[smileLP]

i finally successfully recorded, using QT pro and an external microphone, the "error/alert" sound i want to put on my mom's computer (my voice)

w/OS 9, you had some very easy "add sound/record new [whatever] options", but w/OS X i do not see how to add a new alert sound

the audio file is currently, after being created in QT, called, "Audio.mov"

any thoughts on what i need to do to get it in as an alert sound on my mom's (mac mini)?

thanks!

[Ganesha]

In QT Pro:
0. Open up your Audio.mov
1. File/Export
2. Export: Sound to AIFF
3. Save.

[monkeybrain]

Yeah, convert in into an AIFF, and then add it into this folder: /Library/Audio/Sounds/Alerts/

You can even out songs in, I tried, but quickly went back to the normal sound.

[smileLP]

sounds great

wait, i spoke too soon...

i did what y'all said and it converted it to a file w/suffix, ".aif"

then i put it in library/audio/sounds/alerts (this file was empty, btw!) (?) should it be? i have access to all the standard alert sounds in sys pref's

anyway, when i went bk to sys preferences i couldn't find the new one i thought i'd just added. i even restarted the computer

what simple thing (i'm sure) am i doing wrong?

thanks!!

[Uncle Skeleton]

Try /System/Library/Sounds

[smileLP]

that did it, thanks redd!

[TETENAL]

Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton 

Try /System/Library/Sounds

You should never touch the /System folder. Put your custom sounds into /Library/Sounds (for all users) or ~/Library/Sounds (for this particular user only).

[smileLP]

>>Put your custom sounds into /Library/Sounds (for all users) or ~/Library/Sounds (for this particular user only).<<

i'm confused; what's the diff betw. /Library/Sounds and [squiggle]/Library/Sounds ?

are you saying it's ok for Me to do System/Library/Sounds this one time for this type of operation?

thanks

[TETENAL]

The ~ stands for your home folder, so /Library/Sounds is at the root of your hard drive while ~/Library/Sounds is /Users/smilelp/Library/Sounds (or whatever your user name is).

Now you probably haven't killed your system by putting the extra sounds into /System/Library/Sounds, but generally you should never touch the /System folder and use the Library folders I mentioned above instead.

[smileLP]

so shall i undo what i've done and do it your way (the proper way)? or is "the damage done" and i should just leave it?

thanks again

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p.s. i just tried what you suggested, to see if everything was where you said it would be, i.e.:

[start w/finder, rt?]/Users [i'm the only user, btw]/smilelp/Library/Sounds

and i did NOT find a "sounds" file in library

am i doing something wrong?

thanks again TET

[TETENAL]

It's not really "damaged" anything. It's just good practice not to touch the /System folder. Imagine a scenario where you add something, later you want to remove it again, you don't know for sure what you added, what was there already, what came with a system update, you delete the wrong stuff: system hosed. That's why there are the Library folders. One at the top level of the hard drive for all users and the on in your home folder just for yourself. If any folder is not in your own Library folder (like in your case the Sound folder) you can simply create it yourself and it will work.