Hi, A year or so ago, I did some research on this. Supposedly it works. So, I migrated my tones I use on my iPad and iPhone over to the Mac and placed them into the specific location where the Mac grabs these sound files from when making Mail or Message alerts. You'll note that I'm being fairly vague in my description and this is purposeful. The specific location is deeper in the System and is not usually accessed by the day-to-day user. I can't remember for sure, but I may have even needed to disable System Integrity Protection to do it. After all this, it still didn't work. The tone choices did appear in Messages for me, but when I chose them, they did not play. I either got no sound at all, or it switched back to the default alert sound. Again, I'm not positive. I gave up for now.
So, essentially, it's supposed to be possible, not for the faint of heart, and not necessarily a successful venture. Maybe I'll take a look at it again in Catalina in a bit, but wouldn't hold much stock in success. Later... Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 11, 2020, at 22:36, Bradford Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote: So, can you explain how to do this. - Brad - On Mar 11, 2020, at 19:50, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: Well, one can certainly add sounds to Mail rules. I don't know if they need to be a specific type or not. Traditionally, Mac system sounds were AIFF files, but I expect that the there is a bit more flexibility these days. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/0ED2B174-2F01-4985-BA92-5857E5F497A0%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/C6B8260B-A16D-4FAF-9950-86923A9735A3%40swbell.net. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/323989ED-AAE8-463E-96FA-9CA7D03044DF%40me.com.
