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startup sound on Lion
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is there anyway the sound on startup can be stopped?
no.
but then why would you want to?
no.
but then why would you want to?
Well I know why you would, you're in a boring lecture, you want to use your computer but you don't want to disrupt the lecture and let everyone know you're turning on your mac. I wish the volume buttons work before the OS is loaded.
Or, just have it sleeping instead of shutdown.
If you start the day with a full charge, having the machine sleep between classes doesn't have much of an affect on battery life.
Besides saving power, there really isn't much reason to shutdown. I rarely restart - usually only for updates or to boot off a different partition (for a variety of reasons).
If you start the day with a full charge, having the machine sleep between classes doesn't have much of an affect on battery life.
Besides saving power, there really isn't much reason to shutdown. I rarely restart - usually only for updates or to boot off a different partition (for a variety of reasons).
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Here ya go dude, I find it annoying as well, like to do my computing in stealth...
Here ya go dude, I find it annoying as well, like to do my computing in stealth...
Coming from Windows I simply couldn't believe that the sound was hardcoded into the operating system.
I asked about this a few weeks back and these were the solutions proposed:
Plug in a headphone.
Mute all sounds before turning off the computer.
Don't use the computer. (Seriously this was proposed).
Thankfully though there was one helpful suggestion and that was to hold down the Mute button when you start the computer. If you remember to do that then the startup sound will not play.
I asked about this a few weeks back and these were the solutions proposed:
Plug in a headphone.
Mute all sounds before turning off the computer.
Don't use the computer. (Seriously this was proposed).
Thankfully though there was one helpful suggestion and that was to hold down the Mute button when you start the computer. If you remember to do that then the startup sound will not play.
I have a similar app but can't for the life of me remeber what its called and i'm not at my Mac at the mo.
To be honest though, I can't remember the last time I shut down my mac
best thing to do in a boring lecture is sleep - if you get busted, just say Amen when awoken and everyone will think you've been praying
but - why would one have one's portable turned off during the day anyways given the 7 hour + battery yield?
the most you'd lose over a full day of sleep is 2%.
as mentioned above, just mute by decreasing the volume to zero then the chime won't be audible.
as for 'annoying' - the Mac startup chime is 'iconic' - it's been used in every iteration of Mac OS since the 2 steve's garage days.
live with it or zero your volume.
just a thought.
(man, I hate that word 'iconic'; it's like 'historic' - over utilised, unimaginative and meaningless)
Why bother with third party solutions, just close the lid and your Air will sleep. Shutting down is really a Windows habit something Apple left behind years ago. There are very few reasons to shutdown a Mac
Why bother with third party solutions, just close the lid and your Air will sleep. Shutting down is really a Windows habit something Apple left behind years ago. There are very few reasons to shutdown a Mac
There are around 1 trillion reasons (approx) why you might want to turn off your laptop. Apart from the simple fact that you might want sounds just not that sound.
Then when you turn the laptop on again you certainly don't want to worry about it blasting the iconic startup sound for everyone to hear.