Switching off Time Announcement
I have had the time announcement ticked to occur every half hour but when I have unticked time announcement to switch it off it is not working ie the time announcement continues to play
I have tried changing the frequency of the time announcement but this continues to play even though the option is unticked.
Any ideas on how I can stop the time announcement.
I am using OS X Maverics on a 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 15'
Thanks,
Have you tried restarting your Mac? Some changes seem reluctant to happen without this.
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