Nice. there was a app similar except you could change the volume of said mac start up sound i did a podcast on it and I migh tput it up again and have people test it out. Take care and thanks. On May 30, 2012, at 8:33 AM, Daniel McGee wrote: > Hey all, I have found a nice little app that can turn off the mac startup > sound should one so desire. It is called StartNinja google it and you should > find it. Unfortunatly I don't know if it will work for snow leopard or > previous versions but I do know it works for Lion which is the OS I have. > Anyway for what its worth to me it seemed fully accessible with Voiceover. > Install the app through the normally manner open it and you will see the > following. Get current settings which is a button followed by an image which > has no help tag. This is where you get to the two radio buttons which are > simply On and Off. That's basically it there is an unlabelled button or it > might be two but I just want to to draw your attention to a thing I didn't > discover. This is that when you 1st open the app, 1st of all hit the Get > current settings button this will ask you for your password type it in then > check the radio button called Off. The reason I'm saying all this is because > at 1st I just asumed that oh I can just turn it off that didn't work so I > then turned it back on. Trying both these didn't turn off the chine until I > hit that button. Once I did that and then turned it off the chine was gone! > My reason for mentioning this little app is because if you are like me and > know nothing about terminal and scared to issue any commands in that > environment in case you mess up your computer and you want to get rid of the > chine for some reason or another then this app might be for you. > > Hope I have helped someone if not then just ignore this message completely! > > Daniel ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx