Resolved No Sound Macbook6,1 OS X 10.5.8 Please help

[Eva011]

NOTE:
I fixed this myself:

I upgraded from 10.5.8 to 10.6.0 (issue did not get fixed), I then ran updates and updated to 10.6.8 and that eventually fixed my problem. Updates where breaking for me so I had to run 1 update at a time otherwise my Mac would just crash on reboot.


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Things I have tried:

Reboot
Safe boot
Command, Option, P, and R
Repair Permissions
Delete the BezelServices preferences file
Pluged standard headphones into the headphone jack
Turned Bluetooth on and off again
Reinstalled the 10.5.8 combo update


I opened the terminal and ran

ps -ef | grep audio

and the only two options are

0     169    1    0    0:00.1    ??    0:00.3   /usr/sbin/coreaudiod
501   327   314   0    0:00.00  ttys000  0:00.00  grep audio

I then ran

sudo killall coreaudiod

but coreaudiod won't die and stays running no matter what.



Mac OSX
Version 10.5.8
MacBook6,1




where do I go from here?

 

[Eva011]

could it be that I am on OSX version 10.5.8

I am fixing this for a friend and don't want to make him pay for an upgrade with out any clear chance of it working. Apparently according to

www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-2-duo-2.26-white-13-polycarbonate-unibody-late-2009-specs.html

This MacBook has the:

Pre-Installed MacOS:     X 10.6.1 (10A2047)     Maximum MacOS:     Current*

(or am I looking at the wrong macbook?)

and the one my friend has comes with version 10.5.8

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I've had this odd problem on a 10.5.x iMac. It's annoying as all get out, but a reset of the systemwide audio preferences usually clears it up. These files are in /Library/Preferences, all start with com.apple.audio and all end with .plist. (Oddly enough, this same fix works perfectly on 10.6.x through 10.11.x!)

You'll need to reboot after moving / trashing the files.

 

[Eva011]

I've had this odd problem on a 10.5.x iMac. It's annoying as all get out, but a reset of the systemwide audio preferences usually clears it up. These files are in /Library/Preferences, all start with com.apple.audio and all end with .plist. (Oddly enough, this same fix works perfectly on 10.6.x through 10.11.x!)

You'll need to reboot after moving / trashing the files.

I tried this. I only have one file

com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist

and it won't re-appear in the "prefrences" folder after I move it out and reboot. :C

Any other ideas? and thank you

 

[wrldwzrd89]

It's been a long time since I last used Leopard. The files in question may very well live in a different place. Try the Audio folder inside /Library, if such a thing exists. Is there a folder called Audio inside Preferences? Look there too.

 

[Eva011]

It's been a long time since I last used Leopard. The files in question may very well live in a different place. Try the Audio folder inside /Library, if such a thing exists. Is there a folder called Audio inside Preferences? Look there too.

The Audio folder that I have inside /Library is just filled with empty folders(I am new to mac are there "Hidden Files" like in Windows?). Except for the folder "MIDI Configurations" and that only has the file "Default.mcfg"

There is no audio folder inside of Prefrences sadly

 

[Eva011]

It's been a long time since I last used Leopard. The files in question may very well live in a different place. Try the Audio folder inside /Library, if such a thing exists. Is there a folder called Audio inside Preferences? Look there too.

I fixed it but I thank you for the help

 

[Tomorrow]

Care to share the solution in case somebody ends up searching the forum with the same problem someday?

 

[redheeler]

Care to share the solution in case somebody ends up searching the forum with the same problem someday?

Check the first post, it has been edited.

 

[Ashka]

Just in case there's someone else looking

Mac OSX 10.5 & 10.6
From old notes >

USB Speakers not working
I deleted the com.apple.soundpref.plist from the MAIN LIBRARY -PREFERENCES - (not the users library).

Again in the same PREFERENCES folder I went into the AUDIO folder and deleted com.apple.audio.DeviceSettings.plist and com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist

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