Apple Mail makes continuous Alert sounds

By Mani, 16 August, 2023

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macOS and Mac Apps

Hello all,
I am running Ventura 13.5 on my MacBook Pro M1 laptop. Over the past few weeks I've ben getting a series of alert sounds on Mail at random times. Nothing I do stops it. In frustration, I turn off VO, quit or Force Quit Mail, disconnect my external keyboard etc. but the behavior continues after I reopen Mail. I am not aware of any dialog boxes appearing. VO + F2 twice confirms this. It goes away if I restart the machine or after a long time. I am still int the process of listing all the ways to make this behavior go away.

During this strange behavior, the VO cursor jumps all over my Inbox and reads random emails and when I am on a particular email it opens it in a new window as opposed to showing it in the preview pane. VO + J makes it go crazier!

I installed the Malware app and found no bad guys. :)

Do you have any suggestions as to what may be causing it? I have a feeling it started happening after the last 2 security update.

Thank you.

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