How do I stop the 'DONG' when power on?

[Fuzzy14]

I occasionally switch off my MacBook with the volume all the way up, and then wake up my new baby the next time I switch it on.

Is there a button on the keyboard I can hold down to stop it making the noise when switching on? Alternative is to find and plug in a set of headphones every time.

 

[AndyK]

StartupSound.prefPane

 

[panoz7]

StartupSound.prefPane

I think that's PPC only.

 

[Fuzzy14]

Just downloaded it, they've added a version for Intel (Tiger onwards.)

Thanks for your help. I seem to remember there was a similar control panel back in 7.5.5 ! Progress, eh?

 

[mr.light]

Very low tech solution....Plugin some earphones. My daughter did that to mine and I thought it my sound was screwed until I noticed the wires hanging out from the back of the iMac.

 

[Whorehay]

Very low tech solution....Plugin some earphones. My daughter did that to mine and I thought it my sound was screwed until I noticed the wires hanging out from the back of the iMac.

Doesn't work for my MBP. I just try to plan ahead and turn off the sound before I need to go to the library for instance. Or just sleep the computer.

 

[JE-Illustration]

I to use headphones sometimes... I believe hitting the mute button before shutting down will work to.

 

[iJesus]

The thread title made me laugh.

hehe

 

[Hankster]

I have an untested idea. Much like the intro image during start up, what if you change the sound file that's being used during start up? I know I did this for my PC. For my MB I changed the intro image by changing the file...wouldn't this work for the .wav also?

 

[cherry su]

I think muting the volume before restarting makes it shut up

 

[g-boac]

I occasionally switch off my MacBook with the volume all the way up, and then wake up my new baby the next time I switch it on.

Is there a button on the keyboard I can hold down to stop it making the noise when switching on? Alternative is to find and plug in a set of headphones every time.

Fuzzy - the best thing you can possibly do for your baby is get him or her used to the Mac Chime! The sound your baby hears is the sound of excellence!!!!

cheers,
Mark

 

[Kalafut]

The thread title made me laugh.

hehe

wow i just reread the thread title.... i can't stop laughing

 

[Morowin]

You can also just mute your sound, and then there will be no chime on startup

 

[canucks-17]

This is blasphemy. But yes, muting before restart turns it off.

 

[SaSaSushi]

The thread title made me laugh.

hehe

Yeah, me too. It's common knowledge you can't stop the dong once the power's on.

The dong is unstoppable.

That app might work on the startup chime though.

 

[MacGeek7]

I think muting the volume before restarting makes it shut up

Yep - that's how I keep my roommates from hearing it when I turn my MacBook on

 

[iJesus]

Yeah, me too. It's common knowledge you can't stop the dong once the power's on.

The dong is unstoppable.

That app might work on the startup chime though.

I like it when my dong comes on in class,
everyone usually turns and looks at me
then they're impressed when they look at where it came from

 

[SevenInchScrew]

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