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Speakers not working after Big Sur upgrade

When trying to select internal speakers through Preferences, they are no longer displaying to select. Nothing shows within the window to select from for output or input, please help!

Posted on Jan 1, 2021 12:42 AM

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Posted on Jan 3, 2021 11:53 AM

Hi,

Resetting NVRAM could solve the sound related issues.

Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

If it doesn't help, try to run Apple Diagnostics if it reports sound related errors, VFF001, VFF002, and VFF003.

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support


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Jan 3, 2021 11:06 AM in response to Brentleberry

Hey Brentleberry,


After reviewing your post, we see that the speakers on your Mac are not working after updating to macOS Big Sur.


We'd recommend following over the steps outlined in the article below:


After reviewing those steps, if you still don't see any options under Output, we'd recommend reaching out to Apple Support directly.


Cheers!

Speakers not working after Big Sur upgrade

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