Can Mac OS X control sound volume from the bash shell?
hi!
first time ever that i ask in a forum something....
I wanted to know if there was something that looked like the amixer function for linux. I want to control the overall output volume of my audio card, without using AppleScript. I tried to look for something on the net, but all i was getting was just useful (and a lot) for Applescript. I was wondering if there is something that could be done with the terminal commands.
Thanks
Try using a Terminal command such as:
osascript -e 'set volume 1'
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