Also meant to ask what sound do you have selected for 'New messages sound' in Mail > Preferences > General?
On 12/10/2012, at 1:00 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > In System Preferences > Sound - Sound Effects, do you have 'Glass' selected > as an alert sound? > > Or is it a beep, beep, beep sound? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 12/10/2012, at 12:31 PM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >> Several times this morning I heard an unknown alert beep at irregular >> intervals. Possibly "glass" tone. No physical info window with messages >> appeared. >> >> Computer has been running with System Preferences > Energy Saver > 'Computer >> Sleep Never' since about 9pm last night. I 'Shut Down' the computer around >> 10.30am in case it was an overheating problem. Didn't think to check the >> Dashboard ProStat Widget until later. Fan noise remained unaltered >> throughout, but not fast or loud. Restarted computer after 30 minutes, >> reset Energy Saver preferences to Default (Computer Sleep after 10 minutes) >> but then got another beep about 15 minutes later. Been quiet for about an >> hour since. >> >> How do I determine what app may have generated the sound? The only >> foreground "on" apps have been Finder, Mail, Safari, EyeTV and Console. >> The only references to alert sounds that seemed anyway relevant in "Help" >> refer to the startup sequence. >> >> What was it? Do I ignore it, worry about it, or check my insurance and make >> a booking with the repair shop? >> >> Regards, Alan >> >> Alan Smith >> Late 2009 iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.8.2 >> iPad2; ATV2 >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
