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How to Play Sounds for Calendar Notifications on a Mac

To enable sounds for Calendar notifications on your Mac, click the Apple menu → select System Preferences → click Notifications → select Calendar from the list of apps → click the 'Play sound for notifications' box. You can also change the ...

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Enabling Notification Sounds

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    Click the Apple menu. This can be found in the upper-left corner of the screen.
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    Click System Preferences.
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    Click Notifications. If you don't see this option, click the Show All button at the top of the window.
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    Click Calendar. It's in the sidebar on the left of the window.
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    Click the "Play sound for notifications" box. When this box is checked, you'll hear an alert sound whenever you receive a Calendar notification.
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Changing the Notification Sound

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    Click the Apple menu. This is located in the upper-left corner. If you are still in the Notifications menu from the previous section, just click Show All at the top of the window and skip down to Step 3.
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    Click System Preferences.
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    Click Sound.
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    Click the Sound Effects tab.
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    Double-click a sound to hear a preview.
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    Click the sound in the list you want to use.
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    Click and drag the Alert volume slider to change the volume.
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