MacBook Pro 2021 M1 crackling sound from Apple TV app

I also had this issue with my Yeti Microphone on OSX 12.4 MBP 16 M1.

I used the Audio Midi Setup Utility to change the format from 48000 Hz to 44100Hz on both the mic and the headset and the issue was fixed.

Update: I manually updated the software of both the Apple TV and the MacBook and it fixed the issue!

Hey AzoreanFox,

It sounds like you have a concern with the MacBook Pro and audio crackling when in fullscreen.

Try setting up a new user account for testing purposes. Here's how to create a new user account for testing purposes: Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. If it doesn't happen in the test user account, the issue could be caused by a third-party program or certain settings on the main user account. 

Keep us updated!

No. I got the information from the local service. The fault cannot be removed. They hope a future macOS update will resolve it. Neither a fresh install nor replacing the motherboard is helping.

I now have macOS beta and the cracking is also not fixed. I'm pretty ****** off.

I was trying to solve that problem for many months and it looks like it can be fixed (at least I wasn't able to reproduce it again). The problem is somehow related to the recent update that corrupts Audio settings. So the fix is simple, go to. Open up a terminal:

cd /Library/Preferences/Audio

sudo rm com.apple.audio.*

Restart your MBP. Hope that helps!

An easy fix that has worked for me is to open Activity Monitor, and kill "Siri" process. You don't have to do anything else, the siri process will start again automatically, and the crackling audio should stop. I have to do this once every other day or so.

I have the same issue. The following fixes have not worked for me:

• Deleting the core-audio preferences
• Changing the Hz using the Midi tool
• Killing various processes like Siri and CoreAudio, etc
• Restarting

The one "fix" that has worked is using a different user than my main account. I didn't appear to suffer the issue at all when I tested.

This suggests it is indeed a setup issue, some config or process unique to my user. However this isn't really a "fix" as such, because my main account is my main account, and has a lot of stuff in it setup for work, I can't just "use a different user", it'd be a really big task to get a new user account back to where my main one is, and by doing so I may well reintroduce the issue anyway!

Really hoping Apple can work out what's triggering this and either fix it or advise us here on what to do.

Thanks! This has helped the get rid of the very annoying crackling sound issue on with Macbook Pro 14inch M1 2021.

cd /Library/Preferences/Audio

sudo rm com.apple.audio.*

Restart

So far the crackling sound did not appear again. Once it does I'll post a follow up.

i got a soultion in my case in 12.3.1

i do the following:

cd /Library/Preferences/Audio

sudo rm com.apple.audio.*

Then shutdown and starting in save mode.

Login and wait a 2-3 minutes.

Shutdown again and startup

everything was fine until yesterday's 12.4 update

i do the same again and until now everything is ok again

Yours are different as mine, i had crackling and popping, but no stuttering.

How i say delete audio preferences this solve my problem, it comes back with the update to 12.4

so i delete it again and all is okay again. since 3 or 4 days

cd /Library/Preferences/Audio
sudo rm com.apple.audio.*

Then Shutdown and starting in save mode.

Login and wait a 2-3 minutes

Shutdown again and Startup

The midi solution worked for me when you put it to 48khz. Make sure you select MacBook Pro speakers. I put it back to 44100hz and the noise returned.

Use the Audio Midi Setup app.

Select MacBook speakers.

Change Format to 48000 Hz (from 44100 Hz).

I have tried using a guest account and it doesn't work. Its a system issue. Now have deleted the entire disk partition reinstalled and it wasn't there, but after installing software it has come back.

Tried the Audio Midi Setup Utility fix and that has worked so far. The next question is why??

This is definitely a big issue that Apple needs to investigate and address.

I've had 3 MBPs since 2013, and after several months of owning a M1 Pro MBP 16", it's started having persistent audio crackling issues.

9to5Mac published a story this week about it, and lots of reports show that it's a very common issue:

https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/10/2021-macbook-pro-users-complain-about-crackling-and-popping-audio-issues/

Here's a video exhibiting the problem:

https://youtu.be/ZRez2VKsMm8

• it seems to be software-related, and likely due to memory pressure, or de-prioritization of audio
• I always have lots of apps open (Chrome with 50 tabs, Figma, Docker, Slack, PHPstorm, Lightroom) - so full memory usage is a constant part of my Mac experience
• I've never had any audio problems before this 32Gb M1 Pro MBP (previously had a 2013 MBP and 2018 MBP, both top-end specs)
• it affects any audio sources (videos in VLC, YouTube, music, notification sounds)
• When using AirPods Pro to listen to the same video that has crackling, the audio also glitches (not popping/crackling, but lots of gaps and hiccups) - strongly suggesting that it's a MBP software issue, and not hardware/speakers
• notification sound (e.g. "ping" with long reverb) can sometimes warble/glitch as it plays on
• a notification "ping" came in while watching a video in VLC, and the video's audio was garbled/distorted constantly thereafter (required an app restart)
• I've tried setting the Audio MIDI to 48k, with no impact
• I've tried killing coreaudiod process, with no impact
• After reboot, I can play audio without crackling for a while (sometimes a couple of hours) - however, the audio crackling/popping returned, and persisted.

paralells is very ******, remove it complete

use the app cleaner & uninstaller from nektony

so you can be sure that everything will be removed.

I am a music producer and do music all days on my m1,

since I deleted parallels and the audio prefs it's quiet