You could try increasing the volume, as the speaker and headphone volumes are
controlled separately. I supposed to rule out software entirely, you could boot
up from something like the recovery partition and see if your headphones work
there. If that doesn't work, then you may need to take your
Hey Alex, mine does that too sometimes.
What I do is go to system preferences, sound, and find the output tab. Go down
one entry and then go up for headphones. It's a software issue.
God bless. :)
Matthew Dierckens
Certified Assistive Technology Specialist
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
Thanks guys. Changing the output device, then changing it back, didn't work.
Happily, the headphones work in Recovery Mode. As I type this, I play with
volume; nothing. Suddenly, I think to check the Mute status… Yep, they were
just muted! Everything is working again, and now I know what to
Hi all,
I'm posting this to a couple lists, so sorry if you get it twice.
I'm having a problem with my Macbook Air, and it has me very worried: when I
plug in headphones, I lose audio. If I unplug them, it comes back. The
headphones are new, and work in my iPhone, leading me to the disturbing
