Q: Change default iCal alert sound
I just upgraded to El Capitan and as with every major OS X release the default alert sound in iCal reverts back to Basso.
I have been using one of the 2 following hacks to change the default iCal alert sound in every prior major version of OS X, but they don't seem to work in El Capitan.
http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/1339593
http://www.macworld.com/article/1132412/105icalalarm.html
I don't seem to have be able to get any writing permissions for the folder where the sounds are located although my user has administrator rights and is the only user on my machine.
Does anyone have any ideas how to be able to change that horrible Basso default alert sound to something else?
Posted on Oct 1, 2015 4:14 AM
I have the same issue.
efforts to rename, delete or replace the sounds files receives the message that the basso file "can't be modified or deleted as it is required by the OS"
I see that there is a way to disable "System Integrity Protection" for the Mac as a whole, but this seems rather a larger set of steps for such a small change http://www.macworld.com/article/2986118/security/how-to-modify-system-integrity- protection-in-el-capitan.html and hope there is a way to change individual files without having to go through with this.
Any advice most welcome
Mark
Posted on Oct 4, 2015 7:17 AM