This notification sound for updates from the App Store is truly annoying when it occurs at random times like 3am. I cannot find a way to silence this in the Notifications & Focus systems preference. Am I missing something? I would prefer not to mute all sounds on my desktop to accomplish this!
There isn't the granularity you are looking for. However, try System Preferences -> Sound -> Sound Effects and uncheck the "Play user interface sound effects". That will turn off ALL the sound effects, from emptying the trash, finishing a file copy, etc. That might not be what you want but it will likely eliminate the Apple Update notification sound.
There isn't the granularity you are looking for. However, try System Preferences -> Sound -> Sound Effects and uncheck the "Play user interface sound effects". That will turn off ALL the sound effects, from emptying the trash, finishing a file copy, etc. That might not be what you want but it will likely eliminate the Apple Update notification sound.
Do you have this slideswitch set to Off and all of these checkboxes unchecked?
If you do and are sill getting notifications then boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and toggle the switch on and off and then reboot normally and test to see if the problem persists.
Another solution which would also help with system and application performance would be to shut down the Mac at night. Boot time shouldn't be long, mine is about 35 seconds, and shouldn't be an inconvenience. Rebooting clears out system and app temporary cache and swap files which will help performance.
James,
Thanks for your speedy and helpful reply!
Agree, not nearly the surgical solution I was looking for. Don't want to remove sound feedback entirely.
Seems like an oversight that we cannot do this specifically!
Dan
Old Toad,
Thanks for the reply. But truly odd that unlike you, I do not have the App Store listed at all in the Notifications & Focus systems pref!
I am using Monterey 12.2.1, 2017 Retina 5k 27-inch iMac. Are you on the same Monterey Version?
Best,
Dan
How to turn off notification sound for "Updates Available"?
