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How do I change the alert sounds in Outlook for Mac?
I figured out how to change the default sounds in Outlook for Mac. Basically you have to find the original sound files in Outlook via Finder and overwrite them with the ones you want. Follow the steps below.
1) Quit Outlook
2) Open Finder. Select ‘Applications’ from the left side list.
3) Find Outlook. Right-click on it and select ‘Show Package Contents’ from the list.
4) Open Contents folder and go to ‘Framework’ folder.
5) Look for ‘OutlookCore.framework’ file. Open it.
6) Go to ‘Resources’ folder and look for the mailerror, mailsent, newmail, nomail, reminder, and welcome .wav audio files
7) Rename your custom sounds to match these names and replace the files in the 'Resources' folder. (Your custom sounds must be in .wav format)
😎 Start up Outlook and enjoy your new sounds.
I want to add different sounds to the Sound Sets folder of my Outlook for Mac. In what format should I save these sound files? The Mac alert sounds are in aiff, but Outlook does not acknowledge them in my Sound Sets folder. Should I save the sound files in a different format?
- I don't think adding different sounds to the Sound Sets folder works, at least it did not for me. You will need to follow the steps from my two posts above to overwrite the default Outlook sounds. These sound files are in .wav format.