United StatesEver had to restart your Mac and you (or someone else) has been annoyed by the startup chime? If so, get Silent Start for free today. It's able to silent the chime and then restore the volume back to normal after it starts up. The only exception is if headphones are plugged in, and in that case macOS doesn't allow Silent Start (or any other app) access to the internal speakers. However, it will show a helpful dialog right before restart/shutdown to give you a chance to unplug them so it can mute the startup chime. It's completely free, and fully compatible with macOS 10.14 Mojave, including the system Dark Mode. We love hearing from our customers, so please feel free to email anytime for support or comments at [email protected].
Did what it said it would no more no less.
Got rid of the annoying "I am an Apple Chime". Easy to turn on and off. My M1 Air is up to the latest o/s version and it works great. I job.
United StatesA real life saver
I cannot understand why Apple does not make all sounds optional (on/off), but then the more I learn about Apple products, the less impressed I am with their software. Nice hardware (if exceedingly expensive); weak software. In any case, this app made my day. The silly startup chime should have died ~20 years ago, but for some reason Apple has kept it around. Possibly it's to give customer the sense that these computers are not intended for serious work. Turning off the chime was a simple matter of installing this app and making sure "Mute startup chime" was turned on. That's it! I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because I haven't tested it with different OS "upgrades" yet, or under different scenarios with my headphones on/off. But those seem like easy things to fix, one hopes.
United StatesWorks but there is a problem (Update)
After installing this app I had trouble with my computer restarting on it's own after going to sleep. I thought I had a virus or malware and spent the better part of a day checking that out. The computer continued to reboot. After uninstalling this app I haven't had a problem. Update: it wasn't this app that was causing my problem. It is still rebooting in sleep mode. Sorry for the confusion.
United StatesSmall gadget big help
It works on my MBP Mid-2012 and Mid-2015!
United StatesSilent Start not so silent
Simply put….it doesn’t work. Maybe because I have speakers plugged into my Mac.
United StatesDoes not work with macbook air
I'm running Mojave on my Macbook Air and this app does not work. I've tried changing all the various preferences and it still does not work, I still have the chime every time I startup or restart my mac.
United StatesBreaks voice memos after Catalina update
Voice memos started freezing on record after the Catalina update. This didn't happen on my test account, so I knew it had to be one of the few apps I had downloaded on my main account that was causing the problem. I deleted this app (and only this app), and voice memos started working again immediately after restart. The app is pretty good on it's own, but it needs to be updated for Catalina.
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