Waking sound shut off

[ihavenosocks]

Hi all -

Easy question I'm sure - Wondering if someone call tell me how to turn off the sound my mac laptop makes when it wakes up from sleeping (sounds like a spaceship). Can't seem to find anything in the system preferences etc.

Thanks in advance -
nosocks

 

[ThirteenXIII]

you mean the superdrive? i dont think there is a away to do that.

most do that when thye wake up for as long as i can remember.


if you want to silence your start-up you can simply press the mute speaker button on your Mac notebook prior to shutdown.

 

[r.j.s]

you mean the superdrive? i dont think there is a away to do that.

Whoops, too much to drink, didn't read the original post ...

No. That sound is the machine checking for a disc in the drive, you cannot silence it.

 

[Trip.Tucker]

Hi all -

Easy question I'm sure - Wondering if someone call tell me how to turn off the sound my mac laptop makes when it wakes up from sleeping (sounds like a spaceship). Can't seem to find anything in the system preferences etc.

Thanks in advance -
nosocks

Do you mean the Mac startup sound? That can be silenced with a pref pane.

 

[ihavenosocks]

additional info

Well, my gf and I have the same laptop, and when MY screen saver is on, and then I start working again MY computer makes that spaceshipish wake up sound (turning off the screen saver) and hers does not make that sound under the same circumstances, so there must be a way to turn it off.

It's not the startup sound I'm talking about, just resuming regular use after the screen saver has been on for a while...

Hope that makes sense, and no worries if no one has an answer, just hoping for some help...

Thanks,
nosocks

 

[VPrime]

Do you have skype installed and set to auto launch and sign in?
Because that makes a space ship sound..

 

[alphaod]

Does it sound mechanical or does it sound like it's a long tone.

 

[ThirteenXIII]

well when a system goes into sleep mode and you awake it, it powers on the superdrive to check for disks.
and when your on a screen saver it doesnt power down or sleep the system it just sleeps the dispaly, so unless you have the exact same settings then maybe you can compare.


hm...if not...can you provide a sound sample of it?
just so we can get an idea,

 

[ihavenosocks]

Mystery Solved

And the winner is....VPrime.

Skype was the sound and as it has been a while since I had used it I didn't recognize it for what it was.

Thanks for thinking outside my box. Wait......that sounds, well....
Anyway - Thanks to all for their suggestions....
NS

 

[VPrime]

Woo I win!

 

[Trip.Tucker]

And the winner is....VPrime.

Skype was the sound and as it has been a while since I had used it I didn't recognize it for what it was.

Thanks for thinking outside my box. Wait......that sounds, well....
Anyway - Thanks to all for their suggestions....
NS

You didn't exactly provide a list of all installed applications, applications currently running when noticing the sound, the state of currently running applications, hardware configuration, loaded slot or tray drives, startup sounds, sound packs, addons, etc etc etc.

So, not really thinking outside the box. Just a good guess.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Personally, I haven't the foggiest idea what a spaceship sounds like, but apparently like Skype.