If you can do without the charming Swoosh sounds of successfully sent messages in your email program, and other such audio feedback, simply uncheck the ' Play sounds for other mail actions' checkbox right below the New mail sound menu. In that case, your only feedback when new email messages arrive will be the white-on-red number on top of the Mail icon in the dock.ĭisable and turn off all sounds in Mac Mail To disable the new email sound in Mac Mail altogether, simply select ' None' at the top of the dropdown menu.

(' Remove' button would be used at a later stage if you want to take custom sounds off the New Mail Sound menu.) From the dialog that opens, click on the Add button to access a Finder window to select an audio file of your choice. To use a custom sound file for your new mail sound, choose ' Add/Remove' at the bottom of the menu.The current sound is highlighted with a checkmark: Mac Mail will display all the sound files you can use to indicate that new emails have been downloaded: just pick one of these sounds, and you will hear the one you select play back as a preview.Click on the dropdown to see your options. The third setting is a dropdown menu labeled ' New mail sound' - by default, Apple Mail uses a sound file called ' New Mail Sound', with which you'll be all to familiar since it is also used on your iPhone or your iPad.When the options dialog opens, select the General tab, if needed.Once inside Mac Mail, click on the Mail menu, and choose ' Preferences' ( Command+,).Follow these simple steps to pick another sound file for new emails:

Mac notification sounds