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Where is the exact location of the file copy complete sound effect?

I'm fed up with the shrill default sound effects so I've replaced deleting, emptying trash, sending messages, receiving messages, and muted the boot-up sound. Just need to figure out the file copy sound effect and my macOS experience will be tranquil.
 
Stumpokapow said:
Where is the exact location of the file copy complete sound effect?

I'm fed up with the shrill default sound effects so I've replaced deleting, emptying trash, sending messages, receiving messages, and muted the boot-up sound. Just need to figure out the file copy sound effect and my macOS experience will be tranquil.
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Does disabling the User Interface Sound Effects option not work? Isn't that what it's there for?
 
Vashetti said:
Let's not forget that Mavericks was the last OS X/macOS to have the pre-iOS7-esque material design

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Yosemite brought the (IMO) much better flat design

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Mavericks was GOAT. People who prefer the new design are crazy.

I'll go into my corner and cry now.
 
Stumpokapow said:
Where is the exact location of the file copy complete sound effect?

I'm fed up with the shrill default sound effects so I've replaced deleting, emptying trash, sending messages, receiving messages, and muted the boot-up sound. Just need to figure out the file copy sound effect and my macOS experience will be tranquil.
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Just a heads up that you may need to do this again after updating. Might want to make an Applescript or something that can easily be rerun in the future.
 
When resizing windows next to each other, the edges kinda "snap" to each other if that makes sense. Was this in before Sierra? I've never noticed it before.
 
The Real Abed said:
Does disabling the User Interface Sound Effects option not work? Isn't that what it's there for?
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I want user interface sound effects, I simply don't want the default user interface sound effects. I replaced the rest of the sound effects with stuff that were clear and offered feedback but were also not disruptive. Just can't locate the file for the file copy finished, which is especially cacophonic.

Wowfunhappy said:
Just a heads up that you may need to do this again after updating. Might want to make an Applescript or something that can easily be rerun in the future.
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Good point. As-is I needed to disable SIP to do this.
 
Stumpokapow said:
I want user interface sound effects, I simply don't want the default user interface sound effects. I replaced the rest of the sound effects with stuff that were clear and offered feedback but were also not disruptive. Just can't locate the file for the file copy finished, which is especially cacophonic.
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Just an idea: I'm at work and can't test. You could do a file search that:

• Includes System Files
• Excludes user and applications directories
• Files with extension: *.aiff (iirc this is the extension used, change to correct one if applicable).

Presumably it will come up.

Edit: Followed my own advice and couldn't find anything. This might be a good question for apple.stackexchange
 
Ninja Dom said:
I'm not sure what 3D Coat is.

But isn't it crazy that Apple release Betas to devs and the public of their latest iOS and macOS software updates so that software can be tested for compatibility, yet so many devs don't bother and we get all these problems??
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It's similar to ZBrush

And yeah it's pretty irritating :/
 
So now that you guys have me considering SSD, I've got a couple of questions:

1. Can you just drop in an SSD now? When I added one to my pc a number of years ago it was recommended that you go through a whole bunch of configuration beforehand.

2. How does OS licensing work now? I think the most recent discs I have are Leopard or Snow Leopard. Can I install that and easily upgrade to Sierra if I do a fresh install?
 
Teggy said:
So now that you guys have me considering SSD, I've got a couple of questions:

1. Can you just drop in an SSD now? When I added one to my pc a number of years ago it was recommended that you go through a whole bunch of configuration beforehand.

2. How does OS licensing work now? I think the most recent discs I have are Leopard or Snow Leopard. Can I install that and easily upgrade to Sierra if I do a fresh install?
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External drive, clone it. Easy peasy. Or restore from time machine after a fresh install if you want to do it fully proper, not sure if it makes a difference on OSX (windows before 8 had sector formatting things from HDD to SSD).
 
Teggy said:
2. How does OS licensing work now? I think the most recent discs I have are Leopard or Snow Leopard. Can I install that and easily upgrade to Sierra if I do a fresh install?
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There is no licensing. OS's are free via the app store. It's assumed that if you're using the App Store, you've already bought Apple hardware and have thus already "paid" for the software. This is much to the benefit of Hackintoshers (like me!).

You DO need access to the App Store though, and that means Snow Leopard or above. Leopard won't work.
 
Jacobi said:
Snow Leopard for life
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You joke, but Snow Leopard was legit. I wish it still ran on modern hardware.

I do think Mavericks is better overall, though. They added a lot of conveniences in the years between such as full screen apps and autosaving which I really appreciate. I despise Launchpad for removing the perfect synchrony between launching apps and an apps' place on the file system, but it's also entirely ignorable.

I like a lot of the Yosemite-plus conveniences as well, which is why I'm currently on El Capitan and will probably upgrade to Sierra... I just wish it didn't come with so much ugliness.
 
Release 14 of the Safari Technology Preview has a weird bug with YouTube where it's adding a thick border to the left and right sides of all YouTube videos so all videos end up window boxed in fullscreen and pillarboxed in PIP. So fucking annoying. I tried rebooting but it persists. The current Safari doesn't have it though so it's the Tech Preview and not the OS. Anyone else getting this?
 
Jesus I just upgraded to this from Yosemite and it messed up my Python wrappers, PySide, good :( seems like some new security feature that doesn't give with rpath to common library files. Then I checked the file location and the library files are gone too. Surly there are other developers here who have experienced this as well? Any fixes?
 
I can't connect the Apple Watch (series 2) to my MacBook Pro (Sierra). When I add the option in system preferences > security > allow your apple watch to unlock your mac, it keeps telling me to make sure my apple watch is turned on and unlocked, which it is
 
This is quite a specific issue regarding the University Wi-Fi service "Eduroam".

