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casagordita
Oct 26, 2020Copper Contributor
How do I change the alert sounds in Outlook for Mac?
How do I change the alert sounds in Outlook for Mac? When I go to Preferences, then Notifications and Sounds, the dropdown menu for Sound Set says Default. There is no other choice of sound sets on...
JonnyTime
Jun 24, 2021Copper Contributor
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.
Rhonda300
Jan 06, 2022Copper Contributor
Thank you so much for posting this information. I have missed too many event alerts and needed to find something to get my attention!