hi I love to turn my Mac on so I can get working; allthough I have my Mac more for music than work because of the soundbar it has . I have a Macbook Air; so when I get it into startup mode I like it to be silent is that possible?
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hi Is Apple Going To Remove The Sound At startup?
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Are you asking if you can remove the Apple boot chime sound when you first start up your MacBook Air?
If yes, then:
1) Open Terminal
2) Type in sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%80 and hit Enter
3) It will then prompt you for your system password. Type this in. Be aware that it won't show your password when you're typing it, so you'll need to enter it blind then hit Enter.
The above instructions will not work if you don't have a password on your Mac. If this is the case, set a temporary password and then you can remove it later.
hi There . You see I dont know how to open terminal because it must be a loose program which I have no association with; in fact it relates to coding which Ive not studied so how do I do it?
Terminal is an application located in /Applications/Utilities and cannot be removed on 10.11 or later.
hi So I put this code into terminal and then when I restarted my Macbook this morning due to a system update it didnt work . Why is that?
OP:
Can you get used to doing this?
Just before you shutdown at night, hit the "mute" button (on the function keys).
This sets the volume to "0". The OS should remember this setting.
Now, when you press the power-on button to reboot, it should do so "silently".
Does this work?
Can you get used to doing this?
Just before you shutdown at night, hit the "mute" button (on the function keys).
This sets the volume to "0". The OS should remember this setting.
Now, when you press the power-on button to reboot, it should do so "silently".
Does this work?
Stop rebooting? I never do it except when macOS is updating.
On my MBA, I've never gotten any of the mentioned methods to work right. Personally I think you're stuck with that chime. It's gone from the 2016 MBP and perhaps it'll also be removed from others.
There's the answer. Hearing the chime once every few weeks isn't too much of a hassle.
Do people turn their laptops off ? I just close the lid.... after a while, it effectively shuts down.
hi Ill have to press the mute button key . I load Mac lets see early in the mornings and cant do with the sound from it .