Barely any sound on music/iTunes

Good afternoon joanie881,

When you turn on your Mac in safe mode, it will start up with only the system resources and apps needed to run. This will rule out any issues with third party apps or login items that might be affecting your computer's performance. Let us know what happens with safe mode before setting up a new user account.

Take care.

Hi there joanie881,

We understand you have some sound issues on iTunes specifically, but other apps are working without issue with your audio. You noted that you have an iMac with macOS 12.4 installed. If this is correct, the first step would be to fully update your macOS. The latest version for macOS Monterey is 12.6.5. Often, macOS updates will resolve many issues.

Update macOS on Mac - Apple Support

If the issue persists, the next step will be to rule out possible underlying causes. A good way to do that is to boot your Mac to safe mode to see if the issue persists. Then, create a test user profile, log in to it and test the audio in iTunes.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

Reply back with how these steps do for you.

Best regards.