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SoundsLive

# Sounds where you want them

Only with headphones, on the output you pick, or only in the apps you choose. Ripples still show everywhere.

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![Sound settings: Only with headphones, interface sounds and Clackyland ambient](https://clacky.app/features27/sound-control-light.webp)![Sound settings: Only with headphones, interface sounds and Clackyland ambient](https://clacky.app/features27/sound-control-dark.webp)

## What it is

You decide where Clacky’s sounds play. Only with headphones keeps them in your AirPods or headphones and never on the speakers.

Output sends them to the device you pick, and Clacky keeps using it while it’s connected. Quiet in these apps keeps Clacky silent in the apps you add, or turn it around so sounds play only in those apps.

Ripples still show everywhere, so a recording or a screen share always shows where you clicked.

## How to use it

1.  1
    
    Only with headphones
    
    Settings → General, under Look & sound: turn on Only with headphones.
    
2.  2
    
    Pick an output
    
    Settings → Sounds → Output: Follow system output, or a device of your own.
    
3.  3
    
    Choose the apps
    
    Settings → General → More options: add apps to Quiet in these apps.
    
4.  4
    
    Or only in those apps
    
    Set Sounds play to Only in these apps. Until you add one, Clacky plays everywhere.
    

## Tips

-   An app counts while it’s in front, or under the pointer.
-   Quiet during calls, in the same More options, keeps Clacky quiet while your microphone is in use.

## Questions

Do ripples stop too?

No. These rules are for sounds; ripples still show everywhere.

Does Only with headphones work with AirPods?

Yes. AirPods, Bluetooth or wired headphones all count. On the speakers, Clacky stays quiet.

Related features

-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/sounds-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/sounds-dark.webp)
    
    [Click Sounds](https://clacky.app/features/click-sounds/)
    
    A satisfying click for every press and release of your mouse or trackpad: 37 sounds in 8 families, from Arena to Spooky.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/keyboard-sounds-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/keyboard-sounds-dark.webp)
    
    [Keyboard Sounds](https://clacky.app/features/keyboard-sounds/)
    
    Typing sounds as you type. Each key press becomes a sound on your Mac and is never recorded, stored or sent. Password fields stay quiet.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/volume-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/volume-dark.webp)
    
    [Volume Mixer](https://clacky.app/features/volume-mixer/)
    
    Each app its own volume, up to 200%, with a live meter, mute and its own output. Clacky remembers each app.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/modes-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/modes-dark.webp)
    
    [Modes](https://clacky.app/features/modes/)
    
    Record, Present, Code, Focus, Call, Quiet or your own: one click switches a set of tools on together. None puts everything back.
    

[Everything in Sounds →](https://clacky.app/features/#clacky)

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