Filed under: Odds and ends, Troubleshooting
Help Dori Smith get her System alerts back
Check out this
post over at Backup Brain. Dori Smith is
having a very odd problem where her System Alerts aren't playing, although every other sound on her computer sings like
a charm. It's like a troubleshooter's puzzle for the holidays. She even posted a Flickr set of her settings to serve as clues. Checking in
on the comments reveals a
few helpful suggestions like playing with the MIDI settings and zapping the PRAM, but no word on whether any of that has
helped yet or not.For those of you who are about to flame this post, asking, "Why is this on TUAW?" The answer: Because I needed to get a post up by 12:30, I like Dori's blog, and it actually stumped me and I thought the phrasing of the whole thing was very mind-bender puzzle-esque. :-b
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tom said 1:16PM on 12-22-2005
I think it belongs on TUAW, because it's neat, fun, Mac-related, and who knows, someone may be having a similar problem. Good job.
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Sk8rCai said 2:32PM on 12-22-2005
10-1 the sound file is actually silence!!
hehehe
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Dori said 2:41PM on 12-22-2005
Sk8rCai, I'll take that bet. You didn't read my writeup, did you?
CK, thanks for sending people my way. No solution as yet, but I appreciate all the help.
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yoharryo said 2:41PM on 12-22-2005
Not overly helpful, but I have had problems with the system sound cutting out, as well as all the sounds coming from things like iChat to inform of a new message, mine is solved by a simple restart.
One thing I do remember, but as she has played with the MIDI settings it is like she is ahead of me here, is to make sure that the speakers are set to the right frequency , so it should be 44 100 Hz (I think)
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Mishaal said 4:04PM on 12-22-2005
I've been having the same problem since I upgraded to Tiger. No help from Apple's online discussions. At least I'm not the only one........
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Dori said 6:32PM on 12-22-2005
For those who don't want to read through the whole thing: it's fixed now.
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Leito said 8:28AM on 12-23-2005
Hi guys!
I'm having similar problems on my iMac G5 20". Suddenly Entourage, Flash player (standalone and safari plug-in) and Quicktime doesn't sound any more, tottaly muted!!! I have no idea what happened. Please help!! Other apps sound normally, adium, itunes and system alerts too.
Please help!!!
Leo.
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systemsboy said 12:13PM on 12-23-2005
So the solution was a reboot? This person actually asked for help on the internet before trying a reboot? And it got posted on TUAW? Lame and lame.
I'd probably be less annoyed if I weren't stuck on this 56k connection, but still, this has to be the lamest post ever, anywhere.
As a sysadmin and consummate troubleshooter, I am deeply offended. What a waste of time and webspace.
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