How to do .WAV incoming mail notification on Mac? (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

I asked this question a long time ago but was unable to find the
original post.

What I want to do is put a notification sound in my email.

The sound file is in .WAV format which we all know is not compatible
with Mac.

How do I get a .WAV file to play as an incoming mail notification
on my Mac?

Do I need to convert the file to another format first? If so, what
format? Also, Any idea how to set up mail for sound notifications?

Thank you as always.

 

[Christian Behrens]

Ron, what makes you say that WAV files are not compatible with the Mac? All my WAV files play perfectly fine on my Mac; by default iTunes imports them, but the play just fine in QuickTime as well.

Maybe your file is just a non-standard WAV file? Did you try playing it in QT?

-Christian

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Christian,

I just found out minutes ago that a .WAV file will play in Mac.

The problem is getting it to play when new mail arrives in
APPLE MAIL.

The sound file has to be placed in LIBRARY->SOUNDS and then you
can import it as a notification sound in APPLE MAIL.

Problem is, it's still playing another default sound instead.

I'm kind of working on this as we speak.

Thanks for the heads up.