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Audio Prohibition Symbol

Hi, the audio on my Mac air is not working. If I try to turn it up or down I get a prohibition sign under the sound symbol, and no sound comes out. What does this mean?

Earlier Mac models

Posted on Aug 2, 2023 9:49 AM

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Aug 2, 2023 11:38 AM in response to Linagrim99

do you have anything in sound output options that the volume is controlled by the device? and is that device selected? I know that in my menubar sound options, I have three things that, when selected, are greyed out and the volume is shown at 100%. those things are controlled by their respective devices. and when one of those are selected, I too get the "prohibitory" sound popup.


in my instance, those three things are:

  1. Aggregate Device
  2. Multi-Output Device and,
  3. my SAMSUNG television.


what do you have in your menubar sound options?


Audio Prohibition Symbol

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