Questions tagged [audio]
The audio tag is used for questions involving speakers, microphones, connections between them and computers, and applications for dealing with it.
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What are the distance and time criteria for an AirTag to emit an anti-stalking sound?
I was reviewing Apple's documentation regarding security and unauthorized tracking devices, which included the following statement (mirror):
If any AirTag, AirPods, Find My network accessory, or ...
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Is the iOS 18 or 26's built-in screenrecording feature able to record the phone's audio?
I have an iPhone 12 mini running iOS 15.7. The built-in screen recording feature works, but it can’t record the phone’s internal audio. Does the built-in screen recording feature in iOS 18 or 26 allow ...
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I want my morning alarm to ring through my telephone speakers and not my headset. How can I make it that the alarm ring on my phone and not headset
When I go to sleep at night, I have a headset so I could listen to my music, but my headset falls off so then when my morning alarm rings, I cannot hear the alarm. As the alarm is ringing through the ...
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Why does `say` think my Personal Voice is in Spanish?
After following the answer for How do I access MacOS Sonoma Personal Voice from command line?, when I run say -v \?, my Personal Voice Lilypad shows up as es_MX:
➜ ~ say -v \? | grep Lilypad
Lilypad ...
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How to improve audio quality on iOS 26 Podcasts and CarPlay?
Installed iOS 26 yesterday on my iPhone 11 Pro.
In my car, I noticed that audio quality is really poor within the Apple podcast app. This is only when I am connected via cable and Carplay. When I I ...
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How to customize iOS audio control functions for double-tap and triple-tap on headphones?
Apple iOS audio headphone devices and hardware such as EarPods, AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Beats Studio Buds, etc. have common single-button audio controls:
Tap once to Play / Pause
Tap twice ...
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iPhone 6s volume up button not working after water damage, what hardware piece needs to be replaced?
My iPhone 6s accidentally fell headfirst into the (clean) toilet water two days ago. It didn’t remain in the water for more than 1.5 seconds; I immediately took it out. I focused first on the charging ...
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Volume control of non default audio device
I run an audio visualizer (white cap), but it stops visualizing when my audio volume is set too low
So, I installed Loopback audio to route to both SpeakerAmp and VB-Cable
VB-Cable's output is then ...
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How to get/display real volume level of external monitor (in SketchyBar, shell script) on macOS?
I'm trying to display the volume icon and percentage of my external monitor (Dell U4025QW) audio output in SketchyBar on my MacBook Pro (M1). The goal is to show accurate volume and mute status in the ...
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Studio Display audio cutout after a few seconds
m1 max macbook pro, 16''
macOS 12.6.7
Studio Display Version 15.5
Couple days ago, suddenly have this issue, where audio will stop playing for a few seconds.
Audition either continues playing ...
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How to keep the file size of a Logic Pro project within reason?
I am recording cello practicing tutorials for my students, using (for now) just an iPhone XS and recording at 1080p to get started and to avoid melting the device during summer (it's already ...
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Sound/Audio Suddenly Stopped Working On Older Mac Pro & Macbook Pro
I have a couple of older (High-Sierra) Apple products that I use for some non-essential tasks, for some reason after some kind of update the audio stopped working on both of them. After pulling my ...
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macOS bluetooth music stopping
Both a music-streaming websites, Spotify and Apple Music on macOS both pause the audio to bluetooth headphones every minute or so.
I can press the Play buttons to resume the audio.
Thoughts ...
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People can't hear me on FaceTime for Mac
For several weeks, the FaceTime on my MacBook hasn't been working.
On calls, we can see each other and I can hear them, but they can't hear me. I've confirmed the settings for the microphone are good ...
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How to enable audio in Bootcamp on Macbook Pro Early 2013?
I've deleted the MacOS and installed Windows 11 Home. Then I've installed Bootcamp 6.0. Everything works well except Audio, there is just one device is displayed in device manager: NVidia High ...
