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Jan — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:18:21 -0000

does not work with lion

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AEM — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:21:02 -0000

am lookin for an app which can play different sound on app startup !?

this app is great but i need one for app

any idea ?

thanks

Sebastien

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Puro Box — Thu, 12 May 2011 02:49:16 -0000

I'm also using mac for the first time and I agree totally with you. Some mac fans are like brain-washed religious dudes who don't see evil in their god (Steve Jobs). For them, steve jobs is so perfect that they think he will never, never make a mistake like this stupid annoying sound. (it sounds even if the earphones are plugged in !). There are many things that I just don't like about MAC OSX, the main reason I bought an iMac is because its great hardware and system stability. Currently I'm using Parallels with Windows 7 on my iMac. So I use OSX and Win7 at the same time with Coherence. It is just amazing. I'm getting the best of both worlds.

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khairuddin — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:26:40 -0000

that's NICE ! really simple

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Auste — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:32:59 -0000

Withabeat - you are right - some of these guys are pricks. You ask a silly question and get an a-hole reply...

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nooneinparticular — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:55:20 -0000

You never turn your mac off? Strange, because my MBP sucks the battery even in sleep mode. It will also use about 15% of the battery in about 10-12 minutes of normal use. You either bring your mac to destinations that are 10 minutes away, or you're able to constantly recharge it.

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withabeat — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:50:30 -0000

>>I wasn't trying to be a prick<<

I guess that comes so natural to you that you don't even need to try. You don't need to be rude and condescending, even if someone is a newbie.

I understand that the mantra of Apple is to keep things simple and uncluttered, and among other benefits there is less to go wrong because of less complexity.

However, this is one of the many cases I have observed in my first year of using Macs where some very basic configuration settings are missing. Rather than accept the need for a third party application to fill a gap like this, people should insist that Apple provide such functionality.

What do you think of web pages that start playing sound as soon as they are loaded? This is just as annoying.

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Meuequals1 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:58:07 -0000

I have just recently started playing with a G4 mac after 25+ yrs on PCs. I find that the O/S 10.4.1.1 is very similar to BeOS and maybe thats why I like it.
I was intrigued by the deafening chorus of Mac users re how good Macs were and never a problem was seen or heard of. What a load of crock! After playing with this Mac and then reading around the Mac forums I realised that this Mac hype was a total load of Bull excrement! Macs have just as many probs as PCs.
I use Vista, Suse 11.3 64 bit, Haiku and now Mac 10.4.1.1.

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Paul du Long — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:06:34 -0000

Fantastic!

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The Animaster — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:19:22 -0000

My heart bleeds for you.

But that was an honest reply. I wasn't trying to be a prick, that's just your own assumption of me, which I am perfectly at ease with. Everyone is entitled to their own assumptions.

After 20 years on the PC, I hope you're prepared to deal with several more years of the Internet. There are much nastier replies waiting out there. Some of them may include profanities.

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The Animaster — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:08:13 -0000

That technique ~used~ to work at some point (with older systems) but doesn't with the newer OS X's. Hence the need for this nifty control panel.

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Kebyars10 — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:26:41 -0000

What a jerk. After using PCs for 20 years I finally decided to try a Mac. I have had it over a year and still seemingly easy things to figure out are just done in such a screwed way only to be different and snotty. I usually figure it out because I have a brain but theanimaster, that was just uncalled for and things like that is just what give mac users there snooty vibe. Lay off, you were in the perfect position to be polite and helpful and you really blew it. You came on here to help, why did you turn so cruel. Was so uncalled for. You should apologize.

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JOANNEYJ — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:20:06 -0000

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY PROBLEM SOLVED. NO MORE START UP SOUND. YEAH !!

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Alex — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:07:33 -0000

The program worked for my MacBook Pro but isn't working for my iMac. It's driving me nuts in the morning; I don't want to disturb the person sleeping next door and we have pretty thin walls.

Honestly, this should be something that is a regular Mac setting.

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Newkid — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:22:46 -0000

I agree. I am a recent Mac convert. For years I have been watching friends and colleagues sing praises about the Mac and I have been secretly wishing I could ditch my XP/Vista. Now that I have a MacBookPro, I am beginning to realise it's not all super-magical after-all. I mean I love it, I'm not going back to Windows for a loooong time, but some of the features missing on a Mac seem silly for a usability-guru like Apple.

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Guest — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:18:42 -0000

Nope. That does not work at all. The sound simply routes out through the speakers whether or not you have heaphones jacked in, which is all-the-more annoying.

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Gring0 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:56:13 -0000

You mean you have to download a separate programme just to disable the sound? That kind of disdain for users is what I expect from Microsoft.

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qdideas — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:09:01 -0000

You are welcome. Thanks for visiting tech-recipes.

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suparups — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:57:39 -0000

Thanks for this....loving to wake up to a silent Mac :)

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Sziminsky — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:31:17 -0000

Thank you - I just set up my Imac yesterday - my first Apple product. It is hooked into a sound system, which is turned off. My roommate sleeps nearby and it was a real SURPRISE to hear the internal speakers make that start-up noise. So far - so very good with the new I-Mac - thanks again for your solution.

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Avery St. Clair — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:22:11 -0000

Have you done that, or are you just talking? It doesn't work on my Mac, where we keep headphones plugged in always. Neither does muting the volume work. The startup BONG happens regardless.

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AaronEm — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:41:50 -0000

"I've used a mac my whole life and when it comes to portables, I NEVER turn mine off. Macbooks/Powerbooks etc. go to sleep nicely with just the close of the lid, and it eliminates the hassle of having to wait for the computer to do a full reboot."

Because you know how to use a computer. The trait is sadly far from universal.

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Edward — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:33:22 -0000

This is an useful application. but I can't understand why this is basic sound settings.

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Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:20:16 -0000

Another very easy way to silence the startup sound, especially if the computer is off, and was previously used by someone else so you don't know what the volume level was when they shut down last...

Plug a pair of headphones into the headphone jack before you turn on the computer.

A pair of iPod earbuds would work fine, or any other kind.