How to Fix Audio Issues in MacOS (Simple Steps)
How to fix audio issues in MacOS

How to Fix Audio Issues in MacOS

Installing or Upgrading macOS sometimes does not set up sound settings properly and users experience sound and/or microphone problems. You can pick out your sound options manually to circumvent this issue. Here is a guide with a list of minute adjustments that can rectify strange sound problems.

Audio/sound features don’t work at all

Go to your System Preferences in the Apple Menu, and search for the Sound icon. Clicking on Sound settings opens a tab called Output. In this tab, you can pick and choose a sound device. Try to set the sound to Internal Speakers. After setting the sound setting check the volume bar below and uncheck the Mute setting and make sure the output volume is turned up in the tab.

This should restore audio to your native Mac speakers.  This setting also sets up your headphones, external speakers, and/or Apple TV. The output list has all the options for all these devices if these devices are connected to your Mac computer. You can choose the one that you want to use.

Random Sound outage and restoration

One of the most frustrating issues to experience is randomly cutting out the audio and then restoring it without rhyme or reason. The majority of times the problem is the allocation of memory to the sound process. Before fixing the problem try to test sound output from different apps just to make sure that the issue is not app-specific or if it’s a particular app that is giving trouble. If that’s the case try and close the app or maybe kill to restart it and check if the problem persists or not. If all the apps are having trouble with the sound output, it’s time to reset your parameter random-access memory (PRAM). macOS uses PRAM to retrieve basic settings for your Mac and all the connected devices.

  • Restart your MAC.
  • Press the Option +Command+P+ R keys simultaneously, just before when your computer pulls up the black loading screen.
  • Press down and keep holding the keys until you hear the second startup sound, (for older Macs) or until you see the Apple logo appear and disappear for the second time (on newer Macs).
  • Now we know PRAM has been fully reset.

Keep in mind that a PRAM reset may also roll back some other settings to default status in addition to rebooting your sound. You may need to re-do the customized settings in System Preferences reconfiguring your Mac to reset any of the customized settings of your choice.

Static problem

If you are experiencing random crackling, popping, or other annoying static-like noises, our suggestion would be to check the connections of any external speakers that you have attached to your Mac machine. You can also connect a different set of speakers or other devices like a Smartphone; just to be sure that it isn’t the wiring. If the problem persists, it’s time to revisit settings.

  • Open System Preferences.
  • Go to the sound icon (looks like a speaker cone).
  • The sound Effects section, lists a number of effects and other additional settings.
  • Change the setting of Play Feedback When Volume is Changed to the off position if it isn’t already, and then activate it again.
  • If the above setting doesn’t help, change the output option is either Internal Speakers or any external sound device or speaker you want to select.
  • Some Bluetooth devices when connected to MacOS can sometimes behave a little irritant. Some Bluetooth devices pair seamlessly, and some don’t at all. Static sound results from not being 100% compatible and the audio quality are awful.
  • Restarting both devices is a good idea or you can delete any existing Bluetooth device and reconnect it, under your Bluetooth settings in System Preferences.
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