Comments on: MacBook Pro Speaker Freakout…

By: Smokey Ardisson

Smokey Ardisson — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:46:52 +0000

Thanks so much for this post! This just happened to my circa-2007 MacBook Pro while using Grab’s timed screenshot, with the chime becoming a giant pop.

I didn’t seem to get sound in the (circa-1990!) headphones right away after plugging them in, but a few mute-mashings later, I had sound in the headphones, and all remained normal after unplugging them.

By: Hapto McGee

Hapto McGee — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:50:34 +0000

Garageband did it to me… gave me a “we can’t play thins because your song is too complicated” (or something) message, and then plays an ungodly squawking noise, followed by silence. I remember the headphone trick (accident) but I had the Dragon Dictate headphone in the USB, and switching to the USB mic/headphone plays/works. But doesn’t reset the speakers, like it does when I plug headphones into the actual jack.

By: senormysterioso

senormysterioso — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:15:35 +0000

Brilliant! Another frustrating speaker pop fixed by the headphone trick. Thank you

By: bolternator

bolternator — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:18:21 +0000

logic board needs changing? Is that definitely the problem and not software issue just needing update? Looks like a trip to mac for me…

By: bolternator

bolternator — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:16:23 +0000

thanks for posting this – headphone trick worked!

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:22:13 +0000

This is so weird. Thanks for posting this! It helped out a lot!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:01:58 +0000

The same thing happened to me tonight as I was playing around with Garage Band so I tried the headphone trick! So random, but great advice. This is the first time this happens to me, will be a recurring issue from now on?

By: steffyroo

steffyroo — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:29:32 +0000

Thank you!!! Worked for me too.

By: Arlen Carlson

Arlen Carlson — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:46:14 +0000

Interesting. I ran into this problem this evening–and never experienced it before. Its really my first time working for a reasonable period of time with GarageBand. For me, a system reboot was the solution–although the headphone suggestion might very well be usable, if and when I see the problem again.

From the initial timing of this thread it would seem Apple has never fixed the problem, which apparently is in GarageBand (or related to a driver interaction with it). Now that the upgrades of iLife 11 are out I doubt there will ever be a fix for the now old iLife 09.

By: Waffles

Waffles — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:56:19 +0000

It is now November 2010 .. Snow Leopard 10.6 and my speakers are going nuts..after extensive research the end result is that the logic board on your macbook needs to be changed..heres hoping all you all still got your warranty intact