[G4] adding sounds

[Alex]

On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at 20:50 Canada/Eastern, Linda Hutcheson 
wrote:

> Is it possible to add new sounds to the sound file in OSX?

You can add new sounds. Not to the "sound file", because OS X doesn't 
have a single sound file, but to the locations where OS X expects to 
find sounds. As you might expect, these locations are

/System/Library/Sounds/

OS X's built-in sounds; could be modified with root access, but it's 
best to leave it untouched.

/Library/Sounds/

Shared -- sounds placed here will be available to all users. Requires 
admin privs. (If a Sounds folder doesn't exist in /Library, you may 
create one.)

~/Library/Sounds/

Your own sounds repository -- only you can use sounds in this location. 
(If a Sounds folder doesn't exist in ~/Library, you may create one.)

Sounds have to be in AIFF format, and they must have the filename 
extension ".aif".

> I have some old favorites on my 8500 I'd like to move over to the G4. 
> I tried a drag and drop but it said sounds couldn't be modified.

Probably you tried to add sounds to /System/Library/Sounds/. Not a good 
idea -- use the other two locations.

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