Sosumi
Sign in to saveSosumi is an alert sound introduced by Apple sound designer Jim Reekes in Apple Computer's Macintosh System 7 operating system in 1991. The name is derived from the phrase "so, sue me!" because of a long running court battle with Apple Corps, the similarly named music company affiliated with the Beatles, regarding the use of music in Apple Inc.'s computer products.
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Sosumi is an alert sound introduced by Apple sound designer Jim Reekes in Apple Computer's Macintosh System 7 operating system in 1991. The name is derived from the phrase "so, sue me!" because of a long running court battle with Apple Corps, the similarly named music company affiliated with the Beatles, regarding the use of music in Apple Inc.'s computer products.
==History== right|thumb|The "Sosumi" alert sound, created by Jim Reekes. Sosumi is a short xylophone-influenced sound, which gained notoriety in computer folklore as a defiant pun name, in response to a long-running Apple Corps v Apple Computer trademark conflict. The sound was long included in subsequent versions of its computer OS releases. However, in 2020 it was replaced in macOS Big Sur.
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