Comments on: Mac tips - Turn off your Mac’s startup sound

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:28:52 +0000

Just found this:
http://www.macyourself.com/2008/10/17/keep-your-macs-volume-settings-and-startup-chime-under-control/

It says if you hold the mute button on the keyboard as you start up your mac, the chime won’t sound!

Yet to try it as I’m currently in the uni library so I don’t want to risk making the noise again

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boot up sound - Mac-Forums.com — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:05:00 +0000

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By: Popcorn

Popcorn — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:10:59 +0000

AMEN Jim! My toddler knows what the start up chime means and comes running into my bedroom after we have spent 30 mins reading bedtime stories, tucking in and scaring the wild things from under the bed. PLEASE. It is Apple’s responsibility to send an update. Are these off site fixes safe? No piggy backing their software onto our computers? Thanks for your help.

By: JC

JC — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:41:36 +0000

Tiger,

If that startup sound is so essential, does it make sense that you can turn it off simply by turning the volume down before shut down?

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:14:36 +0000

I agree this is poor design on Apple’s part. I share my home office with a newborn, and the only chance I get to do work is when the baby sleeps. So guess what? I dread turning on my MacBook Pro because the thing wakes him up.

Why is this bong even necessary? My Windows computer very nicely remembers my wishes for it to keep quiet.

Maybe that fat “I’m a PC” guy in the advertisement knows a little more about having newborns around than the smarmy “I’m a Mac” guy.

By: aka-null

aka-null — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:46:13 +0000

Yay! True, windows needs to celebrate each boot. With the Mac it is just another day at work.

Thanks!

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:17:08 +0000

Are iMac’s different? On my silver iMac it doesn’t work. And that is right where it is most annoying. Contrary to popular beliefs, a Mac needs rebooting (Specially when you have kids that wants to play 3D games on it under Windows that won’t play under Parallels ….) Would be nice to have a solution there. But thanks for your trouble mate!!

Walter

By: really now

really now — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:53:02 +0000

tiger - the mac startup sound is not cute nor delightful

By: brian

brian — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:51:51 +0000

regardless of what the function of the startup sound is or not - i do not need or want to hear that startup sound. i also shouldn’t have to search the internet looking for a hack to solve this problem. if apple didn’t engineer the function into their computers they could have at least provided me with a reliable fix.

stop blaming the customer. i don’t know of ANYONE who owns a mac or pc that likes hearing a startup sound on their computers. What’s worse, as some Kirsten said, us college kids get nailed everytime we startup our computers in class.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:12:15 +0000

While the sound may be useful, I think it’s a terrible decision on Apple’s part if they are trying so hard to market their products to university students. Must be awful in a freshman double dorm room or library. I really can’t fathom why they make it so that it doesn’t just sound through your headphones. Stupid.

Anyway, thanks a million for this! It’s been driving me crazy since I am always bothering people when I forget that my headphones are plugged in and it “bonks” full volume at everyone. And to those who don’t shut down at night, stop acting like everyone else are the ones with problems when you’re wasting tremendous amounts of energy every night!