Loud buzzing noise every 30 seconds when recording iPad M1 audio in Quicktime.

Hi Safyon,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities. 

We understand that when you connect your iPad to your Mac, and you start an audio recording using the Quicktime for Mac app you hear a buzzing sound. To help us isolate and resolve this problem follow the steps below, and check to see if the problem is still there after each one:  

1. Quit the QuickTime app and reopen QuickTime: If an app on your Mac stops responding, closes unexpectedly, or won’t open
2. Disconnect your iPad from Mac and connect your iPad to Mac again
3. Connect another USB cable
4. Restart your iPad and Restart your Mac: Log out, sleep, wake, restart, or shut down your Mac

If you still hear the buzzing sound make sure you Back up iPad and Back up your Mac: How to back up your Mac, then Update iPadOS, and Update macOS on Mac.

We hope this helps.

Take care.

I'm having the same problem. I've reached out to both Apple and Zoom. Both replied it's not their fault. Zoom said they have the engineering team looking at this issue as so many people around the world hear the same sound. They also said that they're waiting for an update from Apple. Meanwhile, Apple Support just recommends I to contact Zoom because they've run a thorough check on my iPad Pro M1 and found nothing. So no useful solution at all.

I am also having this issue, 2017 27 inch 5K iMac connected via cable, recording on quicktime to 11 inch iPad pro(3rd gen). I have been in contact with apple support and updated to IOS 15, but still having the same issue.

I agree as this is NOT a solution at all when you are presenting and go back and forth from a shared screen on zoom for long durations of time.

This is not helpful. I'm having the same issue and can easily reproduce with friends' hardware as well. Please update this thread when an engineer has addressed this. Thank you.

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