Also, not everyone *has* a sound that plays… if the volume is turned all the 
way down, or if they have a hearing issue, for example, they will often have 
the screen flash turned on; calling NSBeep() triggers this correctly.



> On Dec 14, 2016, at 10:51 AM, Sandor Szatmari <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> I didn't know that automatically played the configured sound.  That's great 
> thanks!  I knew I was missing something straightforward.
> 
> Sandor
> 
>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 12:58, Quincey Morris 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 09:45 , Sandor Szatmari <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am currently using [NSSound soundNamed:] to play any arbitrary sound.  
>>> But I want to play the one configured in System Preferences.
>> 
>> You can use the NSBeep () global function to play the configured alert 
>> sound. I don’t know if there’s an API to get its file name — it’s not 
>> obvious that it is even a separate file, always.
>> 
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