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Startup Chime Stopper 4.2.-2147483648d-2147483648

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Stop the startup chime. Shareware ($20.00)

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AlphaOmega Software

Startup Chime Stopper removes the chiming start-up tone from your Mac.

Startup Chime Stopper allows you to remove the irritating chime of your Macintosh at startup.

It removes the irritating chime of your Macintosh at startup.
It is a background application that does not appear in the Dock.
It doesn't need any installation which makes it very easy to use.
It is available in English, French, Russian, Spanish and many other languages.

Read the whole documentation for more details...

What's New

Version 4.2.-2147483648d-2147483648:

The removal of the chime has been improved.

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

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Startup Chime Stop... User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 4.x:

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John Sawyer Cjs commented on 25 Oct 2011

I'm guessing this utility and its price are a deliberate joke on the part of the often-criticized programmer, to annoy people--note also the absurd version number: 4.2.-2147483648d-2147483648

[Version 4.2.-2147483648d-2147483648]

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26cab40 reviewed on 08 Feb 2010

A rip off.
Charging this much for slapping a badly written front end on somebody else's work is a disgrace.

AlphaOmega software are a disgrace.

[Version 4.1.-2147483648]

+36

Captain Nemo commented on 08 Feb 2010

LMAO... MacPilot has this function, does a few hundreds other things and costs even less than this.

AlphaOmega releases should be allowed only on the first of April.

[Version 4.1.-2147483648]

+683

Robotank commented on 08 Feb 2010

Sorry, but I couldn't help leaving a comment when I saw the price tag on this--it is absolutely ridiculous! $20 for a tiny utility that performs a single function? No one should, under any circumstances, pay for this "app." As other posters have pointed out, there are free or low-cost alternatives that will do the same thing and in some cases much more. If you want to spend $20 on a system tweaking utility, get MacPilot which can mute the startup chime along with hundreds of other tweaks. AlphaOmega Software is perhaps the biggest running joke in the Mac software community. Their apps are good for a laugh and nothing else. I'm actually shocked that the company still exists, but clearly someone is buying this crap...

[Version 4.1.-2147483648]

+42

8oo8 commented on 26 Aug 2007

It looks like the only change between the previous version and this version, v2.4, of Startup Crime Stopper is the addition of an Italian localization (thereby giving the developer more publicity, once again, for his grossly overpriced app).
What's next for version 2.5, Latvian localization? I can hardly wait.
By the way, the previous commenter's suggestion that you can go for Tinkertool System instead of this app is right on.
TinkerTool System is around $10 and is one of the excellent full featured maintenance apps with a plethora of great, useful features, including one to mute your Mac's startup chime.
Now, if AlphaOmegaSoftware could come up with something really innovative and brilliant like TinkerTool System(but I won't hold my breath, sigh...), I just might change my otherwise low and contemptuous opinion of that software company.

[Version 2.4]

Hurz commented on 16 Jul 2007

ROTFLOL.....

>>> TinkerTool System, and you get much more in a safer way

[Version 2.3]

+42

8oo8 commented on 09 May 2007

There's absolutely no reason to spend the absurd price of $19 or $20 that AlphaOmega asks for this, nor, actually, is there any reason to spend ANY money for a chime stopper when there are a number of totally fine FREE ones out there.
I've been using "Psst!" for some time now. It's free, of course, it been working flawlessly for me, and you can even adjust the chime volume from off, to whisper quiet, all the way up to full volume via a slider.
It's your mazuma, though. Ya wanna pay good money for one? Then the pleasure is all yours.

[Version 2.2]

+17

sequoia1 commented on 16 Dec 2005

The point of apps that turn off the startup sound: some of us have extremely loud stereo systems attached to our Macs. Some of us also shut our Macs down every evening, and have it start up automatically at 4am, to run backups, diagnostics, etc. Some of us have home offices, which would mean these daily startups would wake the cat, the people sleeping, and rattle the windows. So, for those of use with the above situations, a simple, free utility that silences the startup sound is exactly what we need.

True, we could remember to turn down our speaker set every evening before retiring. But who's really going to remember that, and why? And if you're relying on the startup bong to determine the health of your Mac, the least of your problems is going to be a sound or two.

There is no need to pay $15 for this app. On all my Macs, which are all running 10.4.3, I use the free StartupSound.prefPane which is tiny, stable and free. You can find it here:

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/index.en.html

[Version 1.10]

1 Reply

Czenecke replied on 10 Apr 2010

Thank-you SOOOOOOOOO much! I have been afraid to turn on mac in class because I never knew if my husband or kids used my computer at home and had the volume on. I always kept it muted and never used the volume in case I forgot to turn it back off. This is So awesome! Thanks for suggesting this site, it really IS free!!

Anonymous reviewed on 17 Oct 2004

*sigh* I'm going to buy 10 songs from the ITMS... and try StartupSound.

[Version 1.5]

-7

Anonymous reviewed on 17 Oct 2004

I'd gladly pay twice the asking price for this. It is truely a God-send. Thank you dev for your hard work and effort in bringing this wonderful app into our lives.

[Version 1.5]

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Anonymous commented on 17 Oct 2004

I see it's intended to be humorous but I suggest the author of this post to leave humor to people who can use it more efficiently.

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Holypoly replied on 21 Jan 2007

Obviously, you're not the one :=D

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Leetownboy1 rated on 19 Dec 2010

[Version 4.2.-2147483648d-2147483648]

Downloads:8,277

Version Downloads:1,290

Type:Utilities : System

License:Shareware

Date:08 Feb 2010

Platform:PPC / Intel

Price: $20.00

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Startup Chime Stopper removes the chiming start-up tone from your Mac.

Startup Chime Stopper allows you to remove the irritating chime of your Macintosh at startup.

It removes the irritating chime of your Macintosh at startup.
It is a background application that does not appear in the Dock.
It doesn't need any installation which makes it very easy to use.
It is available in English, French, Russian, Spanish and many other languages.

Read the whole documentation for more details...

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