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Q: Sound Effects Not working Correctly in Mail 6.0 or Notification Center...

I recently installed Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro (2012 Retina Screen, 2.7 GHz Core i7, 16 GB RAM) and all the sound effects are no longer working in the new version of Mail 6.0. There are also Sound Effect problems with the Notification Center. 

 

I double checked and all my settings appear to be correct in Mail and in the Sounds & Notification Center Pref Panes.  I also did a PRAM reset to see if that would fix it, and that made no difference either.  In Mail, only some sounds are working. I still get the swoosh sound when mail is sent but not any of the other sounds like when email is deleted or received.  Also, my speakers are working fine for audio etc.

 

I called Apple Care and the technician had me on the phone for a while and researched this, but said he could find nothing that was known or had been reported on this issue. As an FYI, to the best of my knowledge I'm not running any incompatible apps.  Every app I am running is listed as being compatible with ML.

 

Has anyone else had this issue with the Mail and Notification Center Sound Effects?  I would appreciate any solutions or suggestions.

 

Thanks...

 

Patrick

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion, Mail 6.0 & Navigation Center

Posted on Aug 2, 2012 2:16 PM

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  • by Bennoholland,

    Bennoholland Bennoholland May 5, 2013 1:52 AM in response to swazz
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    May 5, 2013 1:52 AM in response to swazz

    There is no Power Nap option on an iMac!

  • by DMILETTE,

    DMILETTE DMILETTE May 10, 2013 6:56 AM in response to Bennoholland
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    May 10, 2013 6:56 AM in response to Bennoholland

    All,

     

    I stated this workaround months ago... reality is that if we paid for a top of the line laptop with all the bells and whistles (read Powernap) we should not have to disable this feature simply to get email sounds to work properly!!!

     

    Apple needs to FIX THIS.

     

    David

  • by john henning,

    john henning john henning May 21, 2013 10:35 AM in response to patrick14
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    May 21, 2013 10:35 AM in response to patrick14
    SUMMARY

    sudo and place the file into /System/Library/Sounds - right next to Basso, Bottle, Frog, Glass, and so forh

    CAUTION

    Do not attempt unless you are comfortable with Unix commands

    DETAILS

     

    To add a custom sound, here is what seems to be working for me on 10.8.3

     

    This solution was used only after various others failed. 

     

    (I don't think that I have seen mention of part 2 of this solution, but maybe I missed it in this long thread; if so, apologies)

     

    1. download mumble.wav, open it with iTunes, convert to aif

    • itunes/preferences/general/when insert CD/import settings...
    • Select: import using aif
    • right click the track, create aif version

     

    2. in a terminal window (do not attempt this unless you are familiar with unix/linux syntax)

     

    mkdir tmpdir

    cp ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Music/Music/mumble/mumble/mumble/mumble*aif  tmpdir

    cd tmpdir

    ls -l

    xattr -c *

    ls -l

    for f in *aif ; do mv $f ${f}f ; done

     

    The above series of commands copies the aif files to a temporary directory and removes extended attributes.

    The 'for' loop changes the extension .aif to .aiff

     

    I also got rid of all spaces in filenames, and made them shorter.  For example:

     

    mv 86478__epanody__epanody-youve-got-some-serious-problems\ 1.aif Problems.aiff

     

    Then the following privileged step.  Warning: I take no responsiblity if you sudo your laptop into a pumpkin

     

    sudo bash

    cd /System/Library/Sounds

    cp /Users/mumble/tmpdir/*aiff .

     

    Finally, as needed, use chown, chgrp, chmod to ensure that permissions of the new file match existing.

     

    3. Restart mail

     

    RESULT

     

    So far, at least, my laptop remains unpumpkined.  And, when editing rules, I see sound choices such as the attached.

     

    soundMenu.jpg

  • by olivia121,

    olivia121 olivia121 Oct 3, 2013 5:14 PM in response to patrick14
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    Oct 3, 2013 5:14 PM in response to patrick14

    Good News.

     

    The updated GrowlMail 1.3.8 (Free), an extestion to Mail, was released less than a month ago, and it works.

     

    When I instaled it, the delay of the notice alert was fixed. It does not mean that the internal problem of the Mail itself is gone, but as far as "annoyance" level is concerned, it is much better . . . Phew!

     

    The plugIn seems to just dissappear into the Mail app, and you just need to set up with Mail [Preferrance]>General, and that is it. Now the sound and the banner are syncronized.

     

    I still sent a feedback to Apple so that they may fix the problem in the future. I heard that the techs do not monitor the forum, so we need to send feedback if we want something fixed. But, until they do, this plug-In may save your day . . .

     

    Hope this will work for you too . . .

  • by olivia121,

    olivia121 olivia121 Oct 3, 2013 6:00 PM in response to olivia121
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    Oct 3, 2013 6:00 PM in response to olivia121

    I just reaized that rthere is an arrow " >>" on the right end of the tool bar of Mail > [Preferrance], and when you touch it with the curser, they will be a Growl logo pop up. Then click it, and you will have a few settings of your choice there.

  • by jasimon9,

    jasimon9 jasimon9 Oct 9, 2013 10:07 AM in response to jasimon9
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    Oct 9, 2013 10:07 AM in response to jasimon9

    The problem of random delay in playing of Mail sounds has evolved. Rather than only a random delay, now there is random mulltiple sounds. For example. a sound plays 10 minutes after the email is received. Then pays again 2 hours later but no new email triggers it. It just plays twice.

  • by Fgrigorio,

    Fgrigorio Fgrigorio Sep 18, 2014 6:06 PM in response to was1234
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    Sep 18, 2014 6:06 PM in response to was1234

    worked for me! thank you!

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