How do I change a sound

Question

How do I change a sound when I receive a text on my Macbook pro. I cannot find it in notifications. I would like different sounds for each of several applications. IE: text messages, email, etc.

Answer 1

From the Apple forum:

Message Menu > Preferences > Alerts. Change the top item (which is a drop down) to the action you want. Change Sound in the next item down.

You can use the Application sounds, the System Sounds and any sounds in ~/Library/Sounds These will show up in the list if you have them.

However the Home Folder/Library/Sounds is hidden as the Home folder/Library is hidden Use the Finder > Go Menu > Go to Folder and type in ~/Library/Sounds to see what is in there (or place new sounds in there).