Set system volume to 0 AppleScript
This used to work prior to Big Sur:
tell application "Finder" to set volume 0
Is there a change to set volume of system to 0 or mute?
Doesn't seem to work in Big Sur.
Thanks
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
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Despite working or not, asking the Finder to do this dates back to about 1995 and is not needed in favor of the standard command 'set volume' which works via Standard Additions (and not via any specific app).
Nowadays (by which I mean the last 15 years or so), leave the Finder to do file-related tasks, and let the OS handle the rest.
In addition, 'set volume' with a single digit is deprecated - it maps back to the early OS versions where volume was on a scale from 0 - 7.
Nowadays, the right way to do it is to use the extended options for set volume, which allows for a scale of 0-100 as well as separate controls for input volume, output volume, alert volume, and a mute toggle (so you don't have to recall what the volume was set to before you muted):
set volume output volume 100 -- lets hear you roar!
set volume output voume 5 -- or be quiet
set volume with output muted -- go silent
set volume without output muted -- revert to previous volume setting
set volume alert volume 100 -- I *really* want to hear alerts
