In System Preferences > Sound, there is a setting to "Play sound effects 
through…" I believe this changes where alert sounds are played. I expect 
NSSound by default uses the selected sound output device (selected in the 
Output tab of the preference panel). But it seems to have a 
setPlaybackDeviceIdentifier: method that I've never tried using.

Dave

On 2012-11-21, at 9:04 PM, Keary Suska <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Nov 21, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Rick C. wrote:
> 
>> In my project there are times I call NSBeep and times when I use NSSound and 
>> play one of Finder's system sounds that have to do with file-movement (for 
>> example the undo sound).  Problem is NSBeep gets played through the user's 
>> internal Mac speakers where as using NSSound is played through a user's 
>> external speakers assuming they are using them.  This can make a big 
>> difference in sound volume.  Is there any solution/workaround for this?  Or 
>> just to make a preference to disable the calls to NSSound?  Thanks for the 
>> input,
> 
> Are you sure this is the case? All sounds (including system beeps) on my Macs 
> always play through external speakers when connected, and I don't seem to 
> have any way to tell it otherwise…
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Keary Suska
> Esoteritech, Inc.
> 
> 
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