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MacBook: startup sound off

  • Oct 24, 2025
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The very loud, the Mac OS startup sound of the MacBook Pro or Air, you can also not shut down - although with Apple-house resources, but at least with a couple of useful Tools, which we introduce here.

The simplest solution: Turn off the sound on your Mac

Simple to the Option, the Sound before you shut down the computer, turn off is. To do this, you simply press the button [F10]. However, you must keep in mind before meeting with your Notebook.

The startup sound in Mac OS X Snow Leopard disable

For the Snow Leopard operating system there is the free program "startup sound.prefPane". This builds a new function in the system settings, you the startup sound permanently disable. To do this, click the new icon and remove the check in front of "Turn on startup volume control".

The startup sound in Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks off

If you have a MacBook under Lion or Mountain Lion running, there are two options, or programs, you the startup sound off: The first program is called "Psst" and can be downloaded for free:
  1. You open the application after downloading the. DMG file. There is a window with the Psst Icon appears.
  2. Drag the Icon into the applications folder. Only then it can run.
  3. You start the application, a small window opens, in which the sound-suppression "sharp" may turn.
The second programme comes from the Mac App Store, is at the moment € 1.79 and is called "sleep mute". With this, you can personalize the sound even further and for example rules specify, after which your MacBook the Sound in certain situations, automatically turns on and off.
As you under OS X Mavericks, alert tones change, and add, we will show you in a further practical tip.

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