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Alhugen Author

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33 points

MacBook Pro 16'' popping sound

On the new MacBook Pro 16 inch there is this annoying popping sound whenever you tap on a YouTube video timeline, playing music from internal speakers. It seems not to be present when you pausa/play instead. This is the most noticeable scenario I heard it very loud.

please, is there a way to make a software update to fix this? There have been 1 or 2 Catalina updates, but none fixed it. It is very annoying, the whole computer experience is perfect, it is a shame to fall on this, especially with the new advertised speakers addition and "Apple listening to users" new attitude.

please Apple, listen! fix this!

MacBook Pro 16", macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 22, 2020 11:33 AM

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jonpluto

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Sep 23, 2020 5:58 PM

Software engineer w/ a late 2019 MBP 16" here on 10.15.6 here. I notice the popping usually after the system has been under thermal stress. I have noticed my laptop having various issues, even locking up and kernel panics, all related to thermal stress. This is on a laptop stand w/ good ventilation and metal to conduct the heat away. System restart fixes it for me until the next time I need to do some intensive task. Just started happening in the last week or so.

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paddy232

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Oct 21, 2020 8:52 AM in response to ljonesATL

Where can that be found and what steps did you take?

.Bunny

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4 points

Nov 5, 2020 2:34 AM in response to aizarged

yes I did test with Logic and Youtube which both misbehaved before. touch wood it's a thing of the past :)

Nov 6, 2020 6:04 AM in response to Alhugen

gk_brown

Level 1

9 points

Nov 11, 2020 5:51 AM in response to Alhugen

I also have this issue. Periodically, my MBP will make a noticeable popping sound. It doesn't seem to be related to playing audio, as others have reported. It just seems to happen randomly.

gk_brown

Level 1

9 points

Nov 13, 2020 9:21 AM in response to gk_brown

Just upgraded to macOS 11 (Big Sur) and the issue is still happening.

Nov 22, 2020 6:25 AM in response to Alhugen

Big Sur - Crazy this is still happening 1 year later. Hello? Apple, fix it?

If restarting coreaudiod can fix it then it can't be that hard to fix.

Or maybe it's some malware?

Nov 22, 2020 11:11 AM in response to Nikolaus Heger

I changed the audio settings to 48,000 Hz

That solved the problem for me.

Nov 22, 2020 6:44 PM in response to gratkowski

Is that in the MIDI settings? What do the MIDI settings have to do with anything? Did you change microphone too, or just speakers?

Nov 22, 2020 11:17 PM in response to gratkowski

Thanks for the info! - I set that up, let's see if it works.

Dec 12, 2020 12:30 PM in response to gratkowski

I've been using the 48000 sound output for a few weeks and so far the popping issue has yet to return. My speakers have maintained the 48000, verified in the System Report.

dpalme

Level 1

4 points

Jan 12, 2021 2:12 PM in response to cmo99

That is a bullshit answer as well.

elis82

Level 1

12 points

Jan 22, 2021 2:22 AM in response to nawaf2020

Thank you! For me, I had to quit process name "coreaudiod". Resolved issues instantly.

MacBook Pro 16'' popping sound