Access your Mac's "super quiet" mode

i dont care about this. seriously, how do i INCREASE the volume of my intel macbook pro? HELP PLEASE!

hey, so this is kinda cool, i don't here the "tuck tuck tuck" volume sound anymore.

question, though: how do i get that volume adjusting sound back? i've tried doing the steps again, but my "tuck tuck" is gone, and won't come back.

Too quiet? My iMac is too loud! On my mini, MacBook, and other previous Macs I had the volume set to 90% most of the time, but now with the new iMac I don't dare go past 25% or it's amazingly loud.

I was concerned the speakers being built-in would result in a poor sound quality or low volume. Man, was I wrong! The iMac definitely benefits from the "super quiet" mode when I'm working at night!

This didn't work on my G4 Powerbook. I even pumped the audio out through my amp and raised that volume up all the way, there was just no sound to be heard.

I really don't care though, because I wouldn't have a use for this anyway.

...now if anyone has a way to raise the system volume up above 10 (not a Spinal Tap reference, just a reference to how Apple refers to their top sound level), I don't care if it's an 3rd party program, a command line command or what, I would be most appreciative.

Or you can also keep shift pressed when adjusting the volume with the buttons so it doesn't make the "tuck tuck" sound.

I set the volume not to make those "tuck tuck tuck" sounds when adjusting... it feels better when listening music =)

@Micah,

Actually, here is the one for Intel Mac. Extremely stable, although still Beta and free.

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

@Micah

I've been using this freeware preferences utility to address just that, the start up sound on my iMac. While it won't route it to your headphones, like SoundSource by Rogue Ameoba, it does control the volume, down to a whisper quiet, if you prefer. This is independant of the volume once your Mac has started.

This thing rules and it's perfectly stable.

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

The only "super duper loud" Mac I know of was the PowerMac G4 Digital Audio machine. This machine is so loud that with my USB headphones I can only stand the volume at 1 (the lowest setting except for off). Even then, I sometimes need to use iTune's volume control to back it off some more!

This Mac may be old, but it still kicks a**.

I like when listening to recordings of presentations, eg, those from IT Conversations, you can hear the presenter adjusting their laptop volume.

The "tuck" "tuck" "tuck" is a sure giveaway that it's Mac 'book of some description.

Cool to think how many 'influencers' in the industry have gone Mac these days.