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Dev tools · July 5, 2020

AutoMute

MacOS utility to mute sound when headphones get disconnected

AutoMute launched on July 5, 2020 with 3 votes, #2,086 of 4,305 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

What it does

As long as AutoMute is running, whenever a pair of headphones gets disconnected - the sound is automatically muted. Let's prevent those awkward moments when you accidentally blast the "Best of Shakira" playlist from last night at your perfectly silent office.

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It all started with me being busy at work. Listening to music on my bluetooth headphones. Lunch time came around, got up thinking I was listening to music from my phone and walked away. As I walked away, my headphones disconnected, the music started blasting on my laptop and I was not near it. A coworker got up to mute it. Since then I looked for a solution to that issue, I thought “there’s gotta be an app for that” and there was - AutoMute to the rescue. From there on, this is something I install on all my setups. Thanks. It all started with me being busy at work. Listening to music on my bluetooth headphones. Lunch time came around, got up thinking I was listening to music from my phone…from apps.apple.com

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