Interface Sound Effects

February 11, 2026 • Louie Mantia

Playing Nintendo games—even just using Nintendo Switch 2 software—makes me wish macOS was flooded with lots of interface sound effects. For clicking down, up, resizing windows, minimizing windows, zooming windows, dragging windows, clicking buttons and checkboxes and radio buttons, dragging sliders, etc.

I’m sure many people reading this think the very idea is obnoxious and would turn it off instantly if it ever happened. But it genuinely brings so much joy to using a device when there are accompanying sound effects.