Replacing Beeps with Screen Flashing

Normally your Macintosh beeps to attract your attention. If you have difficulty hearing (or are using your Macintosh in a noisy environment), you might prefer replacing a beeping noise with a flashing screen.

To make your Macintosh flash the screen instead of beeping to get your attention, do the following:

  1. Click the Apple menu and choose System Preferences. A System Preferences window appears.

  2. Click the Universal Access icon under the System category. A Universal Access window appears (see Figure 21-2).

  3. Click the Hearing tab, as shown in Figure 21-3.

    The Hearing tab lets you choose to flash the screen to get your attention.

    Figure 21-3. The Hearing tab lets you choose to flash the screen ...

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