Here’s How to Change Your Mac’s Volume Without Making A Sound

Here’s one of those really useful Mac tips for users who frequently work from libraries: holding the shift key while using the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons on your Mac will silence the clack clack clack that usually screams out of the speakers. I usually end up plugging earphones right into the computer to bypass the noise, but this method works much better.

[via Devir Kahan at The Geek’s Companion]