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AirPods Max not working with MacBook

Hello!


I have an issue with AirPods Max not working with my MBP in a very weird way. It all connects without a problem, I can control ANC and everything (for the whole time). But when I play anything, be it a youtube video (several different browsers), music (several different players), or anything the audio plays for a split second and then it mutes. I tried a hard restart of MBP and a reset of AirPods and it didn't help.


It works on my iPhone.


I am running MacOS Ventura 13.0 22A380 – very obvious reason for the issue, but I was wondering if there is some possible workaround until (if???) this gets fixed.


Thank you for the response!


Cheers!


Filip



MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Oct 31, 2022 11:53 AM

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Nov 2, 2022 1:18 PM in response to fjurny

Hello fjurny,


Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with your AirPods Max not working with your Mac. Next, what we would recommend, is testing this issue in another user account. What we need to do, is log out of your current user. Log back in under another Standard or Administrator account and see if the same issue occurs there. This way we can tell if it is an issue with your user account, or if it is system wide: Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support


"Add account

Create a new user or group.

Click the New Account pop-up menu (you may be asked to enter your password), then choose a type of account.

  • Administrator: An administrator can add and manage other users, install apps, and change settings. The new user you create when you first set up your Mac is an administrator. Your Mac can have multiple administrators. You can create new ones, and convert standard users to administrators. Don’t set up automatic login for an administrator. If you do, someone could simply restart your Mac and gain access with administrator privileges. To keep your Mac secure, don’t share administrator names and passwords.
  • Standard: Standard users are set up by an administrator. Standard users can install apps and change their own settings, but can’t add other users or change other users’ settings.
  • Sharing Only: Sharing-only users can access shared files remotely, but can’t log in to the computer or change settings. To give the user permission to access your shared files or screen, you may need to change options in File Sharing, Screen Sharing, or Remote Management settings. See Set up file sharing and Share the screen of another Mac.
  • Group: Groups allow multiple users to have the same access privileges. You control a group’s access to your shared folders by setting access permissions in the File Sharing options in Sharing settings.

See Add a user or group."

We hope this helps.


Cheers!


AirPods Max not working with MacBook

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