macOS Catalina microphone not working

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macOS Catalina microphone not working

after updating to macOS Catalina, my microphone stopped working. tried adjusting it in the system preferences and all, and still nothing.

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 28, 2020 6:32 AM

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orangegrouptech

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Mar 28, 2020 6:50 AM in response to diannevixen

go to system preferences>sound and click input. Then select your mac internal speakers/external speakers. Make sure you don’t have any wired/Bluetooth headphones connected, they may interfere.

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diannevixen Author

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Mar 31, 2020 7:42 AM in response to Keith Barkley

the day before I updated

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Mar 30, 2020 8:22 AM in response to diannevixen

Control access to your microphone on Mac - Apple Support

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Mar 28, 2020 11:35 AM in response to diannevixen

You might also have to go into the privacy pane to select the app that is going to use the microphone.

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diannevixen Author

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Mar 30, 2020 7:08 AM in response to orangegrouptech

did this already and still nothing. I even maxed out the input volume

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diannevixen Author

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Mar 30, 2020 7:08 AM in response to Keith Barkley

how do I do this?

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diannevixen Author

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Mar 30, 2020 11:20 PM in response to Keith Barkley

everything is checked and has access. the microphone is not working at all. I even tried to record a voice memo with the built in app, but still nothing

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Mar 31, 2020 6:59 AM in response to diannevixen

When was the last time you used it before you switched to Catalina?

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macOS Catalina microphone not working

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