Has anyone who is working in a University or studying found that they have issues connecting to the service? I noticed today that no matter what I did, I couldn't connect a student to the network. They're the first student I've met this year on Sierra (thought there'd be more honestly) and he says he can't connect at all.

Our Service Desk has pretty much a 100% connected rate for people who come to the desk (unless it's a hardware issue) but nothing would work. Not even Eduroam's auto-configuration tool.
 
Apparently I'm still on the Sierra beta track. I don't have a specific issue with that (not causing me any problems right now), but is it possible to get back onto the release track without too much fuss?
 
Number45 said:
Apparently I'm still on the Sierra beta track. I don't have a specific issue with that (not causing me any problems right now), but is it possible to get back onto the release track without too much fuss?
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I'm not sure there is. I deleted the beta profile from settings but the update badge on the App store icon just sits there.
 
Number45 said:
Apparently I'm still on the Sierra beta track. I don't have a specific issue with that (not causing me any problems right now), but is it possible to get back onto the release track without too much fuss?
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If you go into App Store prefs, you can change it there. Pretty sure you'd remain on the current beta you're on until the next public release? But it's easy enough.
 
Y'know. For the past couple days, I was whining to myself that if I hit the Safari icon in one of my other desktops, and hit cmd+N, it would open a new tab in the desktop Safari is already open in (if that's the case). Then I go to file and find that they've changed it to cmd+option+N? Literally why. Why more buttons. cmd+N isn't even binded to opening a new tab, that's cmd+T. Apple, please.
 
Disabled beta updates from the store but I'm still getting offered new public betas. Looks like I'll have to rebuild to get back to release track.
 
With the recent attacks on neogaf, it got me thinking about antivirus software for macs. I haven't used one since i started using osx 6 years ago and haven't had any problems. But i'm just curious whats the best one of those programs for mac just incase for the future. What do you guys suggest.
 
Number45 said:
Disabled beta updates from the store but I'm still getting offered new public betas. Looks like I'll have to rebuild to get back to release track.
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Same, was just coming to post this. I got pushed public beta 4 when I turned that off after the 3rd. It's the only way that they do it, too? If you go to unenroll from their website they tell you to go to Sys Prefs > App Store > etc, in image form.
 
Sch1sm said:
Same, was just coming to post this. I got pushed public beta 4 when I turned that off after the 3rd. It's the only way that they do it, too? If you go to unenroll from their website they tell you to go to Sys Prefs > App Store > etc, in image form.
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Yeah, it doesn't look like there's much more you can do other than rebuild and restore as far as I can tell.
 
Finally installed the macOS update on Friday. Just realized that Command + Option + Power doesn't lock the display anymore. Does anyone know what the new hotkey combo for this action is?
 
snacknuts said:
Finally installed the macOS update on Friday. Just realized that Command + Option + Power doesn't lock the display anymore. Does anyone know what the new hotkey combo for this action is?
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I've actually never used this before, but I tried just now and it's working fine. Like it puts my display to sleep, at least, and then requires my password because I have that set to immediate? Not sure.
 
Spiral Insanity said:
I still don't really understand picture in picture video. Which sites support it? Is it supposed to work with Youtube out of the box?
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kennah said:
I haven't been able to get it to work on anything I use.
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With YouTube, you have right-click twice. The first right-click on a YouTube video activates YouTube's own contextual menu. The second one brings up Safari's.

It's weird, but it works for me.
 
Kabuki Quantum Lover said:
With YouTube, you have right-click twice. The first right-click on a YouTube video activates YouTube's own contextual menu. The second one brings up Safari's.

It's weird, but it works for me.
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At least YouTube allows access to that menu at all. A lot of HTML5 players disable the right-click completely and still use their own controls so you can't access it.

I want to believe it'll be supported better over time but I don't have that much faith in everyone else since it's probably niche. (Does Windows have anything equivalent? If not, why bother adding support just for one browser and one OS?)

I'm disappointed they removed the feature where the PIP window stays open for the current tab at all times so it follows the YouTube video from page to page so I can just open it once on a YouTube tab, and browse around the site and have it just be there where it's supposed to be instead of having to keep putting it in PIP every time I change pages.
 
Spiral Insanity said:
That works, thank you! Lord knows how Apple thought this was intuitive.
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I think the double click on YouTube is part of YouTube's functionality. If you use the HTML5 player on YouTube (virtually everyone does now), right clicking will bring up YouTube's contectual menu (Loop, copy URL, etc), and then clicking again brings up your system/browser context menu.
 
The Real Abed said:
At least YouTube allows access to that menu at all. A lot of HTML5 players disable the right-click completely and still use their own controls so you can't access it.

I want to believe it'll be supported better over time but I don't have that much faith in everyone else since it's probably niche. (Does Windows have anything equivalent? If not, why bother adding support just for one browser and one OS?)

I'm disappointed they removed the feature where the PIP window stays open for the current tab at all times so it follows the YouTube video from page to page so I can just open it once on a YouTube tab, and browse around the site and have it just be there where it's supposed to be instead of having to keep putting it in PIP every time I change pages.
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I'd be surprised if browsers don't just add it themselves. Like Firefox already has a (fairly official) extension that adds it: https://github.com/meandavejustice/min-vid I'm not really sure why its an OS-api at all. Seems like a better HTML api.
 
NekoFever said:
BBC iPlayer has native PIP support:

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So that's one major streaming site that's put in the work.
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It really should be a button on YouTube next to the Fullscreen button. Or in a pop up menu when you click and hold the fullscreeen button.

I bet it can be accessed via JavaScript. I bet someone could write a Greasemonkey script for Safari that adds a button to the YouTube player.

Now if only we could get it into Plex AND Netflix's players as well as native support for VLC.
 
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