Mute startup sound via Universal Access settings

Mar 16, '04 09:27:00AM

Contributed by: foojongb

I discovered that if you checked the "Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs" under the Hearing tab of the Univeral Access panel in System Preferences, the startup sound is muted.

The rest of my sound still countinues to work, though you will get a flash each time your system has an event sound. But I rather like it this way. Good for when I am in class and I need to mute my sound and yet still be aware something needs my attention.

[robg adds: Three previous hints cover alternative methods of muting the startup sound.]

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