How to Turn Off the Sound on a Mac Altogether

You're taking a break from work and surfing the Web, when oh, no! A site starts automatically playing music! All eyes turn to you. You can avoid this embarrassment by muting all system sounds on your Mac.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Mac OS 9.0

Using the Monitors & Sound Control Panel

1. Click the Apple menu and select Control Panels.

2. Click Monitors & Sound.

3. Click the Sound icon. You can then mute the Computer System Volume.

4. Click the Alerts icon to mute the System Alert Volume (the warning beep). When you do so, the Finder menu bar flashes instead.

Using the Control Strip

5. Click the Control Strip tab if the Control Strip is hidden. Locate the Sound Volume icon - it looks like a speaker.

6. Click the Sound Volume icon. A volume slider pops up.

7. Grab the slider and slide it down to the lowest volume. Let go of the slider.