No "New Message Sound" in Mail in Ventura

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No "New Message Sound" in Mail in Ventura

Just received an email from Apple informing me someone upvoted one of my posts concerning NO new Mail message sound from 3 years ago! Big Sur, no less.

So I checked System Settings Ventura 13.7 and still no "Play Sound" in Notifications. My Mail App always had New Message sound selected.

In 3 years, still no New Message sound? Will send feedback today but really?

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

(cannot upgrade to latest OS as my 2017 iMac is too old. OK Apple, I am ready when you are to release a new 27" iMac)

iMac (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Oct 6, 2024 12:00 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Oct 6, 2024 5:21 PM in response to Snowmill

Have you done a PRAM reset, ...

Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)...

Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support

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Snowmill Author

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Oct 8, 2024 1:16 PM in response to BDAqua

Thank you for the reply! Great links if I ever need to do it. BTW, already done long before.

System Settings (used to be Sys Prefs) does not even show "Play Sound for Notification" to select as there is for Messages, for example. An Apple tech rep even suggested I should go to System Settings and make sure it is selected. Did not even know that it did not even exist. It used to, but not for years.

My sent sound works great and I get new Email notifications on my Apple Watch9 and/or iPhone 12. It is just on my iMac that there is no new sound. If on my iMac, I just have to be alert to see if the Dock icon bounces.

Again, really appreciate your response! I just have to live with it. I’ll survive...

Thanks!

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