Turning off the click/blip sound effect when you click somewhere that isn't 'active'.

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Turning off the click/blip sound effect when you click somewhere that isn't 'active'.

Hi all. Is there a way of tuning off the blip sound effect you get when, for example, you have a modal dialog box open (in Photoshop say) and you accidentally click somewhere outside of it?

I've only noticed it since upgrading to Monterey, but I don't want any system sounds to distracting me from my work or even just listening to music or whatever. Also, occasionally I might be recording sound from the machine and it can be very frustrating if I accidentally end up with that annoying little blip on the recording.

Looked in the Mouse and Sounds section of System Preferences and couldn't see anything.

Cheers.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Sep 6, 2022 3:42 AM

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Sep 6, 2022 1:19 PM in response to cwanderson

cwanderson wrote:

Hi all. Is there a way of tuning off the blip sound effect you get when, for example, you have a modal dialog box open (in Photoshop say) and you accidentally click somewhere outside of it?

I've only noticed it since upgrading to Monterey, but I don't want any system sounds to distracting me from my work or even just listening to music or whatever. Also, occasionally I might be recording sound from the machine and it can be very frustrating if I accidentally end up with that annoying little blip on the recording.