibility > Audio > Background Sounds.
In iOS, go to Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Background Sounds.
You’ll find the same choices for each: Balanced, Bright, and Dark Noise; and Ocean, Rain, Stream, Night, and Fire. That’s a campfire — no sirens.
In macOS, you can add Background Sounds access to the Menu Bar or Control Center. Go to System Settings > Control Center > Hearing and and choose Show in Menu Bar or Show in Control Center. In iOS, adding a button to the Control Center offers similar ease.
I’ve used a variety of noisemakers on Macs. And a dozen years ago, I relied on an hour-long .mp3 of pink noise. I will quote myself from my teaching days: “Without pink noise, I’d get nothing done in my office.” Times change. The need for noise remains.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Noisy macOS, noisy iOS
By Michael Leddy at 8:25 AM
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