Does anyone have any references to any Apple bug reports/known issues
that document the issue of USB audio devices becoming unreliable,
and/or which versions of OS X where this problem emerged?

Thanks,

On 22 September 2017 at 06:21,
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 06:07:20 -0700
> From: Robert Nobis <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: "Larry Gadallah [email protected] [wsjtgroup]"
>         <[email protected]>, Bill Turner via wsjt-devel
>         <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] [wsjtgroup] OS X Audio Device Issues
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>
> Use two different Macs with WSJT-X. A MacBook Air the I operate portable, and 
> a MacMini in my shack.  I also previously used an iMac.
>
> Interestingly, I have never had any of these USB issues when using the USB 
> ports on the Macs.
>
> My rigs are Elecraft K3 and KX3.
>
>
> Bob Nobis
> [email protected]
>
>
>> On Sep 22, 2017, at 01:02, [email protected] [wsjtgroup] 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The problem is with USB Audio devices and MacOS, not WSJTX.
>> Basically recent versions of MacOS do not reliably support USB Audio devices 
>> any more, this has been noticed elsewhere.
>>
>> You may have more luck if you buy a Thunderbolt to USB adapter, instead of 
>> plugging your Icom straight into the Mac's USB port (again, this has been 
>> reported elsewhere).
>>
>> In general, I don't think any external USB soundcards work reliably with 
>> Macs any more, you would be better off with an external Thunderbolt 
>> soundcard.
>>
>> Oliver
>> M0LVR

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