Custom Messages tone?

I can tell you they are in two locations…

⁨/System⁩/Library⁩/⁨PrivateFrameworks⁩/ToneLibrary.framework⁩/Versions⁩/A⁩/Resou rces⁩/AlertTones .caf files

⁨/System⁩/Library⁩/⁨PrivateFrameworks⁩/ToneLibrary.framework⁩/Versions⁩/A⁩/Resou rces⁩/Ringtones .m4r files

They are in protected areas so you would probably need to disable SIP in order to add to them

EncoreBlade wrote:

I'm looking to have custom tones for the Messages app on macOS

You do have choices in Message.app> Preferences>General

Use Messages with your Mac - Apple Support

Hi,

As dialabrain alludes to they need to be in the two folders rather then where you have put them.

I have tried putting an Alias of the ~/Library/Sounds folder in one of the two locations but it does not seem to work.

However that might be due to not having the "right" format sound files in my Sounds folder.

Once you have them in the the correct location the .plists in those locations also detail what files are in there.

This may mean that you need to edit the .plists to list the new sounds as well as having them in the list.

It seems that Messages, in the drop down leroydouglas has shown reads the .plists rather then gathering the info as iChat used to do.

This does seem to mean that the iPhone can use any sound, even part of a Tune, to be the Ringtone or Alerttone where as it seems the Mac can't despite GarageBand being able to create Ring Tones.

8:45 pm Saturday; September 8, 2018