I thought this feature was in the system prefrences under sound. but i can't find it and i swear i'v seen it before. How to i change what sound the os makes when you empty the trash?
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Changing the sound of my trash
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Not that I have any answer, I just wanted to find out what you're going to change it to. A burp, especially the burp the Sarlacc made in Return of the Browneye (er, Jedi)? A porn star moan?
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The hard way:
Go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Components, fond CoreAudio.component, ctrl-click and show Package Contents. Inside there, drill down to Contents/resources/SystemSounds/finder (and also the neighboring dock folder) for the trash sounds.
Changes you make to these are, of course, vulnerable to loss after system updates.
[edit: My memory failed me here, MacBarf really only works for ejecting, not regular trash operations. Sorry. ]
The slightly easier way:
http://www.jschilling.net/sw_macbarfx.php
Again you have to show package contents and drill down to Resources to change the sound file, but at least you don't have to mess with core OS goodies or worry about Apple changing them back on you.
Go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Components, fond CoreAudio.component, ctrl-click and show Package Contents. Inside there, drill down to Contents/resources/SystemSounds/finder (and also the neighboring dock folder) for the trash sounds.
Changes you make to these are, of course, vulnerable to loss after system updates.
[edit: My memory failed me here, MacBarf really only works for ejecting, not regular trash operations. Sorry. ]
The slightly easier way:
http://www.jschilling.net/sw_macbarfx.php
Again you have to show package contents and drill down to Resources to change the sound file, but at least you don't have to mess with core OS goodies or worry about Apple changing them back on you.
Not that I have any answer, I just wanted to find out what you're going to change it to. A burp, especially the burp the Sarlacc made in Return of the Browneye (er, Jedi)? A porn star moan?
Inquiring minds want to know.
i like the last one, but anything that's less of an earsore when you have headphones on.
You need to relaunch the Finder before changes will take. Also, the file needs to be named exactly empty trash.aif, it's not smart enough to pick up alternatives like .aiff etc.