10-21-2008, 01:24 AM

I played a few songs in iTunes prior to this problem always happening. All of OS X's noises -- the "trash" sound, the "installed successfully" ding -- have all stopped making sounds. iTunes is paused or stopped so nothing should be preventing the sounds from playing.

10-21-2008, 07:38 AM

Repair permissions and have Spotlight re-index the drive. Sounds like you moved something you shouldn't have or an XML file got deleted.

10-21-2008, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by ErikJenkins1187

Repair permissions and have Spotlight re-index the drive. Sounds like you moved something you shouldn't have or an XML file got deleted.

Hmm how exactly do I do that?

10-22-2008, 07:41 AM

Onyx will do it, it's a free download, google it!!

10-22-2008, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by ErikJenkins1187

Onyx will do it, it's a free download, google it!!

This is what the report gave me:

Started verify/repair permissions on disk disk0s2 Macintosh HD
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/lanArrow.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r--
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/lanCheck.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r--
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/lanDisabled.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r--
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/wanArrow.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r--
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/wanCheck.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r--
Permissions differ on "Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/Resources/wanDisabled.png", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r--
User differs on "Library/Image Capture/TWAIN Data Sources", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Image Capture/TWAIN Data Sources", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxrwxrwx
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/English.lproj", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/English.lproj", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
Group differs on "Library/PreferencePanes", should be 0, group is 80
Permissions differ on "Library/PreferencePanes", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are drwxrwxr-x
Permissions differ on "Library/Application Support/ProApps", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxrwxrwx
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin", should be 0, user is 501
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/German.lproj", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/German.lproj", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/French.lproj", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/French.lproj", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lproj", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/Localized.rsrc", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
User differs on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj", should be 0, user is 501
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxr-xr-x
Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26
Permissions differ on "private/var/spool/cups/cache/rss", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are drwxrwxr-x

Now what?

10-22-2008, 12:35 PM

Still no sound? There is a feature in Onyx that will allow you to re-index the drive. Have you tried just a total shutdown and restart of OS X?

10-28-2008, 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by ErikJenkins1187

Still no sound? There is a feature in Onyx that will allow you to re-index the drive. Have you tried just a total shutdown and restart of OS X?

Is that report I posted mean it's done...is there anything else I need to do?

I used Onyx to re-index and still not working. Again, it's only when iTunes is running in the background, and the sound won't come back until a reboot.

10-29-2008, 12:26 AM

What I did to fix it was I unplugged my Firewire LaCie speakers, plugged them back, and the Trash sound was back. Still, isn't there a more sensible way to fix this?

11-06-2008, 05:33 PM

Anything I can do?

06-16-2010, 12:36 AM

You might want to check your system sound settings in the system preferences section. You might have the output audio going through the Lacie speakers and causing a problem with other sounds.

I've had similar problems in the past when trying to record audio through a firewire device. It usually has something to do with the audio output settings.

One other thing I like to do is reset the pram every now and again. Mac OS X: What's stored in PRAM
To do that, restart the computer and when the grey screen appears and you hear the intro bong, hold down the 4 buttons command, option, P, and R at the same time till it restarts again and you hear the intro bong a second time. You can let go after that. Whenever there's something funky wih the hardware, i like to try that.