November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
424 pages
11h 59m
English
| Tip 201 | Make the Volume Ultra-Quiet |
If your Mac has built-in speakers, you’ll be familiar with altering the volume using keyboard shortcuts (usually via the F11 and F12 keys). What you probably don’t know is that there’s a secret ultra-low volume setting.
To access it, press the volume decrease hotkey until the sound is muted (that is, the speaker icon on-screen is struck through). Now press the actual mute hotkey (usually F10). You’ll see that the volume level is set at no bars. However, the sound isn’t muted. In fact, it’s a notch quieter than the lowest setting usually allowed—enough to hear things in a very quiet room.
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