How to restore the Mavericks version of the sound effect for the volume button for Yosemite?

Question

I just upgraded my MacBook to Yosemite, and the new sound effect for the volume button is just awful. Is there a way to change out the sound file so I can hear the old version on Yosemite?

possible duplicate of Where is the OS X Volume Change Feedback Sound File located? — Tetsujin, Oct 29 '14 at 10:16
This allows me to find the new sound, do you have any idea where i can find the old one in order to replace it ? — Rogue, Oct 29 '14 at 10:19
See if you can find someone who hasn't updated yet; it's in the same place. Note that no-one yet has reported swapping it back actually works, but it's quite possibly a case of replacing one with the other. — Tetsujin, Oct 29 '14 at 10:23
@Rogue here's the volume.aiff file from Mavericks: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13617105/volume.aiff — Mateusz Szlosek, Oct 29 '14 at 10:59
The Dropbox link to obtain the old Maverick Volume sound file does not; probably expired. Here is a fresh link where to obtain the file to replace the new sound file you might not like (like me!): http://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/volume-aiff-zip.487154/ — , Sep 09 '15 at 00:46

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '14 at 11:13

It can be done, although you need to find the Mavericks volume feedback sound file. The filename is "volume.aiff" and (for both Mavericks and Yosemite) it is located in: /System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/Resources

Find the Mavericks volume feedback sound file and put it on your Desktop for easy access.

Open the Terminal and navigate to the folder containing the sound file:

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

Create a backup of the original file in case you want to reverse the changes:

sudo cp volume.aiff volume.aiff.bak

Provide the password when prompted.

Now copy in the Mavericks sound file placed on your Desktop:

sudo cp ~/Desktop/volume.aiff ./

Restart

Tried this on El Capitan (with sudo) and still got: cp: volume.aiff.bak: Operation not permitted — Siniša Šašić, Apr 20 '16 at 14:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 27 '17 at 04:50

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This works perfectly AFTER you boot into recovery (by holding CMD+R at boot up).

From there open Terminal (under the Utilities menu) and enter csrutil disable (to disable System Integrity Protection).

Once you do that there are no issues though I would recommend you repeat the above process when done and enter csrutil enable into Terminal to enable System Integrity Protection.

edited Jun 27 '17 at 04:50

Monomeeth

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answered Jun 27 '17 at 00:09

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How to restore the Mavericks version of the sound effect for the volume button for Yosemite?

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