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?
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!!
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!!
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.
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.
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?
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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