Macbook Pro 13-inch 2020 speakers crackling and distorting sound

Works perfectly for me. Thanks for the help

I’m really hope Big Sur resolve!!!

Still happen in Big Sur!! 😞

The Fix works, but I got this issue with Big Sur.

(MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports))

Thank you. This worked for me on my new MacBook Pro 13" 2020. Hope they fix this soon.

Jim

I think we all should raise an incident as harware issue, so apple can recognise it as a global impact and will launch a program to fix it.

Agreed I am having the same issue on my 13 inch that I received a week ago

I have a similar issue, brought it to the service center they did some reformatting but still the same. Just wondering if your issue got fixed and how?

No it is not fixed even after taking to service center as they themselves dont know what to do I believe.

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I tried by clearing it but within a few days it was back.

Yes, I buy MacBook Pro m1 yesterday and have problem with crackling my left speakers. I don't know what to do

No, I can't . Only on some YouTube videos, podcasts or on zoom meetings I can hear that.

Yes, same think happened to me, I can't reproduce issue constantly. It happened on some YouTube videos, podcasts or zoom meetings. I can't hear problem when playing music.

This was suggested by the Apple Support agent.

Try deleting these files first, by running these commands in Terminal:

> sudo rm -rf /Library/Preferences/com.apple.soundpref.plist (Note: if this file is not present, continue to the next file below.)

> sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.soundpref.plist

> sudo rm -rf /Library/Preferences/Audio/com.apple.audio.DeviceSettings.plist

> sudo rm -rf /Library/Preferences/Audio/com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist

If this doesn't solve the crackling sound issue, we should use Capture Data app (see below) to record the system state when the issue happens and then send it to Apple.

Please follow these instructions on how to do it:

1. Download this disk image.

2. Open the disk image, then open the application it contains. The application will automatically locate the requested files.

3. To send the files, contact Apple Support online service and ask for a link to send the files.

On top of that, it's also good that you make a small video that clearly shows the problem and also send it to the Apple Support service.

Thanks