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Can't turn off annoying new mail sound

I have a new MacBook Air running the current version of Monterey. No matter what I do I can't turn off the sound when I get a new email. Even with notifications for mail turned off in the notification center, and sounds for new mail set to none in email preferences, I still get an annoying bonk type sound. If I try and change the new mail sound in mail preferences, it doesn't change - I still get this "bonk" kind of sound. It's very annoying. Any ideas?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.2

Posted on May 26, 2022 1:41 PM

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Posted on May 26, 2022 3:38 PM

JslmBarry wrote:

I have a new MacBook Air running the current version of Monterey. No matter what I do I can't turn off the sound when I get a new email. Even with notifications for mail turned off in the notification center, and sounds for new mail set to none in email preferences, I still get an annoying bonk type sound. If I try and change the new mail sound in mail preferences, it doesn't change - I still get this "bonk" kind of sound. It's very annoying. Any ideas?



Mail>Preferences>General make some changes and uncheck the box




if no resolve you can add a sound (no sound) —called "silentium."



Mail User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


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May 26, 2022 3:38 PM in response to JslmBarry

JslmBarry wrote:

I have a new MacBook Air running the current version of Monterey. No matter what I do I can't turn off the sound when I get a new email. Even with notifications for mail turned off in the notification center, and sounds for new mail set to none in email preferences, I still get an annoying bonk type sound. If I try and change the new mail sound in mail preferences, it doesn't change - I still get this "bonk" kind of sound. It's very annoying. Any ideas?



Mail>Preferences>General make some changes and uncheck the box




if no resolve you can add a sound (no sound) —called "silentium."



Mail User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


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May 26, 2022 1:53 PM in response to JslmBarry

If the computer is running anything less than Monterey 12.4 - it still needs some updates.


1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.


4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


6 - If after performing each of the above steps is the order that have been presents  and still have issues - please advise for possible further assistance.

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