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ultra · Oct 29, 2006, 05:35 AM

Hi, I have an Imac and the alert sounds for mail and Itunes etc have stopped all of a sudden. Ive looked all through the sound effects in system preferences and also I looked at the itunes sound prefs but I cant figure out whats happened.They arent muted or turned down, everything looks normal. Its only happened since I downloaded Itunes 7.1 version.
In system prefs- sound, where it says "play alerts and sound effects through" there is a drop down menu next to that which says 'internal speakers' but it is greyed and so does not drop down. I have a feeling this is where the problem is but dont know how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated. cheers

seanc · Oct 29, 2006, 05:41 AM

De-ja vu. I read this on the forums somewhere the other day I think. Try re-installing iTunes 7.1 and if that doesn't work try applying the 10.4.8 combo update to try and fix any broken system files.

ultra · Oct 29, 2006, 05:52 AM

What is the 10.4.8 combo update? Is that the OS?

seanc · Oct 29, 2006, 05:54 AM

It's an updater for the OS. It contains all of the updates from 10.4.0 to 10.4.8 and re-applying it may help to solve your problem in case something in the OS is broken.

ultra · Oct 30, 2006, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by seanc

It's an updater for the OS. It contains all of the updates from 10.4.0 to 10.4.8 and re-applying it may help to solve your problem in case something in the OS is broken.

I did the combo update and it appears to have resolved the issue, thankyou for your help.