NO Alan, I either use Apple TV or the internal Speakers on iMac Thanks, I'll watch to see if I can pin down when it occurs, Cheers Marcus Marcus Harris P.O. Box 7135 Marcus Harris Shenton Park Western Australia 6008 Australia Cryptodome Pty Ltd cryptodo...@me.com Mob: +61 (0) 417965618
On 17/09/2013, at 4:01 PM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Hi Marcus > > A way-out suggestion - - -. Is your iMac output port ever used for > headphones or extension speakers? Might be a dirty internal switch contact. > Plug in a (clean) headset plug several times and swivel it around to > exercise the springs! > > Cheers > Alan > > > On 17/09/2013, at 2:36 PM, Marcus F Harris <cryptodo...@me.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Alan, >> I'm going to try my setup again to pin down when exactly the SOUND >> preferences window refuses to reveal Internal speakers. It occurs afterI >> have been playing though Apple Tv but not immediately. I think it could be >> after the Apple Tv is left on for a day or two and meanwhile I have had >> reason to restart the iMac, but I'll wait until I ned to do that to let you >> know. >> All my software is up to date. >> cheers >> >> >> Marcus >> Marcus Harris >> P.O. Box 7135 >> Marcus Harris >> Shenton Park >> Western Australia 6008 >> Australia >> Cryptodome Pty Ltd >> cryptodo...@me.com >> Mob: +61 (0) 417965618 >> >> >> >> >> >> On 17/09/2013, at 10:09 AM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >>> Hello Marcus >>> >>> I have no problems with the various options of playing music around my home >>> network. I can't replicate your problem. >>> >>> How are you attempting to switch music from AppleTV back to the iMac? Is >>> this a new problem since, say, OSX 10.8.5 update? Are you referring to >>> "Apple Preferences - Sound", the "Apple TV Settings", or the iTunes icon to >>> "choose which speakers to use"? Do you initially choose the music from >>> AppleTV/television or from iTunes? >>> >>> If you switch via the iTunes icon, then are your various devices visible >>> initially? I have choice of Computer, AppleTV or Airport Express. Do >>> you have Single or Multiple option selected? What displays when the >>> problem happens? >>> >>> I find the Apple Preferences - Sound to be unstable on rare occasions. >>> When this happens the ticked item does not work. I generally get it >>> working again by ticking another item and back to the output (or input) I >>> want. But all choices are still displayed. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Alan. >>> >>> >>> On 16/09/2013, at 5:08 PM, Marcus F Harris <cryptodo...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, I tried to switch playing music in iTunes from Apple TV back to my >>>> iMac desktop. >>>> The sound preferences window, didn't show the iMac as a choice . >>>> I turned off the Apple TV and that didn't change anything. >>>> I then restarted the iMac and low and behold sound was available as a >>>> choice on the iMac. >>>> Is there some way to avoid this process of switching from Apple TV back to >>>> iMac? Hopefully I didn't miss something obvious! >>>> iTunes 11.0.5 >>>> iMac 27 late 2009 3.06GHz System OSX 10.8.5 >>>> Thanks >>>> Marcus >>>> Marcus Harris >>>> P.O. Box 7135 >>>> Marcus Harris >>>> Shenton Park >>>> Western Australia 6008 >>>> Australia >>>> Cryptodome Pty Ltd >>>> cryptodo...@me.com >>>> Mob: +61 (0) 417965618 >>>> >>>> iMac 27 late 2009 3.06GHz System OSX 10.8.5 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- 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>
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