Where are the Mac OS X alert sound files located?

Question

Is there any way I can access the files that are used for the alert sounds found in system preferences? For example, in OS X 10.6.6, there are different sounds for Funk, Glass, Hero, etc. Where are these files located?

score 31 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '11 at 20:15

Any files located in the following locations will available to choose as alert sounds:

/System/Library/Sounds/
/Library/Sounds/
/Users/< username >/Library/Sounds/

(Note: By default the latter 2 folders may not exist, but if created and populated with files, you'll be able to choose them in the Sounds preference pane).

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 01 '16 at 03:06

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They are stored as .aiff files in /System/Library/Sounds/.

edited Sep 01 '16 at 03:06

Alex

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answered Mar 28 '11 at 06:37

Senseful

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can we play from there? – fasttrack Mar 28 '11 at 06:48
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Click a file, press the space bar. Quicklook does the rest :). – Jason Salaz Mar 28 '11 at 06:56
In Catalina this is the only location I can find any. – MrG Apr 09 '20 at 10:08

hihihihih · Answer 3 · 2016-05-02T12:55:55.713

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Here is the path to the volume.aiff if you want to change that too

/System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/Resources

edited May 02 '16 at 12:55

answered May 02 '16 at 12:49

hihihihih

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Where are the Mac OS X alert sound files located?

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