Kept meaning to address this for some time but ive been a bit lazy. Three different people around me doing it on Friday was the last straw!
Thought i would share this...
#!/bin/bash
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# Created by Tim Kimpton
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# 1/6/13
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# Version 1.0
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# This script is to stop annoying "boink audio systems sounds in the open plan office!
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# This is to be used either with a policy or launch daemon to run at login
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# This is to
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# 1.disable user interface sound effects
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# 2.disable feedback when volume is changed #
# 3.turn down the Alert volume.
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# 4. mute the system volume
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####################### ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ########################
# Currently logged in user
user=`ls -l /dev/console | cut -d " " -f4`
###################### DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE ##################
# Turn off "Play feedback when volume is changed as the logged in user
su "${user}" -c 'defaults write -g com.apple.sound.beep.feedback -integer 0'
# Turn off "Play user interface sound effects as the logged in user
su "${user}" -c 'defaults write com.apple.systemsound "com.apple.sound.uiaudio.enabled" -int 0'
# Turn the volume down the alert volume as the logged in user
su "${user}" -c 'defaults write com.apple.systemsound com.apple.sound.beep.volume -float 0'
exit 0
