Need help with MacBook Pro audio

[Parowdy]

Thought it will be risky

Uh, why? I’d actually like to know.

From my experience, resetting either or both can help fix many problems, including what seems like hardware ones.
One of my USB C ports on my MacBook Pro didn’t work anymore one day. restarting or anything like that didn’t work. Contacted Apple and they reminded me of the SMC and NVRAM/PRAM resets (Intel only).
I don’t remember which, but one addresses, among other things, audio output. There’s nothing risky to these. It says that you may have to redo some settings you changed previously, but realistically I don’t think I ever had to. Just give it a try. And do both, SMC first I think, that’s what I always did. Don’t try your speakers yet, do the NVRAM/PRAM some minutes after the SMC and report back.

 

[maverick786us]

Uh, why? I’d actually like to know.

From my experience, resetting either or both can help fix many problems, including what seems like hardware ones.
One of my USB C ports on my MacBook Pro didn’t work anymore one day. restarting or anything like that didn’t work. Contacted Apple and they reminded me of the SMC and NVRAM/PRAM resets (Intel only).
I don’t remember which, but one addresses, among other things, audio output. There’s nothing risky to these. It says that you may have to redo some settings you changed previously, but realistically I don’t think I ever had to. Just give it a try. And do both, SMC first I think, that’s what I always did. Don’t try your speakers yet, do the NVRAM/PRAM some minutes after the SMC and report back.

OK I will try resetting it

 

[maverick786us]

Today when I switched on my MacBook the speakers started working. Thank you everyone for your support. I was worried that it could be a hardware fault and I might end up spending $$ to get it fixed.

 

[goldmac2006]

Today when I switched on my MacBook the speakers started working. Thank you everyone for your support. I was worried that it could be a hardware fault and I might end up spending $$ to get it fixed.

Did you boot from Recovery? Or try a SMC reset?

 

[maverick786us]

Did you boot from Recovery? Or try a SMC reset?

It was normal boot, I kept that MacBook untouched for 20 hours and when I started I was delighted that speaker volume unexpectedly returned

 

[goldmac2006]

It was normal boot, I kept that MacBook untouched for 20 hours and when I started I was delighted that speaker volume unexpectedly returned

Sorry for late reply had a huge busy day of work yesterday but that is surprising! It has to be a bug of some sorts. Were you running a beta of 15.1?

 

[ChrisA]

Something suddenly happened to my MacBook Pro. It has something to do with sound.

MmacOS is not seeing you audio hardware. Verify this by going "About This Mac" and getting a system report.

two ways to fix it
(1) Let Apple replace your entire system board with a new one and pay quite a lot
(2) Buy a USB audio interface. You can get one with good quality, better then what you have for $100. For example: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ScarSG3--focusrite-scarlett-solo-3rd-gen-usb-audio-interface

Having a big physical volume control knob is almost worth the $100. This is an entry-level audio interface, so you might look at the other options

 

[maverick786us]

Sorry for late reply had a huge busy day of work yesterday but that is surprising! It has to be a bug of some sorts. Were you running a beta of 15.1?

No I find using Beta versions risky.

 

[maverick786us]

MmacOS is not seeing you audio hardware. Verify this by going "About This Mac" and getting a system report.

two ways to fix it
(1) Let Apple replace your entire system board with a new one and pay quite a lot
(2) Buy a USB audio interface. You can get one with good quality, better then what you have for $100. For example: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ScarSG3--focusrite-scarlett-solo-3rd-gen-usb-audio-interface

Having a big physical volume control knob is almost worth the $100. This is an entry-level audio interface, so you might look at the other options

It was showing internal speakers in the settings, but it wasn't playing. I will eventually buy a pair of HomePod 2 which I will connect with my Apple TV + for my upcoming HTPC and can connect my MacBook using BT, whenever I want to.