Background Noise?

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Background Noise?

Hi ASC,

For the past couple of weeks, I keep getting a "swoosh" sound in the background, every 1-3 minutes. I can't figure out where it is coming from, but I think Facebook/Twitter integration is the culprit, since I cannot modify "sounds" in Notification Center settings. It might be Mail, or Tweetbot as well.

It goes away whenever I restart my Mac, but this is inconvenient.

Is there a way I can fix this, or better yet, remove the sound file from my computer?

Thanks.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 2, 2012 3:48 PM

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Answer 1

xtremecarbon Author

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Nov 4, 2012 4:57 PM in response to xtremecarbon

Bump. I have ruled out it is not Tweetbot, so it is something built into OSX; this might make removing the sound file easier, but I can't find a "swoosh" like sound anywhere. Either Mail, or FB/Twitter at this point.

Leaving Apple some feedback on their page to let us remove Sounds for Twitter/Facebook in Notification Settings, I suggest you do the same if you're curious about this problem.

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Answer 2

Nov 20, 2012 8:51 PM in response to xtremecarbon

I had this issue and was wondering what the culprit was a few months ago. Turns out in Messages (or i guess iChat if your running it) has notification sounds set on as default. The swashing sound is caused by a buddy becoming unavailable. This can be disabled by going into Messages > Preferences > Alerts > Event > Buddy Becomes Available/Unavailable, and unchecking the "Play A Sound" option.

Hope this helped.

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xtremecarbon Author

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Nov 21, 2012 5:33 PM in response to a13xbrowning

Thanks for your tip a13xbrowning. I discovered last night that it was Messages making the noise, kudos for posting instructions on removing the sound.

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