I have a bluetooth speaker and a couple of bluetooth headphones. I would like macOS to automatically use them for sound output/input when they connect. At the moment I have to go into Sound settings and manually select which speaker I want to use. How can I make macOS automatically output and input sound on the most recently connected bluetooth speaker/headphones?

In the past, I was able to connect my MacBook to the JBL (but maybe it was another JBL, I am not sure), but now I am not able to, because it disconnects 5 seconds (or so) after the Bluetooth connection has been established. I already tried the procedure suggested in this answer , but nothing changed. Of course, I also tried to turn on and then off the Bluetooth, remove the device and search for it again, but nothing really worked (i.e. it finds the device again and connects, but then automatically disconnects it). So, any ideas? I am on a Mac OS Catalina (10.15.7). Btw, I am able to connect my Samsung Galaxy to the JBL. Also, previously, I was able to use the JBL speakers with a cable, but that cable broke (apparently), so I can't use it anymore, so I guess the problem is related to the Bluetooth.

Is there any way to control my built-in MacBook Pro Speakers with the keyboard sound controls (F10, F11, F12) while using an alternate device for sound output? I am using HDMI/DisplayPort speakers for sound output while using my built-in MacBook Pro Speakers specifically for Zoom (you can specify the output speakers in Zoom's preferences) and would like to adjust the built-in speaker's volume with the keyboard. I've played around with eqMac and have looked at alternates like SoundFlower but haven't found a solution.

When I'm connecting my bluetooth speakers to my iMac they connect as headphones. This leads to a restricted volume which I can't get around either. For instance on iOS the option to change the bluetooth device type exists.

If you have any of the aluminum MacBooks, you will have perforated areas to the sides of the keyboard to let the sound come through from the speakers underneath. If these holes are dirty, how can I clean them? I have tried with a vacuum cleaner and compressed air, which do not work. ![Upclose photo of the speaker grill on an aluminum MacBook. The photo shows some of the holes filled with a white substance. ][1]

MacBook Pro Mid 2012 readily connects to all my modern Bluetooth devices except it doesn't see my new Sony SRS XB43 speaker. I turn off any devices that my MBP tries to connect to so only the Sony speaker is available with its Bluetooth light blinking to indicate attempting to pair, but it has never shown up on the MBP Bluetooth list. The speaker readily connects to my iPhone 6 Plus. From the Sony specs page: > Bluetooth > > Communication System
> Version 5.0 > > Compatible Profiles
> A2DP/AVRCP/HSP/HFP/SPP > > Supported Codecs
> SBC,AAC,LDAC From MBP system report > Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 7.0.6f8
Hardware, Features and > Settings:
Name: Mr’s MacBook Pro
> Address: 14-10-9F-D0-3B-20
Bluetooth Low Energy > Supported: Yes
Handoff Supported: Yes
Instant Hot Spot > Supported: Yes
Manufacturer: Broadcom
Transport: USB
> Chipset: 20702A3
Firmware Version: v156 c5918
Bluetooth > Power: On
Discoverable: On
Connectable: Yes
Auto > Seek Pointing: On
Remote wake: On
Vendor ID: 0x05AC
> Product ID: 0x8286
Bluetooth Core Spec: 4.0 (0x6)
HCI > Revision: 0x171E
LMP Version: 4.0 (0x6)
LMP > Subversion: 0x229C
Device Type (Major): Computer
Device > Type (Complete): Mac Portable
Composite Class Of > Device: 0x38010C
Device Class (Major): 0x01
Device Class > (Minor): 0x03
Service Class: 0x1C0
Auto Seek > Keyboard: On
Is there a way to manually enter the device address of the speaker to my MBP? I have restarted MBP, debug Bluetooth on MBP to reset module, restarted again, turned speaker off and on etc. Is the MBP so old now it cant see modern Bluetooth devices? I havent been able to test this idea yet with a modern Mac to see if it can discover the speaker. Any help much appreciated thank you

I have got a Macbook Pro 15" that has both an audio in and out port. Now I would like to play the sound from an external device through the speakers of my Mac. How can I do that? I tried to just plug in the 3.5mm cable from my external device into the audio in port but I simply cannot make my Mac play the sound. However, in System Preferences -> Sound -> Input I can see that the Mac is receiving the signals. What can I do?

Recently I bought a brand new iPhone XR. When its screen is activated by some application (not necessarily a GSM call or a Wi-Fi thing), it affects other speakers or headphones around it. All of them sounds exact same 4 "buff" like sounds consecutively. It reminds me of the way old mobile phones affected the speakers around them. Is there anyone knows why it happens and how to prevent it? It annoys me and I really need a solution.

