How To Change The Hipchat Notification Sound

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Find a new notification sound

Find an audio file that you’d like to use instead and rename it as notify.wav. Note: the filetype must be .wav. There are tons of free converters you can use to accomplish this. Alternatively, Lifehacker has a pretty sweet set of notification .wavs that you can download for free here.

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OS X: Navigate to the app

Quit HipChat. Navigate to Applications > HipChat.app. Right-click HipChat.app and select “Show Package Contents”.

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OS X: Find and replace notify.wav

You will now be browsing the contents of HipChat.app. Navigate to Contents > Resources > notify.wav. After you’ve found your new audio file and renamed it to notify.wav, copy it into that directory, replacing the existing one. Reopen HipChat and you’re good to go!

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Windows: Find and replace notify.wav

Quit hipchat. Navigate to the following path:

C:Program Files (x86)AtlassianHipChat4localwebassetsaudio

Replace notify.wav with your new notify.wav sound file. Reopen HipChat.

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A note on upgrades

There is an obvious downside to this approach: each time you update the Hipchat app, your new sound file will be overwritten. Therefore, it’s recommended you back up your notify.wav file somewhere else (and bookmark this guide) so that you can repeat this process if need be.

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Find a new notification sound

Find an audio file that you’d like to use instead and rename it as notify.wav. Note: the filetype must be .wav. There are tons of free converters you can use to accomplish this. Alternatively, Lifehacker has a pretty sweet set of notification .wavs that you can download for free here.

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OS X: Navigate to the app

Quit HipChat. Navigate to Applications > HipChat.app. Right-click HipChat.app and select “Show Package Contents”.

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OS X: Find and replace notify.wav

You will now be browsing the contents of HipChat.app. Navigate to Contents > Resources > notify.wav. After you’ve found your new audio file and renamed it to notify.wav, copy it into that directory, replacing the existing one. Reopen HipChat and you’re good to go!

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Windows: Find and replace notify.wav

Quit hipchat. Navigate to the following path:

C:Program Files (x86)AtlassianHipChat4localwebassetsaudio

Replace notify.wav with your new notify.wav sound file. Reopen HipChat.

10

A note on upgrades

There is an obvious downside to this approach: each time you update the Hipchat app, your new sound file will be overwritten. Therefore, it’s recommended you back up your notify.wav file somewhere else (and bookmark this guide) so that you can repeat this process if need be.

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Find a new notification sound

Find an audio file that you’d like to use instead and rename it as notify.wav. Note: the filetype must be .wav. There are tons of free converters you can use to accomplish this. Alternatively, Lifehacker has a pretty sweet set of notification .wavs that you can download for free here.

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OS X: Navigate to the app

Quit HipChat. Navigate to Applications > HipChat.app. Right-click HipChat.app and select “Show Package Contents”.

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OS X: Find and replace notify.wav

You will now be browsing the contents of HipChat.app. Navigate to Contents > Resources > notify.wav. After you’ve found your new audio file and renamed it to notify.wav, copy it into that directory, replacing the existing one. Reopen HipChat and you’re good to go!

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Windows: Find and replace notify.wav

Quit hipchat. Navigate to the following path:

C:Program Files (x86)AtlassianHipChat4localwebassetsaudio

Replace notify.wav with your new notify.wav sound file. Reopen HipChat.

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A note on upgrades

There is an obvious downside to this approach: each time you update the Hipchat app, your new sound file will be overwritten. Therefore, it’s recommended you back up your notify.wav file somewhere else (and bookmark this guide) so that you can repeat this process if need be.

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Find a new notification sound

Find an audio file that you’d like to use instead and rename it as notify.wav. Note: the filetype must be .wav. There are tons of free converters you can use to accomplish this. Alternatively, Lifehacker has a pretty sweet set of notification .wavs that you can download for free here.

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OS X: Navigate to the app

Quit HipChat. Navigate to Applications > HipChat.app. Right-click HipChat.app and select “Show Package Contents”.

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OS X: Find and replace notify.wav

You will now be browsing the contents of HipChat.app. Navigate to Contents > Resources > notify.wav. After you’ve found your new audio file and renamed it to notify.wav, copy it into that directory, replacing the existing one. Reopen HipChat and you’re good to go!

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Windows: Find and replace notify.wav

Quit hipchat. Navigate to the following path:

C:Program Files (x86)AtlassianHipChat4localwebassetsaudio

Replace notify.wav with your new notify.wav sound file. Reopen HipChat.

20

A note on upgrades

There is an obvious downside to this approach: each time you update the Hipchat app, your new sound file will be overwritten. Therefore, it’s recommended you back up your notify.wav file somewhere else (and bookmark this guide) so that you can repeat this process if need be.

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Find a new notification sound

Find an audio file that you’d like to use instead and rename it as notify.wav. Note: the filetype must be .wav. There are tons of free converters you can use to accomplish this. Alternatively, Lifehacker has a pretty sweet set of notification .wavs that you can download for free here.

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Find a new notification sound

Find an audio file that you’d like to use instead and rename it as notify.wav. Note: the filetype must be .wav. There are tons of free converters you can use to accomplish this. Alternatively, Lifehacker has a pretty sweet set of notification .wavs that you can download for free here.

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Find a new notification sound

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OS X: Navigate to the app

Quit HipChat. Navigate to Applications > HipChat.app. Right-click HipChat.app and select “Show Package Contents”.

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OS X: Navigate to the app

Quit HipChat. Navigate to Applications > HipChat.app. Right-click HipChat.app and select “Show Package Contents”.

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OS X: Navigate to the app

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OS X: Find and replace notify.wav

You will now be browsing the contents of HipChat.app. Navigate to Contents > Resources > notify.wav. After you’ve found your new audio file and renamed it to notify.wav, copy it into that directory, replacing the existing one. Reopen HipChat and you’re good to go!

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OS X: Find and replace notify.wav

You will now be browsing the contents of HipChat.app. Navigate to Contents > Resources > notify.wav. After you’ve found your new audio file and renamed it to notify.wav, copy it into that directory, replacing the existing one. Reopen HipChat and you’re good to go!

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OS X: Find and replace notify.wav

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Windows: Find and replace notify.wav

Quit hipchat. Navigate to the following path:

C:Program Files (x86)AtlassianHipChat4localwebassetsaudio

Replace notify.wav with your new notify.wav sound file. Reopen HipChat.

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Windows: Find and replace notify.wav

Quit hipchat. Navigate to the following path:

C:Program Files (x86)AtlassianHipChat4localwebassetsaudio

Replace notify.wav with your new notify.wav sound file. Reopen HipChat.

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Windows: Find and replace notify.wav

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A note on upgrades

There is an obvious downside to this approach: each time you update the Hipchat app, your new sound file will be overwritten. Therefore, it’s recommended you back up your notify.wav file somewhere else (and bookmark this guide) so that you can repeat this process if need be.

34

A note on upgrades

There is an obvious downside to this approach: each time you update the Hipchat app, your new sound file will be overwritten. Therefore, it’s recommended you back up your notify.wav file somewhere else (and bookmark this guide) so that you can repeat this process if need be.

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A note on upgrades