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MacOS Classic Sound Pack

MacOS Classic Sound Pack - 1.4

System 6 & 7 beep sounds for OS X.

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Current Version: 1.4
Release Date: 2004-11-07
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 14,904
Downloads (all versions): 19,639

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MacOS Classic Sound Pack ReviewWHOO! I GOT MY SQUEAKY TOY BACK!! - Version: 1.4, 7/24/2005 09:39AM PST

kirabug12
I can't even begin to say how much I missed Chu Toy and the Wild Eep in OS X. I've been able to use them occasionally still at work - where we've still got some OS 9 machines around - but at home I've been squeak-less for years. I have the eep back! Thank you for this awesome download!!
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MacOS Classic Sound Pack ReviewThank you so much. - Version: 1.4, 11/8/2004 08:45PM PST

cooksw
I've missed my Uh Oh since converting to OS X years ago. When I first installed OS X, I converted Uh Oh to an AIFF and tried to get the system to recognize it. I have long since forgotten what I tried, but after about an hour I gave up. I agree that the current sounds are too short and quiet, even at max volume. Thanks for doing all of the conversion work, and for your tutorial on how to correctly install them.
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MacOS Classic Sound Pack ReviewThe good old days are back! - Version: 1.4, 11/7/2004 06:11PM PST

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rspress
These sounds sounded great on the orginal hardware but sure show their age on the X machines!

Still you can't beat the price, plus you don't have to dig around everywhere to find them. Top marks in my book!
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MacOS Classic Sound Pack ReviewEep! Eep! Eep! - Version: 1.3, 10/16/2004 03:54PM PST

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Uncle Asad
Thanks for doing this! The current Mac OS X alert sounds are so, well, quiet and "unalerting." Eeps and quacks might not fit with the current "sophisticated feel" of OS X, but they're part of what has made, and now continues to make, a Mac so enjoyable to use. Plus I can hear my alerts now! :)
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MacOS Classic Sound Pack ReviewFinally....I got my Quack back. - Version: 1.3, 10/16/2004 12:53PM PST

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kmcnurse
I searched about 2 months ago the old sounds and did not find them. Thanks for bringing back the quack!
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MacOS Classic Sound Pack ReviewAwesome!!! - Version: 1.3, 10/16/2004 10:09AM PST

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boomup
Thank you so much for giving me back some of my old favorites! I was able to get Wild Eep before now, but I had forgotten about some of my other favorites - especially ChuToy, Quack & Boing.

Unlike the installation instructions listed here,I installed mine this way;
Macintosh Hard Drive/System(X)/Library/Sounds
After you select all of the sounds you want to keep, drag them into the sounds folder. A window pops up saying sounds cannot be modified, click on authenticate & put in your Administrator password.
That way they're right in the system folder where all users can use them.
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MacOS Classic Sound Pack ReviewBack to the old-days! - Version: 1.0, 10/15/2004 05:56AM PST

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willie.blattner
Boy its been a while, but it's really cool to listen to sounds from so long ago!
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MacOS Classic Sound Pack CommentaryI like visiting museums... - Version: 1.0, 10/15/2004 04:14AM PST

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MacBelwinds
...and this is similar. I also have the AOL sounds both in English and German. Of course, absolutely useless. So what? That's what makes life enjoyable, right?
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MacOS Classic Sound Pack ReviewThanks for this, - Version: 1.0, 10/14/2004 04:17PM PST

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honestguy
there are some little nuggets amongst these memories. If you want to enhance the experience and recreate the way you could set sounds to chime on the hour in OS 9, take a look at "ChimeX", a great little piece of software which lets you assign different sounds and speech to each of the quarter times of the clock. I don't buy much shareware but at $5 I bought this because my boss so missed hearing the clock strike "quack" after we switched to OS X.
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MacOS Classic Sound Pack ReviewThose Were Great Sounds - Version: 1.0, 10/14/2004 02:02PM PST

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RAngol
The OSX sounds are miserable when compared to the originals. Steve Jobs was likely visiting his guru (and probably in a trance) when he chose to adopt the ugly white apple logo, the stupid startup screen, and the weird OSX sounds.

The original sounds, in AIFF format, sound great! They are excellent conversions and/or recordings. I indicated use over one year because I've heard most of them for 20 years. (I'm uncertain if all sounds were present in System 1.0/Finder 1.0, but I mounted a System 6.08 disk image and all are present in it.)

Thank you.

:)
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