How to Disable - Enable Sound Alert on Every New Incoming Email on macOS [Tutorial]
44How to Disable - Enable Sound Alert on Every New Incoming Email on macOS [Tutorial]
To enable, disable, or change the sound made when a new email arrives, type "Sounds" into the Start menu and select the first option (Change System Sounds). In the window that comes up click on the Sounds tab. then scroll down to New Mail Notification and click on it.
When you have Mac Mail configured to automatically download new messages (it is the default setting, but you can change how often Apple Mail will automatically check for emails), it will give you both a visual and aural cue that new emails are ready to be read. The Mail icon in the dock will display the number of unread messages in overlay, and the new email sound will play (whether your speakers' volume is muted or not, you just won't hear it in that case). This tutorial will show you how to change the new email sound Mac Mail will play, how to turn off the new mail sound altogether, and how to disable other sounds in the program (these settings are separate from your macOS "Sound Effects" options).
This tutorial will apply for MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook Mini's running the macOS operating system.
Devices covered in this tutorial: macOS, macOS Big Sur, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook Mini