Disable the Mac Boot Chime

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Disable the Mac Boot Chime

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Last edited Apr 9, 2014

Created on Apr 9, 2014

This example presents a shell script that disables a Mac’s startup chime by using the `nvram` command-line utility to set the `SystemAudioVolume` variable to `%00`. The script shows the direct system configuration change, with a comment explaining that the setting can be reversed with `sudo nvram -d SystemAudioVolume`. No external libraries or JavaScript APIs appear in the code; the visualization relies solely on the script text and its embedded instructions to convey the operation.

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