Try the 2nd solution first, it works for me almost 90% of the times.MacOS 10.15 Catalina is newly presented by apple for Apple series of Laptop and Desktop systems. Close all the unnecessary apps and desktops from the multiple desktops section that you get on the top.Ĭlose all the unnecessary apps running in the background and keep only 1 or 2 open that you are actually working on.Ĭlose all extra desktops that are open and keep only one current desktop open. Only other thing that works for me at this time is as follows: So, restarting your mac for just this purpose is not an ideal solution every time because, you may actually working on something that is time sensitive. But, it can't happen without a real issue in the background. Like when you have closed a popup/an app and the Safari or any other application is in the background and that app is not selected properly.īut, I don't like to do that because it seems that the sound starts coming out from no apparent reason. Same happens when you try to type without selecting proper place to type and cursor is not blinking. The 'error' sound on typing is similar to the one that you get when you have hit 'Cmd + P' and print menu is open and you try to type something without clicking a proper position. I have never been stumped by a mac problem in more than 20 years, until now. I say 'I think' because holding down command-option-p-r does not result in 2 startup sounds, just one, and the system boots with the recovery disk.

I have zapped the PRAM and reset the SMC (I think) but the problem persists. The only way to do so now, is to invoke Control Panel>Startup Disk. I also noticed that restarting from a different startup disk, by holding down the option key to select a disk now is also impossible. While it happens, the computer is inoperable, that is, I cannot select any icon in the Finder or perform any command, until it stops. The sound stops when I press command-period, but it happens again after a while at random intervals.

After startup, when it happens again, it is the regular error sound: 'dingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdi ngdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdingdi ng.' and it repeats indefinitely until I press command-period a few times. At startup, the sound is a different one, as if someone is hitting a wooden box or something.

It also happens when I start up, and at random intervals.

My mac mini has also started randomly making a constantly repeating error sound, like when I press a wrong key or command on my computer.

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