The line in jack is the microphone jack. Macs do not support unpowered microphones - you either need a powered one, or a USB sound card to use these. It's annoying, but I read somewhere that the reason has to do with the reliability and sound quality of powered mics - after all, Macs are generally aimed at artists and other people who would appreciate the difference, or at least they used to be. On May 22, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have an early 2009 Mac Mini, which only has line-in and headphone jacks > near the top left in the back. > > Thanks, > Teresa > On May 22, 2013, at 4:55 PM, shane christenson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Theresa. Correction, there is a microphone jack on the mac mini. If >> you're looking at the machine and you reach around to the back, from left to >> right, toward the bottom of the machine, there is the headphone/audio out >> jack, and to its right, is the microphone/audio in jack. Hth. >> >> Shane >> >> On May 22, 2013, at 8:19 AM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, all, >>> >>> I have a Mac Mini, and since it doesn't have a microphone jack, I've been >>> switching back and forth between using my USB headset for system sound when >>> Skype is loaded, and using my headphone jack/speakers. I'm wondering if >>> there's a way to get to these settings quickly so I don't have to open >>> system preferences, then sound. Of course, I could just keep the sounds >>> dialog open, but I'm curious if there might be a way to show this in the >>> status menu volume control settings, or something similar? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Teresa >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
