For me, my Mac’s startup chime has been annoying from the beginning. More so if I had listened to music with the volume of my amp cranked up and the powerbook connected to exactly that amp. Switching on such a setup after a pretty short and seriously drunk night knocks you straight off your feet. Searching the web, the more creative workarounds involve plugging in a jack to the audio out, but as written above, I already have a jack in there, with the amp connected to the other end. Great. Of course one might just mute the volume before switching the mac off or even better: just don’t switch it off. Or on. Guess that depends.

But not all is lost, StartupSound.prefPane to the rescue. It let’s you adjust the volume or disable/mute the startup-chime completely. Works like a charm and it’s free. As in beer.

Speaking of which, if you’re getting drunk and about to screw up, better bail out before it gets serious or screw up completely.. everything else will leave you in a pretty troubled state of mind. Come to think about it, I _did_ screw up completely. Even worse.

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