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imicanada Author

Level 1

8 points

How do I turn off startup sound?

Every computer I ever had, the first thing I do is to turn off the startup sound because it is very annoying in a public place and sometimes in a quiet place. I have not been able to find out how to trun it off on my Air. I asked the guys at the stores and they just say you can't. That is really dumb. I turned off my speaker but that is not a practical way because I may not remember to turn it off when I shut down.

The question is how do I turn it off permenantly.

Love to know.

Thanks.

Glenn

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 4, 2012 12:50 AM

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Tsuma

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Aug 21, 2012 9:59 AM

To disable the startup sound that plays when you turn on your mac, simply hold down the mute button while pressing the power button. Keep it held down for a while, until after the sound would have normally played.

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killtrow

Level 1

0 points

May 10, 2015 12:26 PM in response to Hippomormor

Thanks!!!... it works!.

Jun 29, 2015 8:32 AM in response to Jinius Evil

The P.O.S.T. (power on self test) sound is a nice tool, but as technical producer it compromises my work environment when I need to boot quietly on site..

Aug 15, 2015 5:22 AM in response to kuhak

This really worked, it is that simple, thanks a lot, no more annoying sound!😁🙂😉

Mar 17, 2016 7:37 AM in response to gotham1

iMacs don't respond to many startup chime muting solutions, so they must implement the startup chime in a manner that's different from other Mac models.

Mar 18, 2016 3:33 PM in response to kuhak

Thank you, worked like a charm, no more waking the neighbours when I start my computer

Sep 24, 2016 12:31 PM in response to Ruairelie

Hi!

It worked for me, but I had to change the quotes to the plain single quote.

Nov 13, 2016 12:39 AM in response to imicanada

It's 2016, owning a MacBook Pro Retina mid-2015 with macOS Sierra, and there is STILL no option in Settings to silence that sound, and ONLY THAT sound.

If you silence your system sounds before you turn off your computer, yes, you won't hear the startup sound when you start your computer.

BUT, this creates two problems:
1. you have to actually remember to do that before turning off your computer. And it's annoying as **** to press shut down and remember mid-way that you forgot to press the mute button. Will you start back your computer just to put it on Silent? NO! Nobody in the right mind will do that.

2. you have to remember to turn it ON again after you start your computer up again, otherwise there is no sound for you in the OS.

I mean, seriously?

How about an option in Sounds -> Chime - OFF? To silence ONLY the chime and nothing else.

Would that be so hard to implement?

Nov 18, 2016 5:15 AM in response to kuhak

Thanks! For me worked SystemAudioVolume=%00 from second reboot. iMac, OS X Sierra.

Nov 18, 2016 5:57 AM in response to radadendr0n

Does this mute only the startup sound or all sounfs?

Dec 8, 2016 12:05 PM in response to Community User

All sounds.

The writing a script method with terminal works, at least in so far as muting the sound on startup.

FritsieT

Level 1

4 points

Dec 9, 2016 1:12 AM in response to imicanada

Worked fine in Mac OSX Sierra, thanks.

Dec 24, 2016 11:57 AM in response to imicanada

Kuhak's answer worked on my new 2016 macbook pro! yeah!!!! This is one of the first things that I do when I get a new computer and this was an easy fix.