Clearing an obstruction is as good a description as any, Ronni. I have also resorted on occasion with some success to incantations. :-)
Cheers, Carlo On 13/04/2012, at 11:15 , Ronda Brown wrote: > You just beat me Carlo ;-) > > I had this happen on a clients MacBook some time back and I inserted my > iPhones headphones into the output sound port and all worked. > Then inserted his headphones back into the same port and they then worked. > > Sometimes when you pull headphones out of the port you can disrupt the little > connection, by either trying again or putting in a different headphone seems > to clear the obstruction (for loss of a better word). > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > On 13/04/2012, at 11:08 AM, cm wrote: > >> One additional though. Have you tired a different set of speakers or >> headphones? There could always be an internal break in the cable. >> >> C >> >> On 13/04/2012, at 10:53 , cm wrote: >> >>> Hi Tim, >>> >>> You could be experiencing a hardware failure. I know it is always a >>> surprise when hardware fails, but when software fixes doggedly refuse to >>> work it is indicative of possible hardware problems. >>> >>> If you have an external drive, you could try a clean install of any >>> compatible version of OS X either Snow Leopard or Lion. If the clean >>> install refused to drive the speakers and your SMC and PRAM have been reset >>> it's hard to think what else could be causing the problem. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Carlo >>> >>> On 13/04/2012, at 9:50 , Tim Law wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have an intel Mac Mini late 2009 running under Lion. >>>> >>>> For the last month or so I have not been able to run the external speakers >>>> that I plug into the headphone socket on the Mac Mini. i.e. no sound comes >>>> out. >>>> >>>> I can use a set of headphones that are connected via a USB port. >>>> >>>> I have also noticed that the internal speaker does not work. >>>> >>>> Having said that, the internal speaker did work last week, but not this >>>> week. I moved the computer, clearly upsetting the fung schway?? spelling. >>>> >>>> What I have done. >>>> Following the advice on various forums I deleted the preference files >>>> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist >>>> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist.lockfile >>>> com.apple.soundpref.plist >>>> >>>> >>>> I notice these have not automatically recreated themselves after a >>>> restart, so I reinstated them from a backup. >>>> >>>> I reset the SMC by removing the power cord, holding the power button for 5 >>>> seconds, releasing the power button, reinserting the power cord and >>>> restarting. >>>> I had a little heart attack when the Mac Mini restarted with a folder >>>> containing a question mark, but DiskWarrior rectified that and all is back >>>> to normal. >>>> >>>> However, none of this has fixed the audio problem. >>>> >>>> I would like to be able to play sound from the external speakers and would >>>> like my computer to be running properly. Anyone found a solution to this, >>>> not uncommon problem? >>>> >>>> Tim >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
