Please spare us your cheers. Everything is set to Earpods, and sound remains inaudible. Volume turned up everywhere: in settings, in menu bar, on keyboard. Using a brand-new 2024 M3 Macbook Pro, OS 14.5 (23F79).
Please offer some real troubleshooting, not the obvious instructions, or admit that there's a bug and fix it. (Even if there weren't one, for as long as there have been Macs there has NEVER been a need to change Sound settings when plugging in a headset bit mini-plug. The switch to USB-C is disastrous. Is this is a plot to make us buy AirPods? Thank God there's still a mini-plug port: it works.) USB-C seems to confuse output with Airplay, even when Airplay is de-selected. It's a mess.