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to change a sound in Finder (not Alert)

There is a (to me) annoying boing sound whenever I move a file to a new location, in the Finder. Where do I go to change the annoying boing to some other sort of sound. I don't mind the feedback, I just don't like the boing. I know where to find alert choices (sys prefs/sound/etc) - not there. Have also looked at Finder prefs - not there. Any clues? It's only on my powerbook g4, OS 10.4.6, I'm the only user so I don't log in and out.

By contrast, there's a sound when I put something into the trash, sort of a papery sound. That's not annoying. Wherever that sound control is, I bet the file-moved-boing sound is there too.

powerbook G4

Posted on Apr 20, 2006 7:15 AM

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Laura Wilson Author

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Apr 21, 2006 9:17 AM in response to Francine Schwieder

Hey gang, Thanks for what analysis took place. I'd say my question did not get Answered, but it sure got talked about! Francine, I tried to follow you to

/System/Library/Components/CoreAudio.component/Contents/Resources/SystemSounds" Thus far I've found 62 different sounds in the System folder and its sub-folders, but not that annoying boing...

but I don't have access to .component files. hmmm... I dislike being walled out but I am not going to fight it by trying to be more savvy engineer than i am since i'm not an engineer at all.

It is an annoying sound, no one took issue on that. it's more like duh-oingg isn't it But seriously, I rather like the feedback, the trash noises.

Eme

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Apr 21, 2006 9:18 AM in response to Laura Wilson

Hello, Laura & all,

I was still curious if this can be done with a command in Terminal
so I asked in the Unix forum. Here is the thread.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2182285#2182285

Have a nice weekend everyone.
Eme

Laura Wilson Author

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Apr 21, 2006 11:49 AM in response to Eme

Thanks Eme! I followed new thread, it's a bit intimidating to me, but I too will play around with it this weekend. Funny that to control this feature is buried so deep, away from typical user's capability to chanage.

Is my question answered... I guess I have been told how to turn the boing off, but not how to change it. And I won't know I've been told until I accomplish the command in Terminal. I'm going to say it's unanswered. Especially because I was really hoping to CHANGE the sound, not just disable it.

Catch you guys later! Thanks to all!

Apr 21, 2006 11:52 AM in response to Laura Wilson

Here's a mass reply, in order:

Miriam--I found a number of even more annoying sounds, but not the wretched boing. 😉

Laura--the CoreAudio.component is one of a number of folders that the Finder classifies as packages and displays "as if" it were a file. In order to open a package you just select it while holding down the control key. A Contextual Menu appears and you select "Show Package Contents" and then continue opening things normally. When I found the trash sound I thought we were there, but unfortunately the particularly annoying boing wasn't present. Too bad!

Eme--the boys in the UNIX forum unfortunately only found the same sound files that I did. All the command they came up with does is compress a file. This would be pretty pointless actually.... If we could find it we could replace it. The problem is WHERE IN THE WORLD is that sucker????
Francine

Francine
Schwieder

MGW

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Apr 21, 2006 11:56 AM in response to Laura Wilson

Laura,
You have provoked some really intense sleuthing, even if you don't think the question has been answered, surely Francine and Eme have been helpful.

Miriam

Eme

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Apr 21, 2006 5:20 PM in response to Laura Wilson

Hello, Laura & All,

Yes it is intimidating i agree, there in lays the attraction, bit round the twist
No, i do not think it is answered, because as you said change not disable.

I just thought it is a very interesting question & I wanted to know, if there was

a terminal command to stop it w/out changing the user interface sound effects.

Which was not answered, when i asked if that is why he did not have this

sound. I am a bit weary of trying it but I think i will, I just wanted to make

sure I can enable it again. I personally find it amusing, my work environment

is so filled with cacophony that a "Boing" is rather soothing in comparison.; )

Regards, Eme :~{)

 Power PC G4 (3.3) ♥ iMac Flat Panel 10.3.9 ] 15 Alum.PowerBook Tiger Mac OS X (10.4.6) AEBS & iMac Intel Core Duo 2gb

Eme

Level 5

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Apr 22, 2006 7:58 AM in response to Francine Schwieder

Eme--the boys in the UNIX forum unfortunately only
found the same sound files that I did. All the
command they came up with does is compress a file.
This would be pretty pointless actually.... If we
could find it we could replace it. The problem is
WHERE IN THE WORLD is that sucker????
Francine

Francine,
Thanks for the reply, So you say this is not the "Boing" !!

I now think i will skip the compression test ( go figure why) and just
continue trying to find this "Sucker": ). I appreciated your determination !

Eme

 Power PC G4 (3.3) ♥ iMac Flat Panel 10.3.9 ] 15 Alum.PowerBook Tiger Mac OS X (10.4.6) AEBS & iMac Intel Core Duo 2gb

to change a sound in Finder (not Alert)