Mute terminal.app in OS X

And so my search begins. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to prevent Terminal.app from beeping at me whenever I make an error. It’s seriously annoying, and I don’t want to find an alternative application, I just want to mute Terminal.app.

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Published:: 02.15.06 / 6pm

Category:: Technology

Tags:: Mac OS X, mute, terminal, terminal.app

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Alan 02.17.06 / 8pm

try beeping back at it. every time it beeps at you just look at the box and yell BEEP!! maybe it will get the idea and stop.
Jason Lancaster 02.17.06 / 10pm

Hmm. For some reason I don’t think that fixes my problem.
Anonymous 02.19.06 / 12am

From within your Terminal window, select Terminal -> Window Settings and then change “Window” to “Emulation.” There, you should see options for audible and visible bells. To make the change permanent, click the “Use settings as default” button.
Jason Lancaster 02.19.06 / 1am

Holy crap! Having a blog has finally paid off! Thank you Brian, you’re totally awesome!!!
Hev 02.23.06 / 3pm

J just said “totally awesome”. Way to go J!
Hev 02.24.06 / 11am

And where are pictures from swing last Wednesday. I want new pictures to keep me entertained
shotgunmike 07.24.06 / 9am

Nice one Brian, that was very helpful. I suddenly found that Terminal hides lots of settings there that I have been looking for for a long time! You can even remap the page-up, page-down, home and end keys so they behave normally. Thanks!

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