Q: On OS Mavericks, When i Face Time it lowers the system volume. Like iTunes and the adjustment sounds for volume up, and down, and ... On OS Mavericks, When i Face Time it lowers the system volume. Like iTunes and the adjustment sounds for volume up, and down, and such. Is there a setting, or preference to stop it from lowering every other volume? more
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Nov 20, 2013 8:51 PM in response to Burgee67by film4242,Please actually read the thread before posting.
This only exists with Facetime because some developer at apple decided to reduce system volume during facetime calls. That is, only facetime has full volume, the rest of the system does not.
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Nov 20, 2013 9:24 PM in response to Burgee67by OnBoardPibs,Everybody here is just frustrated at Apple for not doing something about this issue. So far there's been 4 minor releases and none of those address this problem.
So let's try not to turn on each other. It's Apple who's at fault here.
Peace braaaaaa. =)
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Dec 9, 2013 4:25 PM in response to JaysITunes645by Kayvon57,SO annoying, APPLE NEEDS TO HURRY UP and resolve this issue already. Mavericks has been out for a while now and its an extremely annoying feature for people who use facetime. I even used SKYPE many times to resolve this issue, TAKE THAT APPLE!
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Dec 21, 2013 7:37 PM in response to JaysITunes645by d00dbro,Good that someone other than me is complaining about this. Why can't it be like iChat... er, Messages, sorry... where I control the volume myself? It doesn't have to lower everything else that much. Extremely annoying. Better yet, why can't FaceTime just be built into iChat/Messages?!
The only reason I use it is because my friend uses Windows but has an iPhone. And using Skype would be even worse.
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Dec 28, 2013 1:20 AM in response to JaysITunes645by rajakhan12,wake up apple , wake up apple , this is big issue, facetime shuts off other application volume while using facetime????? since Maverick came out we have this issue and apple done care even few update came already for Maverick but no one care about that issue..... thank you so much apple to care of your customer... such a shame....
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Jan 11, 2014 7:52 PM in response to JaysITunes645by tido2012,I too have this problem. Has anyone found a solution? This needs to be addressed. When we facetime with someone, we should be allowed to change the sound of the facetime conversation as well as youtube, netflix, etc in the background. This is ridiculous.
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Jan 31, 2014 5:19 PM in response to JaysITunes645by Christian Bocher,yep, I'll give you a giant plus-one on this being a useless big-brother-trying-to-tell-me-how-things-should-be 'feature'. I'm a big boy... I can turn down the volume on whatever else might be playing at the time. Give me back that option please.
Assinine.
christianb
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Feb 4, 2014 8:38 AM in response to Christian Bocherby nja...,Any update on this? This problem is EXTREMELY frustrating. I own a large music studio that has Apple video chat software to teach distance students for years, but we are considering switching all our students to PC (over 10,000 students represented) because we can't play recordings for our students to hear their pieces.
First Apple Messages (formerly iChat) removed the presentation feature (so we can't play recordings through that). Then Facetime started "dimming" the sound on all other apps while a conference is in session.
Now we have to: 1) Send a recording file to students 2) Have them log off from facetime so it doesn't dim the sound 3) Have the student play the recording on their computer 4) Call us back after they've listened to it.
If this was intended to make the system MORE user-friendly, epic fail. PLEASE Apple. include an option to disable "sound dimming" during Facetime chats. We don't want to shift all our students over to PC, but we are struggling with this problem. Very anxious to see a resolution here!
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Feb 21, 2014 10:34 PM in response to JaysITunes645by Rick Beerendonk,This worked for me:
I have boom installed, but even with Boom on maximum I could hardly understand what the other side said.
During a FaceTime call I:
- Opened "System Preferences..." (left top in het Apple logo menu)
- Opened "Sound"
- In ¨Select a device for sound input" I have 2 options "Internal Speakers" and "BoomDevice". "BoomDevice" was selected, I clicked "Internal Speakers", but the selection would go back to "BoomDevice". However after clicking "Internal Speakers" a few times... the FaceTime sound suddenly was at normal level!
I hope this works for you too.
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Mar 30, 2014 8:25 PM in response to JaysITunes645by jukeboxwendy,I completely agree! I'm a big girl who would like to regulate her own output balance...
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Apr 5, 2014 5:23 PM in response to JaysITunes645by rajyraj,Ok so random thing I tried helped a little.
Backround:
I was trying to watch a movie with out headphones with FT running and it was impossible to hear anything.
Solution:
I plugged in Iphone 5s headphones, and I turned the volume up using the headphone controls, not the computer buttons.
Outcome:
I was able to hear the movie just fine.
Downside:
Had to use headphone the entire time.
Have to warn the person on facetime not to yell becasue you will blow your eardrums out.
Not a real solution, but does make it somewhat better.
Hope it helps all of you that hate this volume issue as much as I do.
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May 11, 2014 1:08 AM in response to rajyrajby M4c,Not a solution but a sign of frutstration:
I use Facetime for hours each day. It still has the best quality compared to skype or other video chat programs.
In the end I couldn't stand this "feature" anymore. Now I have bought a PC. Everything I want to do, I do on the PC and the Mac is now a better camera for me. I will keep the mac until it breaks down and will not buy a new one.
Thank you apple. Your superior system just declassified itself.