If you have been an active Mac user for more than 5 years, you surely remember that when you turned on the computer it played a very characteristic sound, which only Mac computers had. As of 2016, Apple deactivated this peculiar sound, thus welcoming the new MacBook Pro.
For many it turned out to be little accepted. Almost in the same way that some users chose to hide the toolbar and the menu of the Mac. If you are one of those users, we bring you good news, because luckily this peculiar sound can be easily restored. know how? Then stay with us and find out.
Turn startup sounds on and off in 3 steps
The best and most effective method to enable and disable startup sounds on your Mac is obtained by following these steps:
- To activate the sound, the first thing you should do is go to the terminal option through Launchpad or Finder.
- Copy the command “sudo nvram BootAudio=%01” and with that, when you turn on the computer, you will have that characteristic Mac sound back.
- If you want to deactivate it, you just have to follow the same steps but just enter a different command, in this case, to deactivate it you must copy “sudo nvram BootAudio=%00” and that’s it.
As you have seen, the steps to enable and disable the startup sound is very simple. But if you want to know a little more about how to change the sounds of Mac, we will leave you below, a brief summary with some tips to change or modify the notification sounds of your Mac.
Change warning sounds on your Mac in simple steps
Mac is so diverse and useful that it allows you to modify each of its sounds, even alert sounds or some system message. The best thing about this option is that you can modify each sound and the volume so that your experience when using the equipment is more pleasant and, of course, to your liking.
By following the steps below you will learn to change the sounds on your Mac in a simple, fast and practical way, so pay close attention. What you need to do if you want to change the alert sound is:
- Select the Apple menu.
- Go to “System Preferences”.
- Select the sound button and then click on “Sound Effects”.
To select the sound you want you must click on the list and you will begin to hear how it sounds. Select the one you like the most and that’s it. You can also change the volume of the alert sound. Also, to change the sound when starting you must follow the following steps:
- Go to the Apple menu
- “System Preferences.”
- Select “Sound.”
- Click “Sound Effects.”
- Check the “Play sound when starting up” box, there you will see a small list of sounds, select the desired one and that’s it, when you turn on your Mac correctly you will hear the sound you selected.
If you are looking to change the speakers or the sound output and in this way change the playback source of the alerts, you should:
- Go to Apple menu.
- Select system preference.
- Click sound.
- Then on sound effects.
- Finally select “Play sound effects through” select the desired one and that’s it.
To hear the sound effects of the user interface you can
- Select the Apple menu.
- Select “System Preferences.”
- Select the “Play user interface sound effects” option and you are good to go.
If you decide to completely eliminate the alert sound that is naturally reproduced when balancing the sound, you must deactivate the option “Emit sound when changing volume” This option can be executed from your keyboard.
However, if you don’t want to change any sounds and just want to turn it off completely, you can also do this as follows:
- Select Apple menu.
- Select “System Preferences.”
- Go to “Accessibility”.
- Click the “Audio” option.
- Select “Enable flashing” this option will let you know when you have a message or notification without hearing any sound.
We hope you’ve enjoyed these tips, and now you can have a better experience tailoring your Mac’s sound the way you want.
