Turn Off Interface Sound When Trying to Empty an (Already) Empty Trash

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Turn Off Interface Sound When Trying to Empty an (Already) Empty Trash

Even though I have turned off interface sounds, I still hear a sound when trying to empty my trash when it is already empty. Very annoying. Can someone help?

Posted on May 11, 2020 9:39 AM

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Old Toad

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May 12, 2020 1:58 PM in response to mike881

Another test you can try is to boot into Safe Mode (How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support) by booting with the Shift key held down and check there to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing.

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Answer 2

May 12, 2020 10:50 AM in response to mike881

Hello mike881,

I understand that your computer continues to play a sound when an (already) empty trash can is being emptied. You've turned off the user interface sound effects and yet the sound still plays. I can see how this could be an issue. Can you tell me a little bit more about what troubleshooting steps you may have taken? In the meantime here are few steps I would suggest:

Select and then deselect the "play user interface sound effects" box.
Empty trash again to verify if issue persists.
Restart the computer and try again

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