Messing around with Lion, and found a little undisclosed feature (Maybe bug) with the keyboard volume controls:
If you press the keys in a specific order, it allows you to have the sound at a much lower level without having an external tuner. (Yes, even lower than 1 "Box" in the little HUD.)
To do this:
Start at a normal volume setting.
Use Volume Down (F11 on desktop Apple keyboards, or the one with one sound wave on laptops) until the volume is muted, no boxes showing.
Press the mute button (No sound wave, F10 on desktop Apple keyboards)
There will still be no boxes showing on the HUD, but the little speaker is no longer crossed out. The sound will now play at a much lower level.
Kind of odd, kind of interesting. Does it work on your machine?
-Apple2
If you press the keys in a specific order, it allows you to have the sound at a much lower level without having an external tuner. (Yes, even lower than 1 "Box" in the little HUD.)
To do this:
Start at a normal volume setting.
Use Volume Down (F11 on desktop Apple keyboards, or the one with one sound wave on laptops) until the volume is muted, no boxes showing.
Press the mute button (No sound wave, F10 on desktop Apple keyboards)
There will still be no boxes showing on the HUD, but the little speaker is no longer crossed out. The sound will now play at a much lower level.
Kind of odd, kind of interesting. Does it work on your machine?
-Apple2
