Audio stops on Mac Studio display after a few seconds

Agree that the Apple Studio display has to be unplugged (from the outlet, grrr) for 30-60 seconds to fix. I also powered down the Mac Studio, but I had tried a full shutdown before and it didn't fix it.

It just happen to me too. I had to unplug the Studio Display and plug it back in before it worked again.

Mine just started the today . I will try the unplug and replug. ....... Just unplugged, and it worked. Now the question is how long will iit last, and does it need a firmware or software fix?

Mine just started doing this today - I unplugged everything for a while and everything seems to be fine.

I follow the advice of disconnecting the display and now is working flawlessly.

Same for me. Have been on firmware 15.5 for a while and this problem just started out of nowhere. I had to unplug for longer to fix it. Not sure what the magic time is but I unplugged for more than half an hour and it's fixed . . . so far. Interesting that even after audio for music, videos, websites, etc. had cut out the alert sounds still worked.

I agree. Hardware issue which be a much bigger concern. While inconvenient, once you know a quick solution you can live with it until engineers can integrate a more permanent solution. Seems like turn it off and turn it on has caught on for fixes other places. You just have to be sure to unplug power and not just the Thunderbolt connection.

Same exact issue. I'm thankful that the power down and reboot fix seems to work for now.

Replying to myself: I see (and now remember) that there was an update back in May to the iOS the Studio Display is running to 15.5.

Not the thunderbolt cable, has to be the power. When you plug it back in, you should see the three dots showing the internal iOS is booting.

I was on the phone with Apple Support for awhile, went to a Senior Advisor, and now some things are with Apple Engineering. I am waiting to hear back next week - but it is pretty odd now there are at least 3 cases popping up just today.

Does yours make two small "pops" before the audio drops? It happens across all apps and is completely repeatable if you switch audio output and then back to the Studio Display speakers.

Yep, my Studio Display just started doing this today as well. I'll try the shutdown, unplug for 10 seconds and restart fix. The couple of static pops after the sound dies tells me it's some kind of software issue since lots of other people are having the same issue.

Same issue. The sound worked fine after a software update early in 2022 but has just now (July 25 2022) failed to work again.

Issue description = Studio display sound works on zoom meeting or music for a few seconds then makes two clicks and shuts off. The music app shows music is still playing. Switching to built in MacBook results in normal sound, then switching back to studio display speakers repeated the failure process.

The microphone function in the studio display seems to have the same problem so I suspect it is a software/driver issue.

Very unlike usual Apple product reliability.

I've only seen the three bouncy startup dots on the screen of my Studio Display twice: once on the day I got my very early order unit and plugged it in, and once when I did the recent unplug, wait and plug in again fix. ebushohio's post makes very good sense to me. It is fun to think nefarious thoughts of Apple, but I suspect the software and hardware engineers were as nonplussed as we were. I further suspect that Apple right now is trying to figure exactly how to add an auto reboot line of code, with user options as to when they want it to occur. I have several devices, including a router, that can be set to automatically reboot on a regular basis. Kudos to you, ebushohio, for clear thinking!

Add me to the list... other outputs don't have the problem. I'll try unplugging/plugging back in as soon as I can.