MacBook Startup Sound Not Playing

dom-cary Said:

"MacBook Startup Sound Not Playing: Recently I noticed my MacBook Pro doesn't make the startup chime anymore. I have not had an update recently so I am not sure what has changed."

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Reset NVRAM and SMC:

Reset the NVRAM and then reset the SMC, of your Mac. Sometimes, changes are made to your system, and then settings (i.e. for the speakers) become manipulated, technically. So, when that happens, reset these to get things to operate as they should. It might take unto three tries to get it to work successfully.

TheLittles wrote:

Reset NVRAM and SMC:

Reset the NVRAM and then reset the SMC, of your Mac. Sometimes, changes are made to your system, and then settings (i.e. for the speakers) become manipulated, technically. So, when that happens, reset these to get things to operate as they should. It might take unto three tries to get it to work successfully.

FWIW, there is no SMC or NVRAM on an M1 Mac to reset.

Check System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects to see if "Play sound on startup" is checked.

dom-cary wrote:

I was troubleshooting a bit and I guess if you have your speakers muted when you shutdown the computer they remain muted even for startup volume.

Yep.