Comments on: HOW TO Quickie: Bypass Mac Boot Sound

By: josef

josef — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:59:04 +0000

as rootuser

echo “osascript -e \”set volume 0\”" | sudo tee -a /etc/rc.shutdown.local
echo “osascript -e \”set volume 1\”" | sudo tee -a /etc/rc.local

By: freakqnc

freakqnc — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:09 +0000

Doesn’t work on Leopard and MacPro!

By: Nels

Nels — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:20:56 +0000

This StartupSound 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.

By: Gasudog

Gasudog — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:13:22 +0000

I managed to jam the bootsound on my macbook pro, leopard, and it works fine… – using the mac side…. However when I turn it on after using xp the bootsound appears again… – So my question is..: is this program available for xp as well?.. :)

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:11:29 +0000

Don’t waste you time with this application, if you have a MacBook Pro and Leopard it will not work. No matter what you do. If you have Tiger, fine.

Rod

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:52:04 +0000

Hi Paul. The Arcana app does not work on MacBook Pro. Do you have a solution for MBPro?

By: autofei

autofei — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:17:19 +0000

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By: Matt Brett

Matt Brett — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:55:00 +0000

Definitely works. I’ve got one of the newest model Minis with the latest patches, etc.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:20:36 +0000

No problem Matt. Let me know if it works, I’ve seen a few cases where it just doesn’t for some reason.

By: Matt Brett

Matt Brett — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:18:14 +0000

Paul, you’ve done it again.

I picked up a Mini a few months ago and that sound drives me absolutely nuts! I work from home and my desk is in the bedroom… some times my wife will still be in bed when I start work and the startup sound wakes her up every time. Worst! Thanks (again) for pointing me in the right direction.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:24:41 +0000

Heheh, my tips, guides, reviews and how to’s are pretty much what make this blog so great. This is a technology only blog, so you won’t see any full-fledged posts about how my day went. I try to keep it professional, something that a future employer can look back on and be impressed. I also think that’s why this blog has become so successful; inspiring, original content.

By: Glen

Glen — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:12:03 +0000

You need to do more blogging, bro. Aren’t you popular enough from all these tips and how-tos? ;D

By: Stuart

Stuart — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:48:27 +0000

After having a powerbook for about 7 weeks now I was just the other day thinking I must get round to turning that off. Cheers for the tip.

By: lars

lars — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:47:35 +0000

thanks paul, psst wasnt really working on my mini .)

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 05:10:31 +0000

Yup, definitely thinking of that video when I wrote this.

By: Sean McBride

Sean McBride — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 04:52:21 +0000

So, I assume you've probably seen this video. If not, then I bet you'd find it pretty humorous, especially in the context of this post.