Turning Off Start-Up Chime

Hello:
How can I turn off the Start-Up Chime? I had it off when I was using SL, but dont remember where to go or how to turn it off.
Thanks.

Some systems allow you to "Mute" sound and that will stop the startup chime (such as Macbooks and Macbook Pros).
However, other systems insist on ringing the chime, such as iMacs.
For my iMac I use an app called Psst which silences the startup chime.
<http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/16780/psst>
There are other apps that will do the same thing.

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Please do keep in mind that the startup sound isn't just there to 'annoy'
It's more vital reason for excistence is to inform you when there are problems during startup, like bad RAM or the like.
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Some folks use Statrtup Sound.
If you completely silence your Mac you remove its form of communicating issues to you during startup. The chime alerts you that the Mac has passed the POST, Power On Self Test and has found usable RAM. When it fails to do so it may sound other tones during startup to alert you to what is wrong.

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Killing the infernal BONG on my mid 2011 iMac with 10.7 was easy- hit mute before shutting down. If you have something more-or-less permanently plugged in to the audio-out (headphone) port as I do be aware that you must unplug it, wait a sec for the machine to switch to internal speakers and then hit mute to silence the speakers. This setting will "hold" after plugging something back into the headphone port. There is no reason to go to the output pane of sound preferences because there is no "switch" there- just an indicator telling you whether the machine is sending to internal speakers or the headphone port. The switch is made by plugging something into the headphone port.

There is a System Preference pane called Startup Sound that can control the volume level and even mute the startup bong sound. Works on 10.6.8, don't know if it was updated for 10.7 yet or not.
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http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/16425/startupsound.prefpane

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Paste the following script into Applescript, compile it,then save it as an app called silent shutdown. Move it to your Utilities folder. Then drag it to the left side of your Dock, creating an alias there. Launch the app from the dock to always shutdown your system. While shutting down, it will set your volume to zero, ensuring the next startup will be silent.
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    if button returned of result is "Shutdown" then
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    else if button returned of result is "Restart" then
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