Apple is always looking to bring something new in order to
enhance the functionality level of the user. Sometimes these changes are very
pleasant and make the users happy, but this isn’t work always as we all are
addicted to something or a feature that we are using from years happily without
any issue. Apple did the same thing in OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 by removing the old
Macintosh “Quack” sound and most importantly there is no official way to change
the new sound or bring back the old one, but don’t worry there is a way to set
up “Quack” sound in OS X 10.8.
To switch back to your favorite old sound you need to go
through the simple installation process below that will allow you to replace
new annoying sound with old classic Macintosh sound.
Step # 01: First of all you need to download this zipfile of size 1.8MB containing the old Mac sound files and extract it in
your Downloads folder.
Step # 02: Now we have to find and access the ~/Library
folder that is hidden by default. To find this folder you need to open the
Finder on your Mac and click on the Go menu item holding down the Option key.
Step # 03: To proceed search for the Sounds folder inside
the ~/Library directory and open it. Once open simply paste or drag and drop
the sound files that we downloaded earlier in the first step.
Step # 04: The pasted or moved files are now a part of the
OS X Mountain lion operating system. Open System Preferences app and click on
the Sound, now click on the Sound Effects and new files are listed in Custom.
Simply set it up and enjoy classic “Quack” sound of Macintosh.
