[Alan]

# Not sure what the proper name for it is but I want to be able to turn off the crescendo that sounds when you turn on the computer. Don't want to wake up my significant other. Even plugging in a headset makes no difference. That one is truly strange. The sound bypasses the headphone jack. Not sure what the purpose of the noise is anyways. At one time you went to the startup folder to get rid of it if my memory serves me.

[tuburan]

I'm not sure you have two spigots in the machine but could it possibly be something like: You've plugged the jack into the microphone spigot instead of the headphone jack?

[minischneides]

Alan said:

# Not sure what the proper name for it is but I want to be able to turn off the crescendo that sounds when you turn on the computer. Don't want to wake up my significant other. Even plugging in a headset makes no difference. That one is truly strange. The sound bypasses the headphone jack. Not sure what the purpose of the noise is anyways. At one time you went to the startup folder to get rid of it if my memory serves me.

I am sure there is something you can do in Terminal to achieve what you want to do, however I do not know it. However as a quick work around to the problem upon startup of your computer you can hold F3 (the mute button) to mute the startup sound

[Alan]

What is Terminal? I did a search for it and couldn't find it.

[Alan]

Omigod you're right, I must haver plugged into the wrong hole....

[Rcovell]

Why not just hit the 'mute' button on the keyboard before turning off your Mac? The chime won't sound when you fire it back up. Or just put the machine to sleep instead of shutting it down. Awakening from sleep doesn't sound the chime and is lots faster in getting ready for the day.

Bob.

[Rugby]

There is a freeware that gives you control over this (please do read the instructions before installing) StartupSoundpref

Terminal is located in Application/Utilities/ but be careful using it

personally I just use the mute button before shutting down, much simpler ...

[Alan]

I just read that the freeware has been tested on as far as 10.4.6 .

I have Leopard, but thanks, no doubt there will be a further upgrade.

[icerabbit]

The Startup Sound Preference panel, linked earlier, works in Leopard. I've used it since Tiger. Easy installation. Go to the preference panel. Move the volume slider to the left and you will not hear the startup sound.

I'm not sure the mute check-mark works, the startup bong was as default when I first used that option, so I went with the manual slider. Maybe it's Tiger vs Leopard, but I can confirm the volume slider works.

[Alan]

Thanks icerabbit. I read the support after downloading and it says that release 1.0 is compatible with Leopard and 1.1 doesn't work with Leopard only for the first startup after installation, but works after that.

[icerabbit]

Thanks.

That must have been it, upon 2nd boot. I mistakenly thought the mute thing didn't but the slider did as I had changed that in the mean time ... so :) scratch that part. It works.

[nelsnelson]

This StartupSoundpref preferences panel only works on a successful shutdown. When the system crashes for any reason, or when you press and hold the computer's off button to turn the computer off, the panel fails to turn the volume down.

A more sound (no pun intended) solution would involve either actually removing the sound resource itself, or removing some setting that links the startup sound with that resource.