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Need help with MacBook Pro audio

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maverick786us said:
Thought it will be risky
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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.
 
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Parowdy said:
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.
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OK I will try resetting it
 
maverick786us said:
It was normal boot, I kept that MacBook untouched for 20 hours and when I started I was delighted that speaker volume unexpectedly returned
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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?
 
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maverick786us said:
Something suddenly happened to my MacBook Pro. It has something to do with sound.
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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
 
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ChrisA said:
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
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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.
 
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