Custom Alert Sounds...can I do it in X.3?

[sjjordan]

I can't find a way to add custom alert sounds. I know it used to be able to be done. Is it no longer a function? Any thoughts would be great

Thanks

[HexMonkey]

Put the sounds in either Library/Sounds (for all users) or Home/Library/Sounds (for the current user only), then open System Preferences->Sound->Sound Effects and it will be added to the list.

[sjjordan]

Put the sounds in either Library/Sounds (for all users) or Home/Library/Sounds (for the current user only), then open System Preferences->Sound->Sound Effects and it will be added to the list.

There is not Library/Sounds, but I did put them in Library/Audio/Sounds/Alerts and still can't select them...

Do they have to be in anything other than wav format?

[HexMonkey]

Sorry, I forgot to say create the folder 'Sounds' if it's not there. I'm not sure what formats work, but the Apple ones are all aiff. I just tried a wav, and it didn't work, so try converting them to aiff and putting them in the Sounds folder.

[sjjordan]

Sorry, I forgot to say create the folder 'Sounds' if it's not there. I'm not sure what formats work, but the Apple ones are all aiff. I just tried a wav, and it didn't work, so try converting them to aiff and putting them in the Sounds folder.

Thanks for all your help. I converted them to aiff and put them in the created sound folder. They show up but won't play...I changed the permissions to ugo=rwx and they still won't play

Sorry for all the issues

[HexMonkey]

That's strange. It obviously can't load the sounds for some reason, but it can see them (so it won't be related to permissions of a parent folder). I'm not sure what the problem could be, but try the following and see if they work:

*Repair permissions
*Move the sound files to a different library (eg from main library to user library)
*Try different aiffs (including ones that weren't converted/created the same way)