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I'm having trouble with the audio/sound after installing Catalina in my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016).
Sometimes the audio is gone and only come back if i restart the computer.
Even if i close the apps (including Music app) and reopen them again, there is no sound. Must restart the computer for the audio to come back.
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Evening all,
So I've got similar issues but not as drastic as a lot of you...
I'm on a MacBook Pro 13" 2015 (3.1Ghz/16GB/512SSD) running 10.15.5
I'm a live sound engineer, so while I say my issues aren't as bad as others as the sound always returns, they can still be pretty bad and show stopping for me...
1) Audio Controls Freezing
This *seems* to be limited to when using an external soundcard, but I may be wrong... it just hasn't happened when using the minijack output yet... So... When using the volume up and down buttons slowly, or fast, the system can *hang* and either;
A - Mute playback and pause / freeze whatever video may be playing until it realises where the volume should be and then unmute at the volume level and the video then catches up fast forwarding to then be in sync
B - While it is working out what volume level it needs to go too, it continues to play the last 1 bar ish of music over and over and over on top of itself then jumps to the right volume and carries on - SUPER annoying...
It's got the the point now where it is that regular that the volume freezes that I don't even touch the controls and I use the volume knob on the audio interface I'm using - very annoying!
2) Audio Muting
Now, this one is more worrying but similar to what other people here have been experiencing
The Mac can be playing audio from anywhere, YouTube, Music App, Logic, Final Cut, Safari and just randomly mutes the output completely for around 2-5 seconds... then the audio returns, as if nothing happened...
In terms of programs I've got installed that others have mentioned;
As others have said, if it's having big issues (but be aware in mine my audio always does come back so it's normally not enough time to open Activity monitor and restart core audio, or worth it etc) restarting core audio if you catch it quick enough does work. So does restarting and resetting the PRAM.
Just such an odd chain of events and makes the Mac not *good/safe* enough for live performances, or relying on even for video conferences... Glad I haven't updated the rest of them at work yet!
Luckily at the moment due to Coronavirus, this Mac isn't on live work. It's all studio based. but not ideal!!
The issue (ignoring the control ones as I don't touch them now) seems to happened not all the time too, can work fine for HOURS of a recording / mix session, not even do it once... But then later watching Netflix / Youtube it happens... so odd... (it has happened once when recording so Logic isn't exempt FYI too)...
Last thing to note is the Mac is setup permanently at the moment and never off, "prevent computer from sleeping when display is off" is selected, ie, the computer never sleeps, the screen goes off after like 3 hrs, if it did sleep then I might run into more issues like *having* to restart core audio or the Mac due to it properly going...
Very frustrating!
Any help / tips greatly received!
Cheers,
Chris
Too many bugs and issues with macOS Catalina. How can I revert to Mojave? I'll wait till a newer, stable os is published. Definitely not on your game Apple, what gives?
Same issue here (MB Pro 2019 Catalina 10.15.3). It's frustrating. Restarting coreaudiod process returns the sound back.
I have to restart too. What a pain!
Same issue for me. Literally brand new Macbook Pro, bought yesterday. No sound coming out of speakers. I feel like it's a Catalina issue, been having a lot of Catalina issues lately
I have also been facing the same issue. What did you do to resolve it??
Nice! Care to share that Automator action? 🙏🏻
I have the same problem with Catalina, my sound cuts in and out. I have tried everything! Very frustrating.!
We definitely need some help here on this topic. Everytime the Macbook wakes up from sleep, the audio doesn't work and it requires a restart.
When we called tech support we were told to make a test user account. Worked fine so we went back to the original account and it still works fine.
I agree with you about how disappointing it is that Apple doesn't post here.
Not what I expect from this brand.
Restarting coreaudiod made it worked. Looks like bug in Catalina
What you should is run MacOs Mojave on a virtual machine and use iTunes, until Apple gets on the ball and makes the Music App a functioning app worthwhile for us Apple users.
I am facing the same problem on my MacBook Pro 2015 15 inch after i updated the Catalina OS to 10.15.6. My MacBook speakers are sounding weird now, before that speakers were working fine
Audio/Sound fails in macOS Catalina
