Macbook pro 16" M1 pro 2021 popping sound OS 12.0.1

I have a 2017 Macbook Pro. After getting the battery changed by the apple service center I started hearing popping sounds. It has been almost a year since the battery replacement and I find the popping sound really annoying now.

I just discovered that if I am not charging the Macbook pro there is no popping. It is a temporary solution, but at least I don't get to hear the popping sound. So make sure to unplug the charging cable after the Macbook is charged.

Hope this helps others. I will also test it and see if I don't hear popping once the charging cable is removed.

Same problem here (MacBook Pro, 16-inch, 2021, M1 Pro, 16GB RAM).

I've tried all the listed fixes (swapping bitrate in Audio Midi etc.) and it just keeps happening. Pretty disappointing for a device that cost $3,000 and is meant to have industry-leading audio quality for a laptop.

Curious as to whether this can be fixed via a software update or if it's a hardware problem. Whatever it is, I'd really like to see it rectified, especially as I had my laptop for a few months before noticing as most of the time I use external speakers, so now it's too late to return it.

Any suggestions for new things to try are welcome.

I did what dan1829 did and I've been able to stream Apple Music while working in InDesign and Photoshop at the same time with no popping for about 30 minutes so far. Just yesterday it was doing about 15 pops a minute. Hopefully this works long-term.

The OS keeps creating these files which I think are the source of the issue, I could use some script to delete them on startup if found but I don't want to mess with it. Seems like the next version will come with the fix, but until then I'm gonna have to stay with the pops and breaks on the speaker ve tas always end up messing with my libraries

The question to the attentive Apple support team is, how many oblivion users just sent the laptop for service? And how much time are your employees spending on opening macs ;)

I would say Class Action Size. It's outrageous. The amount of boasting Apple does about the quality of their new Macbookpro speakers only to have them pop at every turn. The company has made no effort to address it.

I'm looking to contact some of the Apple media sites.

New MacBook m1pro 16”. Having this issue too with all various midi format settings.

Definitely not a fun surprise with an expensive machine that advertises great quality sound. I’ve never had this with a MacBook before including previous MacBook Pro (intel) and M1 air.

Glad that turning the equalizer off fixed it for you. My equalizer was off so I tried enabling it but that didn't help. It doesn't seem to matter if it is on or off.

Crazy that a machine that special emphasis was put on how great the speakers are has an issue that makes playing sound worse than a $200 Chromebook.

This is crazy-making. I bought a 14" M1 Pro MacBook Pro 32GB/2TB in March, and had no issues for about two months. All of the sudden, I started getting crackling and popping in just about any audio, even through two different USB audios interface to headphones. Since one of the main things I do with the computer is playing around with music in Logic/Studio One, this is not good. I've tried some of the "solutions" people have posted - some don't work at all (killing coreaudiod), some seem to work until they don't (changing to 44.1KHz from 48KHz), some I still have to try (deleting the plist files) and have a feeling they'll only work temporarily.

I wish I knew why everything was fine for several weeks, and what happened to cause the issue to rear its ugly head.

Yes, I too have a MBP 16 with popping and crackling noises?!? The entire purpose for me paying for the larger MBP was for the sound at the showroom. intermittently happens while playing various sources: YouTube, pandora, Apple Music, Hulu, zoom calls! yikes. did I err in buying this machine?

I'll try updating the OS and report what happened.

Good afternoon!

A similar problem on the macbook pro 14 m1. In the beginning, I did not notice any extraneous sounds, after 2-3 weeks, crackling began. Sometimes very rarely, sometimes every few seconds, which is very annoying. It's a pity that there is such an annoying sore in laptops for such money. This is a pro product for work, but it does not work comfortably.

Before that, there was a macbook air m1, there was nothing like that.

Fwiw, it seems to be an Apple Silicon problem only (and not related to new OS releases). I just bought a refurbished Intel Mac and with the same installation as my M1 Mac I've not experienced any glitching.

My issue didn't start until after I'd updated to 12.4, so that's not a sure fix. Also, someone else just found out that you can't mention running non-general-release versions of macOS, even if they're public, so for anyone who is contemplating that, I don't think it will help.

Does your refurb have a T2 chip? I saw some speculation from a musician that experienced a similar issue that seemed to be triggered by a security update on a T2-equipped Intel Mac, which does point toward something Apple Silicon-related.

At first, I updated my MBP16's software and it worked for about 4 days. Then, the problem returned.

Hey APPLE: this is bullsh#t. Like Jayzonhe3 and many of us who bought this computer for audio characteristics, this has to be addressed. UNACCEPTABLE Apple. This is your flagship guys.

DAWs do show the problem for me - I've been experiencing it across Logic Pro X, Studio One 5, and Reason. Thankfully, the problem has mysteriously improved for me in the past week - not sure if I just hit on a magic combination of things, but the pops are now pretty rare, but I still get one occasionally.