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1. chrislh · 1789602721 · focus · HN ↗

   There's a sneaky menu bar background noise app already built into MacOS. You can add "Hearing" to the menu bar (or control center) from settings, and then use that to enable "Background Sounds"

   1. maroonblazer · 1789605132 · focus · HN ↗

      I had no idea this existed, thank you!

      Is "Dark noise" the equivalent of "Brown noise"?

      1. hatthew · 1789609886 · focus · HN ↗

         Yes.

         Note: Generally "dark" (as opposed to "bright") means emphasis on the lower frequencies, which is a good description for brown noise, but they aren't formally the same. Formally, brown noise refers to a power distribution that drops ~6 dB per octave, and I have no idea how strictly apple's "dark noise" matches the technical specifications of that.

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