Jim Reekes

Jim Reekes was a programmer at Apple Computer for 12 years. His work has significantly affected operating systems, most notably System 7 and QuickTime. He also is responsible for creating many of the system sounds for the Apple Macintosh operating system. Some of the most famous creations during that time were the Mac OS startup sound and the system sound sosumi. Reekes graduated from California State University Fullerton in 1981 with a degree in... more

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