this is not true for me. I have a sounds foler with apple shipped sounds. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Sound Schemes
Thanks I knew I wasn't seeing anything wrong. I will find out what and where. On Dec 22, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi > Actually, application default sounds are usually stored inside the > app bundle itself which, in reality, is just a folder containing all > the resources necessary to run the application. The sounds are > usually inside the Resources folder of the app in question. To > adjust a sound you can, if the application allows it, point it to a > different sound file in prefs... or if not, replace the existing > ones inside the .app folder itself. The sounds folder inside of my > library folders have always been empty except for what I've put in > them, this is the case on both my Macs. > So, the sound files are locateable, you just have to know where to > look. > For example, if you go to mail.app, bring up the contextual menu and > select show package contents, you'll be inside the .app folder. If > you navigate to the Contents folder, then to the Resources folder, > there's the default new mail sound, going by the name New Mail.aiff, > along with a bunch of other files the app needs. > hth > >> On Dec 22, 2007, at 7:31 AM, David Poehlman wrote: >> >>> and my answer is that there must be something rong with your mac >>> because all >>> macs ship with sounds. This is what mail uses for instance when >>> you select >>> the new mail sound in mail prefs and the same with alerts under >>> sounds in >>> system prefs. I guess I could send you the .aiffs in a zip and >>> you could >>> put them in the sounds folder. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >>> OS X by >>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:59 AM >>> Subject: Re: Sound Schemes >>> >>> >>> Thanks, my question is where are the sounds that Mail use and why >>> they >>> are not locatable? >>> On Dec 21, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Shaun, >>>> >>>> My Sounds folder is in my Library folder on my internal HD. It >>>> contains a lot of .aiff files we've collected over the years. They >>>> vary in size from 4 kb to almost 400 kb. >>>> >>>> If your Sounds folder is empty, you can just put your own sounds >>>> into it. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > >
