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Mac - No Alert Sounds. No Sound Files.

I do not get any alert sounds on the Mac. I can play iTunes. But no iMessage alert, and it does not 'ding' when I change the slider.


I notice that when I got to Library/Audio/Sounds/Alerts that there are not any files there. That is also true under my user.


Is lack of sound files causing the issue? If so, how can I replace those files?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 11.6

Posted on Aug 19, 2022 8:50 AM

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Posted on Aug 20, 2022 10:03 AM

It looks like I have somehow fixed this. I have a dual boot Mac. I dragged the sounds from Mojave to Big Sur, rebooted and now the alert sounds work.

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Mac - No Alert Sounds. No Sound Files.

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