Hi, Thanks Robert. That is helpful that they can also be m4a audio files. Purchased m4r files still would be a challenge to convert to m4a, but a unprotected m4r can be converted to an m4a simply by changing the extension from m4r to m4a. It is one of the few places where simply changing the extension works without corrupting the file.
Later... Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 12, 2020, at 14:57, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, You can use m4a as well as .aiff files. I recorded a short demo showing how easy it is if you have the files already on your Mac. I don’t purchase tones from Apple, so I can’t tell you how to get them off the phone and onto the Mac. Download the demo below: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZxDenkZ5BqAJDUzJV7VC13bc234wVGaIuoX <https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZxDenkZ5BqAJDUzJV7VC13bc234wVGaIuoX> > On Mar 12, 2020, at 4:19 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Petrus, > > Actually, I lied. What a scum-bag, eh? I may have read too much into your > question. The problems I was referring to have to do with ring-tones in the > Messages app and Phone app on your iPhone/iPad. As you know, you can > customize these in iPhone/iPad, and my woes had to do with attempts to > customize the same sounds in Messages and FaceTime on the Mac. > > So, now what you've really asked is actually fairly quick and painless as > long as your custom alert sound is an AIFF file. What you do is paste the > AIFF audio file into the Sounds folder in ~/Library. That is, go to your > Desktop, then to the menubar, over to the Go menu, make sure to keep the VO > keys pressed and go down to the Library item and activate with return or > VO-space. Now, your personal Library folder is open and you can locate the > Sounds folder, open it and paste in the AIFF sound file. Once it is in this > location, go back into the Mail app, to Preferences, and in the General pane > you'll have that new sound as an option. > > If you don't have an app to convert your sound file into an AIFF, send it to > me off-list and I'll convert it for you. > > HTH. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Mar 12, 2020, at 13:09, Petrus Tuerlings <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Tim, > That answers my question. I still can’t understand why apple makes it so > difficult. Like I said most of the default sounds for the messages app are > available on both the Mac and the iPhone, but the alert sounds for the Mail > app are very limited. I haven’t counted them but I’m guessing it is only > around 9 options, none of which are very exciting. Surely it can’t be that > difficult to let us download sounds that we have purchased from their own > iTunes Store to our Mac’s? > I might email then and ask but I’m guessing that won’t help as they don’t > like getting suggestions. And I’m not sure what email address to use. > >> On 13/03/2020, at 03:33, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> A year or so ago, I did some research on this. Supposedly it works. So, I >> migrated my tones I use on my iPad and iPhone over to the Mac and placed >> them into the specific location where the Mac grabs these sound files from >> when making Mail or Message alerts. You'll note that >> I'm being fairly vague in my description and this is purposeful. The >> specific location is deeper in the System and is not usually accessed by the >> day-to-day user. I can't remember for sure, but I may have even needed to >> disable System Integrity Protection to do it. After all this, it still >> didn't work. The tone choices did appear in Messages for me, but when I >> chose them, they did not play. I either got no sound at all, or it switched >> back to the default alert sound. Again, I'm not positive. I gave up for >> now. >> >> So, essentially, it's supposed to be possible, not for the faint of heart, >> and not necessarily a successful venture. Maybe I'll take a look at it >> again in Catalina in a bit, but wouldn't hold much stock in success. >> >> Later... >> >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Jamf Certified Tech >> Apple Teacher >> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Mar 11, 2020, at 22:36, Bradford Snyder <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> So, can you explain how to do this. >> >> - Brad - >> >> >> >> On Mar 11, 2020, at 19:50, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Well, one can certainly add sounds to Mail rules. 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