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Macbook M1 startup chime

Having unchecked the box in System Preferences - Sounds to switch off the startup chime the box checks itself again on the next startup. Any ideas please?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.3

Posted on May 17, 2021 4:07 AM

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Posted on May 17, 2021 4:28 AM

Start up your Mac in safe mode and choose the M1 Method. The Safe Boot will do a Repair Disk, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and Fonts so it will load slowly - Normal. Does the Chime still sound when booting this way. If not - there might be some Third Party Software interfering with the Normal Operation of the OS.


To exit Safe Mode - just restart in normal way. Also, your user profile is showing Big Sur 11.3 - there is an 11.3.1 available.


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May 17, 2021 4:28 AM in response to MarathonBeetle

Start up your Mac in safe mode and choose the M1 Method. The Safe Boot will do a Repair Disk, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and Fonts so it will load slowly - Normal. Does the Chime still sound when booting this way. If not - there might be some Third Party Software interfering with the Normal Operation of the OS.


To exit Safe Mode - just restart in normal way. Also, your user profile is showing Big Sur 11.3 - there is an 11.3.1 available.


Macbook M1 startup chime

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