How to turn off startup tone on iMac

[psoup04]

Hi,
I live in a quiet place and when I turn on my computer in the morning it says "TA-DA!" Well not exactly, but I think you all know what I mean. How can I turn that off so my computer starts up quietly without notes? Thanks.

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

Usually it is not a good idea to turn off the Startup Sound since it is an indication of the Pre-Startup-Testing being successful or not. You could just mute the sound prior to shut down. ​

However if you want turn it off there are utilities that will do that.​

https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/16425/startupsound.prefpane

 

[psoup04]

Thanks, I didn't realize that. It's a good suggestion to mute the sound when I shut it down for the night. I'll do that, thanks!

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

I remember my brother arriving home late a night use a old earphone jack that he had cut the ear buds off, just plugged the jack in and booted his Mac silently. Simple silly solution but does work

 

[JackHenry]

The start up sound is independent of the headphone jack. Inserting a jack into the socket won't mute the startup sound.

 

[Liberty99]

When I was a new mum I used the mute button at shut down to turn off the start-up sound - to make sure I didn't wake up the baby when I needed to turn on the Mac. It can be quite a shock especially if you have some brilliant Harmon Kardon speakers and a sub-woofer attached!

Now that the babies are teenagers I use it as a wake up call, it gets them out of bed quicker than anything else!

 

[Kaveman]

The startup chime is an audible cue that the Mac has passed all its hardware tests, it is not an arbitrary noise.

I can not be turned off.

 

[oldscribe]

Hi psoup04,


I have just tested muting sound on both my MBP 2013 and 2010 White MacBook, and on restart both are silent. This is running ML all fully updated

 

[Spawn_Dooley]

The Mac startup chime always reminds me of the opening bar of Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares To You"