Boot up 'BONG'


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What I did when I was in college was just plug in a headphone adapter to the headphone port. This didn't disable it, but it kept me from getting funny looks from my classmates everytime i turned it on. (stereo-mono, just because it was the smallest one i could find)

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surely it references a sound file somewhere? could you not just delete that file or at least replace it with a silent 1 sec sound file?

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surely it references a sound file somewhere? could you not just delete that file or at least replace it with a silent 1 sec sound file?

i think its programmed in the firmware

rite? :blink:

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i think its programmed in the firmware

rite? :blink:

Ya I think so, I heard about some evil sounding beeps :devil: when the machine is foobar

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i think its programmed in the firmware

rite? :blink:

i'm not sure.. i've never really used a mac. i thought it made a bong when entering osx.. i see what you mean now. like a post beep?

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It's in the firmware of the Mac, and has been with the Mac ever since... 1984! Of course it's gotten better sounding, but basically, the same thing. I guess you *could* call it the POST beep of Macs.

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For your PC users who've never heard the Macintosh start up song, have a listen to this ... Blummm

And in order to disable the start up sound, write a script that mutes the sound on log-out and reinstates it on log in....

Write a small script:

#!/bin/tcsh -f
 osascript -e 'set volume 0'

Name it mute.sh and save it to /usr/local/bin/. Next, make it executable:

sudo chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/mute.sh

Add it as a logout hook using the defaults write command:

sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LogoutHook /usr/local/bin/mute.sh

And last, make a small AppleScript with Script Editor to set the sound back to a normal level when the user logs back in.

set volume 3

Save it as a run-only application, and add it to your login items.

Taken from MacOSXHints.com

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ooooo mystical :D

the crash (err hardware failure before the os boots up) sounds are even more cool in the past on macs they have been the jaws sound, a car crashing, and other cool little sounds. i got a question if anyone knows of a site where they have clips of all the boot noises post the link :D

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the crash (err hardware failure before the os boots up) sounds are even more cool in the past on macs they have been the jaws sound, a car crashing, and other cool little sounds. i got a question if anyone knows of a site where they have clips of all the boot noises post the link :D

http://www.tcp.com/~dschaub/readme.html

Seems to have a few...

I really like this one: http://www.tcp.com/~dschaub/Files/Crash/cpwrcrd.aiff

:cool:

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Yes... the sound is there for a reason. It tells you that your computer is in at least a good enough condition to turn on.

Like referenced before, it's like the POST beep, but much cooler.

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I heard the if you mute your sound settings before rebooting/shutting down that does the trick :)

yep this works, i have done that by accident sometimes, and when it loads, i miss the bong and go OMG IS IT BROKEN?!?!?!?!, becuase the the whole point of the bong, to let you know if its working or not

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