> >> I go into 'Sound', slide the sliders down, and the alerts are >>> very quiet, but once the games run, they're loud! >> >>... and therein lies your answer. The game software is resetting your > >system volume for it's own gratification. > > >John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. >>San Antonio, Texas > >>> I have the same problem with Eudora, and can't find any volume >>> setting in the Settings (Prefs) or even in the x-settings. Am I SOL? > >Herb > >This happens on my daughters games, and they're for 3-6 year olds, >so they don't >have a sep volume control within the App; this makes the games way too loud, >which was a big dissappointment for me. My solution for now is to >connect some >old beige computer speakers to the headphone jack in the front of the iMac and >control the sound through those. Is there any other way that anyone >knows of to >control those buildin iMac speakers? > >Also, for your Eudora issue, you could always take whatever sound >file that it's >playing for you, and use a sound editor (like Audacity) to re-record it at a >lower level. It's a hacky workaround I'll admit, but short of using external >speakers that have a volume control on them, it's all I can think of. > >Phil
Phil & John, Thanks for the feedback. As the Eudora sound alerts menu includes the Apple sound options, I selected "Temple" and now the sound level is pleasant. Herb -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
