How to Disable – Enable Sound Alert for Every New Incoming Email on macOS [Tutorial]

To enable, disable, or change the sound played when a new email arrives, type /"Sounds/" into the Start menu and select the first option (Change system sounds). In the window that appears, click on the Sounds tab. then scroll down to New Mail Notification and click on it.

When Mac Mail is set to automatically download new messages (this is the default setting, but you can change how often Apple Mail will automatically check for emails), this will give you a visual and audible signal that new Emails are ready to send. read. The Mail icon in the dock will display the number of unread messages overlaid and the new email sound will play (whether your speaker volume is muted or not, you just won't hear it in this case). This tutorial will show you how to change the new email sound that Mac Mail will play, how to turn off the new email sound completely, and how to turn off other program sounds (these settings are separate from your macOS/"Sound Effects/" options) .

This tutorial will apply to MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and MacBook Mini running the macOS operating system.

Devices covered in this tutorial: macOS, macOS Big Sur, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook Mini

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