I have the Mac Mini and am needing to use microphone for zoom or webex calls for school. My airpods won't work--(I can hear them but they can't hear me). I purchased the Blue yeti USB microphone and it won't work. I found some work arounds, software is not loaded, I plugged it in and restarted and it still doesn't work. Is anyone out there using a USB microphone on their Mac Mini (M1) and which one are you using if it works?
Hello, dcolmusic.
I think maybe you haven't configured the input choice for your mini.
Plug in your AirPods again, then go to System Preferences > Sound > Input.
Your AirPods should be listed there. Select them and use the slider to adjust the input volume to about midrange.
Do the AirPods work now?
Hello, dcolmusic.
I think maybe you haven't configured the input choice for your mini.
Plug in your AirPods again, then go to System Preferences > Sound > Input.
Your AirPods should be listed there. Select them and use the slider to adjust the input volume to about midrange.
Do the AirPods work now?
Yes. I was able to test with Quicktime. I haven't tested with zoom or webex. I will try at our next meeting.
These meetings run 3-4 hours so I don't know if I will have enough battery life in my airpods to last--thus another reason for getting a USB microphone. I guess I can always get a pair of wired headphones as a backup too, my ears just get tired :). I called the Apple store support and they say only a Shure USB microphone and Apogee which are both $250-$350 work with the mac mini. I don't understand why the Blue ones don't work as they have been a staple for so long.
dcolmusic wrote:
"... I called the Apple store support and they say only a Shure USB microphone and Apogee which are both $250-$350 work with the mac mini. I don't understand why the Blue ones don't work as they have been a staple for so long."
I don't believe the info you got is accurate. The M1 mini still has a 3.5mm TRRS headphone jack that should work with many (most?) wired headphone/mic sets. It'll def work for the wired EarPods.
I actually found the fix!!! Just use your Apple USB a to USB type C adapter. It works just fine. There just must not be enough power allocated to the USB a port to run the microphone. Running through the USB C port works great!!
Brilliant!
Well done, my friend. I'm glad you got that sorted.
Thank you for sharing that obv/not so obv solution. 🙂
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