I've only began experiencing this issue this morning, I first noticed it at around 4 AM. Its 1 PM now. What I've done so far: - Reset PRAM & SMC - Switched Left & Right Speakers. The right speaker was consistently the one that popped, which makes me wonder why both the macbook speaker and logitech speaker had the crackling. - Updated Audio MIDI setup - Changed the output device (used built in speakers before, & Logitech X-140 2 Piece Speaker Set now). Both had popping. - Switched format to 2 ch 32 bit Float 44.1 kHz Usually it'll be 1-2 consecutive pops every 10 minutes or so. It's loud and high pitched - it's about the same pitch as white noise. It doesn't seem to be related with volume. It doesn't crackle when the volume gets louder, and the crackling isn't at all synced with any peaks of the sound (in which there are barely any, the sound quality otherwise is good). In fact, most of the crackling happens when the volume is quiet, and even when nothing is playing. I haven't dropped or damaged the MacBook in any way. What can I do to fix this, and if Apple Repair is necessary, how much would it cost? Also, is it still a hardware issue when both the built in speaker and plugged in speaker experienced the same popping?

I created a Multi-Output Device with Macbook Air Speakers and BlackHole. The audio only outputs to the first device in the list on MIDI Setup. I changed the devices to Macbook Air Speakers and a bluetooth speaker. The audio still only outputs to the first device in the list. How can I force Multi-Output Device to output to all the devices? I have reordered the list, tried various combinations of devices, toggled Drift Correction.

I want to change the audio output in Telegram on iOS during a call from speakers to Bluetooth headphones. How to do so? My Bluetooth headphones are connected, but I don't see the option during the call: [](https://i.sstatic.net/pB40hVxf.png) I use an iPhone 12 mini.

**In Short:** I have not been able to find a reliable solution to use external speakers + media key volume control on macOS Catalina. Is there any good / known solution for this? **Long Story:** I haven been using macOS 10.14 on my Mac Mini 2018 without any problems. An external display including speakers is connected via HDMI. Choosing the display as output device in the system preferences "Sound" is now problem. Sound is than played using the display speakers. However, **I was not able control the volume using the media keys on the keyboard** which is quite annoying. To solve this problem I have been using SoundFlower + SoundFlowerBed which worked fine. Last week I have updated to **macOS 10.15.3 Catalina**. At first everything worked fine as well but soon I notices that every now and than sound stopped working. The only solution to get sound back was to restart the Mac. Since SoundFlower is not developed anymore I found other questions / threads which recommend Blackhole as replacement. However, I was able to get sound back using Blackhole. Especially controlling volume using the media keys seems not to be included. After some more search I found SoundControl which seems to work most of the time + allows controlling the volume using the media keys. However, media key controls also stops every now and then... It would be OK to pay the full version for $15 (however it is quite annoying that macOS does not provide a solution it self...) but of course only if this solution works all the time. **How to solve this?**

My late 2020 M1 MacBook Air has picked up a new quirk: audio from both the left and right channel is only coming out of the left side speaker. What's odd about it is that if I play a "stereo test" video, or if I play white noise and slide the Sound Settings balance slider between left and right, then the timbre of the sound changes slightly (but it keeps coming out of the left speaker). (What I would expect to happen with a failed right speaker is _no_ sound from the right channel, not "right channel comes out the left side"!) The two main ways I've been testing it are * play music or white noise, slide balance slider back and forth in Sound Settings * use the "test" buttons on each channel in Audio MIDI Setup I've used an (imprecise) decibel meter app on my iPhone to make sure that I am not hallucinating. Sound pressure is highest on the left side and falls off consistently as I move away from there, including over the right side speaker. With stereo white noise, there's a ~15dB difference between directly over the left side of my laptop and the right side. Things I have tried that did not fix it: * removing all third-party audio drivers (Zoom, Krisp, etc) * upgrading from Monterey to Ventura * booting into safe mode to test (but there's no audio in safe mode!) * creating a new user and testing audio * double-checking Accessibility settings, in case I flubbed something when setting up accessibility settings for my Airpods I haven't popped the back off yet, although honestly other than checking connectors I'm not sure what I'll do when I _do_ pop it open, because I can't come up with any explanation for both channels coming out of the left speaker, or about the timbre change. I've got all the tiny screwdrivers and spudgers I'd need, though, and I'm comfortable poking around a little. I've had a hard time putting my finger on what exactly the timbre change is. White noise played through the right channel (still coming out the left side!) feels more distant, which _might_ be that it's just a little quieter, or it might be that it's got less low end, I can't quite tell. But it's definitely different, and panning that white noise from left to right is a linear change, there's no "sweet spot" at centre or anything so I don't think it's a phase issue or something weird like that. Unfortunately I don't know when it began. I think it was recent, because when I noticed it, it was not subtle. Headphones, both wired and Bluetooth, work fine. I did recently buy and connect a pair of Airpods Pro (2nd gen) but I can't imagine how that would impact anything. It is no longer under warranty or AppleCare. Anybody have any idea what might be going on, or what I should try, either when I open it up or in software?

