Styling Your Sound
Out of the box, OS X Mountain Lion comes with a preset collection of beeps and controls. By using the Sound Preferences pane, however, you can change the way your Mac plays and records sound by changing settings on each of its three tabs: Sound Effects, Output, and Input.
Three items appear at the bottom of the Sound pane, no matter which of the three tabs is active:
To make your Mac’s volume louder or softer, use the Output Volume slider. You can also change or mute the volume with the designated volume and mute keys found on most Apple keyboards.
Select the Mute check box to turn off all sound.
Click the Show Volume in Menu Bar check box to add a volume control menu to your menu bar.
A shortcut to the Sound System Preferences pane is to press Option while pressing any of the volume keys (usually the F4 and F5 keys on older laptops and keyboards or the F11 and F12 keys on newer laptops and keyboards).
Changing sound effects
On the Sound Effects tab, choose an alert ...
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