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Has this been confirmed?

There is audio in the port and in the cables. They have turned it off in the OS.

It's in the spec as submitted for standardization, so I can't imagine that Apple would go against their own created standard.
Aside from what TS said, have you been able to somehow make it happen? Just curious because I would love to free up one of the only two optical inputs I have on my receiver. I would love for Apple to get off their asses and turn that **** on for us.
 
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