No sound in Mac Mail
I checked my mail settings. Box is checked for "Play sounds for other mail actions". Still no sound. I restarted the Mac, re-set the mail accounts, still no sound. Running Mac Studio, OS Sonoma 14.0
Mac Studio, macOS 14.0
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Hi there Uncle...
Change new message notifications
- In the Mail app
on your Mac, choose Mail > Settings, then click General. - Do any of the following:
- Change new message sound: Click the “New message sound” pop-up menu, then choose a sound.
- Change the mailbox for new message notifications: Click the “New message notifications” pop-up menu, then choose a mailbox.
Change or turn off all notifications from Mail
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Settings, then click Notifications in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) - Go to Application Notifications on the right, click Mail, then do any of the following:
- Change notifications: Set options, such as the style of notifications, where to show them, and more. For more information about the options, click the Help button
in the bottom-right corner. - Turn off all notifications from Mail: Turn Allow Notifications off.
- Change notifications: Set options, such as the style of notifications, where to show them, and more. For more information about the options, click the Help button
Note: To display notifications from Mail when a Focus is on, you must allow the notifications to appear. See Set up a Focus.
Manage notifications from Mail on Mac - Apple Support
If that doesn't help...
To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...
Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.
Does it work in the new account?
