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The startup sound in Mac OS X can be rather annoying at times. There are various ways to stop the chime / gong startup sound. The way I prefer to do is with a preference pane called StartupSound.prefPane. This is the set it and forget it method, the kind most people appreciate the most.

How To Disable the MAC OSX Startup Sound

1. Download the StartupSound.prefPane – here – this is a Universal Binary
2. Double-click the downloaded file
3. Double-click the “StartupSoundPrefPane.pkg” icon – this will install the preference pane. Please note you will need to enter your administrator password for this to install

Enjoy the peace… =P

Matt

Matt is a Systems Development Director for a multinational franchise. Matt has lived and worked in Hawaii, Chicago, South Florida and currently resides outside of Atlanta. He enjoys his hobbies including Technology, Gadgets/EDC, Fountain Pens, Wetshaving, Clocks, Antiques & Coffee. He even roasts his own coffee weekly.

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I know a lot of people who love the Dashboard in OS X. There are a bazillion widgets that can be installed, some people rely on them a lot. Personally I don’t use Dashboard at all. So why have it sitting there eating up memory?

How To Disable the Dashboard in OS X

1. Open Terminal
2. Type: defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
3. Hit the Return key
4. Next we have to restart the Dock, since Dashboard belongs to the Dock so to speak.
5. In Terminal type: killall Dock

Essentially killall Dock tells Dock to restart itself. It then sees Dashboard is no longer needed and excludes it from startup.

To reverse the process and get the Dashboard backup and running

1. Open Terminal and type: defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO
2. Once again restart the Dock by typing: killall Dock

Matt

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