Note that my SoundBot Bluetooth speaker will not be connected beforehand to my iPhone. It will be on, paired, but not connected. I want to tell my iPhone Siri to connect to and play on the bluetooth speaker. Is that possible? EDIT: The speaker is on. It is just not connected to the iPhone. It is the iPhone that connects to the speaker, not the other way around. Siri is running on the iPhone that wants to connect to the speaker. The speaker and iPhone have been previously paired

My MacBook Pro (13" 2020) started to crash intermittently on left speaker usage after installing macOS Sequoia. The panic log typically shows this error:

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xfffffff01b33c318): "i2c0::_checkBusStatus Bus is still in a bad state; last write status 00010110 int shadow 00010100 xfer 00000000 fifo 00000000 for device audio-tas5770L-spkr-woofer-l" @AppleS5L8940XI2C.cpp:503

The panic references both the audio-tas5770L-spkr-woofer-l and audio-tas5770L-spkr-tweeter-l components. The issue is inconsistent—it doesn't crash every time I use the left speaker, and the behavior isn't fully reproducible. For instance, it sometimes crashes when playing music on Spotify or watching YouTube, but only occasionally, and often when there’s a system sound (e.g., deleting a file or changing the volume). Sometimes, it crashes at the start of a video or music playback, but adjusting the volume alone may work fine. **Steps I Tried (Did Not Resolve the Issue)** - Updated to the latest macOS Sequoia version (15.1) - Ran Apple Diagnostics (no issues found) - Performed a standard reset (Transfer or Reset > Erase All Content and Settings)

I have bluetooth paired my speaker, but safari won't play the sound to it. Safari (Chrome too) still uses my macbook to play the sound. But if I use a headphone, Safari can play the sound to the headphone. How do I let them play the sound from my speaker. Safari can only play the sound to the headphone not speaker. Both iTune and VLC have an option to choose audio output device, but browsers do not have this option. The Chrome help document says I need to "**Cast to a device**", but unfortunately I didn't see that option on mac (I have tried two macbooks)

I have an IPhone 13 When I am at work I am allowed to wear ear buds, but my phone does not ring thru speaker when the ear buds are connected. When i take them out for something i am not hearing my phone ring and i am missing important work calls please help.

I recently connected my AirPods to my Apple TV, which worked great. However, I cannot seem to disconnect my AirPods, and I can now not hear any audio output from my TV speakers themselves. (Refer to Image) If you look at the audio output section, you’ll see that I’ve already attempted to switch back to my TV speakers, but I cannot hear audio from my TV. On an added note, the bottom left corner says that there is an ‘audio system’ connected to the TV. However, I have already disconnected all devices from bluetooth. I have tried all the usual fixes like restarting and even resetting my Apple TV. Has anybody else experienced the same issue?

Getting headphone safety notifications for an external speaker, thing is I have to turn the bluetooth volume to full (or >80%) for this device to work properly as it has it's own amplifier and volume control. It's a big jambox but ideally the solution isn't device specific. iOS 16. How can I stop this device from causing safety notifications?

Speakers are not recognized by my computer. Numerous calls with Apple Support ("AS" herein) team members… Tried all manner of solutions. After 3 months, 7 store Genius Bar visits, the computer was replaced. Worked great for 9 days, then…pffft! No Sound. - Another 90 min phone session with AS yesterday… Erased HD - Re-installed Big Sur… Still no joy. - Tried several of the suggested solutions in the "Restarting Sound Service?" thread ( https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/16842/restarting-sound-service/121342#121342 ) No go. Last note: I'm a musician. Default DAW: Logic Pro All software duly purchased or licensed... 3rd party software: Native instruments Komplete 8 (use only some of it), Sibelius I suspect possible culprit(s) Native Instruments… ?? Any ideas where to look?