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bbeebe Author

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changing the Move File sound

Looking for a way to change action sounds on Monterrey 12.2. Right now, moving a file to a folder sounds more like an error than something I intended to do--make me jump every time.

The last person who asked this exact question in this forum was in 2009 (Snow Leopard!) and another user had a method that involved changing System > Library > Components > CoreAudio.component but Apple has moved on since then and that path no longer has the desired results.

Does anyone have a solution for action sounds modifications or are we stuck with some coders ideas of appropriate sounds?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 4:22 PM

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James Brickley

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Posted on Feb 5, 2022 4:24 PM

I doubt it can be changed since the operating system is protected by System Integrity Protection (SIP), the read only system volume, and the fact that the system volume is actually snapshot in APFS then signed and blessed by Apple and the Mac boots off the snapshot. Only Apple can make changes to the operating system at the level required to change the Finder sound effects.

That being said, Apple did add the option to disable the user interface sound effects. In System Preferences -> Sound -> "Play user interface sound effects" and "Play feedback when volume is changed" as well as "Play sound on startup" can all be disabled.

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