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Volume on permanent mute
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Depending on your Mac type it is a common fault.
To resolve quickly plugin and remove some headphones. You may need to complete this process multiple times. This will trigger your sound to return.
Please note simply re-booting will not return your sound.
Hope it helps, always does the trick on my MBP.
To resolve quickly plugin and remove some headphones. You may need to complete this process multiple times. This will trigger your sound to return.
Please note simply re-booting will not return your sound.
Hope it helps, always does the trick on my MBP.
I ahd this problem a week or two ago and it is now reoccurring. Look into your headphone jack and see if there is a red light on. If so then the trigger that tells the computer whether the headphones are plugged in or not is stuck. Do as stated above and plug in and unplug your headphones a few times. I find it helpful to do this at a slight upward angle so the tip of the headphones plug run across the top of the "jack canal".
regarding to the muting situation
hey there,
i stumbled upon this site while googling the related issue concerning the volume commands on my imac.
i too was having a problem not being able to un-mute the computer. the f10, f11, and f12 buttons were all unresponsive with the volume display repeatedly showing the "muted" indication. i personally use a different output source other than the built in speakers. for some reason, this causes the conflict. a simple fix is to go to your computer system preferences and switch your sound output back to the built in speakers. only then can you unmute and adjust the volume from your computer itself. then simply switch your system output back to your interface or speakers etc.
..or at least this was my solution.
i've only been using macs for about two weeks now and was never that computer savvy to begin with. this is probably a no brainer for some people.
hey there,
i stumbled upon this site while googling the related issue concerning the volume commands on my imac.
i too was having a problem not being able to un-mute the computer. the f10, f11, and f12 buttons were all unresponsive with the volume display repeatedly showing the "muted" indication. i personally use a different output source other than the built in speakers. for some reason, this causes the conflict. a simple fix is to go to your computer system preferences and switch your sound output back to the built in speakers. only then can you unmute and adjust the volume from your computer itself. then simply switch your system output back to your interface or speakers etc.
..or at least this was my solution.
i've only been using macs for about two weeks now and was never that computer savvy to begin with. this is probably a no brainer for some people.