When trying to record it won't let the microphone I have plugged in record, and instead it just uses mic built in to my computer. I tried to change the input in my system preferences but there is no option for "built in input". What can I do to fix this?
The audio port on your MacBook Air is probably a 3.5 mm headphone jack with Support for Apple iPhone headset.
If it supports the iPhone headphones, you could use an input splitter to to use this headphone port as an audio input port, for example the iRig, or something similar to this:
The plug needs to show the three rings to work as a line-in as well as a line-out:
Make sure your privacy settings allow GarageBand to access the external mic.
What model is your Mac?
And what kind of microphone are you using? Is it a USB microphone or does it need to be connected to an audio port?
its a MacBook Air and the mic is using the connected audio port
Thanks, but prior to this I have recorded a bunch of other things on the same microphone on the same computer and had no problem. It just started to not work out of the blue.
Garageband will only use the built-in Mic
