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Q: 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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  • by lollypop852,

    lollypop852 lollypop852 Feb 23, 2014 3:27 AM in response to wariovonflutenhausen
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    Feb 23, 2014 3:27 AM in response to wariovonflutenhausen

    thats what i did ...

  • by spencercw,

    spencercw spencercw Mar 11, 2014 8:59 AM in response to Hippomormor
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    Mar 11, 2014 8:59 AM in response to Hippomormor

    Worked for me on 2013 rMBP with Mavericks.  Thanks.

  • by screamingmeanie,

    screamingmeanie screamingmeanie Mar 12, 2014 8:31 AM in response to wariovonflutenhausen
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    Mar 12, 2014 8:31 AM in response to wariovonflutenhausen

    Turning the mute "on" before shutting down or restarting TOTALLY works perfectly for me too!.  No changing any settings, nothing!  Too simple and what a bummer that I've put up with this for 6+ years.

     

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  • by Kwales66,

    Kwales66 Kwales66 Mar 12, 2014 10:36 AM in response to imicanada
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    Mar 12, 2014 10:36 AM in response to imicanada

    I use a small app called Startupsound - which allows you to control the volume or mute ( Works for Mt Lion not sure about Mavericks )

  • by guymarb,

    guymarb guymarb Mar 27, 2014 4:47 AM in response to wariovonflutenhausen
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    Mar 27, 2014 4:47 AM in response to wariovonflutenhausen

    I keep earbuds plugged into the jack. Hit the mute button on the keyboard. (not necessary to hold during startup)

     

    Startup Mavericks.... no startup sound.

     

    Lot simpler than messing around with Terminal or third party software.

     

    (Computer is a Macbook Pro. No idea if this works on all models)

  • by Wizard_Magic_Spell,

    Wizard_Magic_Spell Wizard_Magic_Spell Apr 3, 2014 8:38 AM in response to darksouljp
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    Apr 3, 2014 8:38 AM in response to darksouljp

    Darksouljp's tip worked for me. Interestingly,MuteCon has not added itself to Login Items (and I have not manually added it),yet it still silences that dreadful Mac noise at every restart. Brilliant!

  • by Ruairelie,

    Ruairelie Ruairelie Apr 24, 2014 6:28 PM in response to Hippomormor
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    Apr 24, 2014 6:28 PM in response to Hippomormor

    For anyone interested, here is my step by step to turning off the default startup sound.  This builds on Hippomormor's posts back in October, filling in the gaps for basic users such as myself and adding a bit of context.  The context may not be perfect, but I'm running Mavericks 10.9.2 and this works.

     

    open terminal

     

    type

    sudo vim /Library/Scripts/mute-on.sh

    this creates a mute-on.sh script file in a vim (editor) instance

     

    press ‘i’ this will allow you to enter or ‘insert’ text

     

    type

    #!/bin/bash

    osascript -e 'set Volume with output muted'

     

    the first line means run this script in bash.  'bash' is a shell.  A shell is a program that takes your commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform.

    the second line says “run the following statement 'set Volume with output muted’”.

    Applescript adopts a plain English approach and this string mutes the volume.  To unmute, which we’ll have to do below, the statement will change to ‘set Volume without output muted’.  I guess the plain English approach only goes so far.

     

    press ‘Esc’. This gets you out of the ‘insert text’ mode in the vim editor

     

    hold ‘Shift’ and press the 'z' key twice.  This gets you out of the vim editor and back into Terminal

     

    type

    sudo nano /Library/Scripts/mute-off.sh

    this creates  a mute-off.sh file in the nano editor.  why use a different editor?  not sure.

     

    in your nano instance, type

    #!/bin/bash

    osascript -e 'set volume without output muted'

     

    - Press ‘control + x’ then ‘y’ then ‘enter/return’

    ‘control + x’ is the Exit command in the nano editor, ‘y’ for “Yes, please” and ‘enter/return’ to save it to the default chosen file (the one you’ve been editing)

     

    You’re back in Terminal

    type

    sudo chmod u+x /Library/Scripts/mute-on.sh

    press ‘enter’

    you’ll be asked to enter your administrator password

     

    then type

    sudo chmod u+x /Library/Scripts/mute-off.sh

    I was not asked for another password

     

    then type

    sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LogoutHook /Library/Scripts/mute-on.sh

    press ‘enter’

    this tells the computer to run the mute-on script when logging out

     

    then type

    sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook /Library/Scripts/mute-off.sh

    press ‘enter’

    this tells the computer to run the mute-off script when logging in

     

    Close your Terminal window and restart your computer a couple of times and enjoy the silence.

     

    Hopefully this helps and works for you too.

  • by FILIK,

    FILIK FILIK Apr 25, 2014 3:07 AM in response to imicanada
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    Apr 25, 2014 3:07 AM in response to imicanada

    Actually there is not a perminent solution for turning-off startup chime without third-part apps or writing some commands in terminal.

     

    If you do not want to use 3rd part apps and change some operation system files you have have two options;

     

    1. Press the mute key just before shutting computer down

    2. Hold the mute key while turning computer on.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 25, 2014 3:52 AM in response to imicanada
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    Apr 25, 2014 3:52 AM in response to imicanada

    imicanada wrote:

     

    Thanks,

    I have checked previous discussions. I think it ought to be user's choice to use it or not.

    It's not, if you feel like hacking your Mac to get rid of it Google for solutions, use at your owm risk.

  • by cerene,

    cerene cerene May 2, 2014 5:51 PM in response to Csound1
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    May 2, 2014 5:51 PM in response to Csound1

    Remember people, Mac just works!

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 May 3, 2014 1:00 AM in response to cerene
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    May 3, 2014 1:00 AM in response to cerene

    cerene wrote:

     

    Remember people, Mac just works!

    Not if you are foolish enough to hack them,

  • by LJLaValle,

    LJLaValle LJLaValle May 18, 2014 8:18 AM in response to Ruairelie
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    May 18, 2014 8:18 AM in response to Ruairelie

    A lot of steps, but worked!  I'm not comfortable with installing apps that do this for you, and was looking for a script instead.

     

    The nano script editor thing got me confused as I was reading your process, but was back on track when the nano editor popped up for me to see after typing the said line code.

     

    I'm running 10.7.5 on a late model 2006 imac.

     

    Thanks for the info!

  • by nakano.mma,

    nakano.mma nakano.mma Jun 5, 2014 11:59 PM in response to X423424X
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    Jun 5, 2014 11:59 PM in response to X423424X

    the more I read this forums,the more fun i have... a sound to tell you critical things? really? what century is this? people are supposed to have evolved, and know how to read stuff. give a **** message, telling what is wrong, not a sound! who remembers sounds codes, multiple keyboard shortcuts an terminal commands? 21st century ...MG..

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jun 6, 2014 12:21 AM in response to nakano.mma
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    Jun 6, 2014 12:21 AM in response to nakano.mma

    You had to revive a 2 year old thread just so you could complain?

     

    Thanks for your contribution

  • by humonster,

    humonster humonster Jun 8, 2014 8:07 AM in response to Hippomormor
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    Jun 8, 2014 8:07 AM in response to Hippomormor

    Hippomormor, could you help me please? After I have made the changes you mentioned I still have the startup sound but now my computer is totally mute:-) I mean no sound at all. Any suggestion how I set it back? My timeline is off so that is not an option.

    Thanks in advance!

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