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MacBook Air M1 + macOS Monterey + AirPods Pro = Shuttering and breaking sound quality

I've been having this issue only after upgrading my macOS to Monterey. This was working fine in BigSur. So am sure this is a software issue.


Any audio played through macOS has this issue of breaking shuttering quality. Same AirPods with my iPhone work very much fine. So it is not AirPods issue.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Nov 8, 2021 1:05 AM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2021 5:52 AM

I think I found a temporary solution:


  1. Disable Wifi
  2. Connect the AirPods
  3. Enable the Wifi
  4. Play the streaming video or audio


The issue is mostly happening when we connect to a Wifi router with weak signal and stream A/V (Like watching Netflix)

So when I try to switch to another wifi or disable and enable Wifi, the issue gets fixed.

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Nov 26, 2021 5:52 AM in response to code42tiger

I think I found a temporary solution:


  1. Disable Wifi
  2. Connect the AirPods
  3. Enable the Wifi
  4. Play the streaming video or audio


The issue is mostly happening when we connect to a Wifi router with weak signal and stream A/V (Like watching Netflix)

So when I try to switch to another wifi or disable and enable Wifi, the issue gets fixed.

MacBook Air M1 + macOS Monterey + AirPods Pro = Shuttering and breaking sound quality

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