Si Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 How do I disable the 'bong' sound when I switch on/reboot my ibook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 i always knew you'd have to be high! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 I would like to know as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTallack Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbalsh Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 I heard the if you mute your sound settings before rebooting/shutting down that does the trick :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 Well, holding the mute key before pressing the power button seems to work, don't know about side effects... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macster Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 i think its programmed in the firmwarerite? :blink: Ya I think so, I heard about some evil sounding beeps :devil: when the machine is foobar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 i think its programmed in the firmwarerite? :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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 and it goes bong? how cute! :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted March 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2004 For your PC users who've never heard the Macintosh start up song, have a listen to this ... Blummm ooooo mystical :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus- Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCE Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 You can adjust and mute the startup sound with this prefPane http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/ http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/Startup...fPane100.dmg.gz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabaTime Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 So there's no actually way of turning it off? you just have to resort to muting before you shut down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xTanium Polished Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 I was gonna say use the pref pane, but someone said it already :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 6, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted March 6, 2004 ^ Cool first post :) Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalFreedom Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOXOMOXOA Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 that doesnt sound anything like my Bong :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalFreedom Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 lol :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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