[UniMacTech] Disable iMac internal speakers?

[David Hamono]

Direct link:
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/download/SoundSource.dmg


On 19/03/2008, at 2:40 PM, David Hamono wrote:
> SoundSource (free):
> www.rogueamoeba.com
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> On 19/03/2008, at 2:31 PM, Mark Szota wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Is there a way to disable an Intel iMacs / Mac Mini's internal  
>> speakers, such that all audio output goes through the headphone  
>> jack? Given most of our Macs are in a classroom environment it  
>> would be nice if the internal speakers were turned off at all  
>> times, such that if students did want to hear audio output they  
>> would have to plug in headphones first.
>>
>> From what I've discovered via google, the only way seems to be  
>> plugging in some kind of "jack" into the headphone output that  
>> fools the Mac into thinking headphones are connected, thus it  
>> disables the speakers straight away. Whilst this a cheap and nasty  
>> fix, it's not particularly foolproof.
>>
>> Any better ideas?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mark
>>
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>> Mark Szota
>>
>> Campus IT Co-ordinator
>> Berwick School of IT
>> Monash University
>> Clyde Road, Berwick, Victoria, Australia, 3806
>>
>> Tel: +61 3 9904 7122
>> email: Mark.Szota at infotech.monash.edu.au
>>
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Regards,

David Hamono
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Assistant Manager - Production
Design & Publishing
M O N A S H   U N I V E R S I T Y
Box 197, 900 Dandenong Rd
Caulfiled East 3145, Australia
tel: (+61 3) 9903 4868
fax: (+61 3) 9903 4887
mobile: 0427 887 558
email: david.hamono at adm.monash.edu.au
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