How to stop Mac startup sounds

How to stop Mac startup sounds

Fed up with your Mac making a deafening noise every time you start it up? Waking up your partner? Even worse, waking the baby! Or, horror of horrors, alerting your colleagues to the fact that you only just arrived at work! You can stop the Mac making a sound when you turn it on. Heres how: First up, heres why you cant stop your Mac making a boot up sound by leaving your headphones plugged in: The reason why the Mac makes the start up sound even if you have headphones plugged in to it is because the default output source for startup chimes is the external speaker. And the reason why you cant even hit the volume down button during start up to silence it is that the volume control is software-based and therefore doesnt function during start up. However, your Mac can remember the last volume setting from when you shut it down. So, the trick is to turn the sound right down on your Mac before shutting it down at night. That might be a good enough fix for you, but what if you are forgetful and muting your Mac before you shut down isnt really the solution you were looking for? We have the fix for that below! You can permanently turn off the Mac startup sound using a terminal command. Here's how to silence the Mac startup chime for good: Another way to avoid the start up chime is to just put your Mac to sleep rather than completely shutting it down when you have finished with it. For more useful Mac tips read our . We also have these handy .