Yeti Blue Mic Not Recognized on M1 Mac
My Yeti Blue mic only works if I shut down and restart my Mac with the mic plugged in. After a while, the mic disappears as a sound input option in System Settings > Sound > Input. Sometimes the mic works for 2 or three days, but eventually, it stops appearing as an Input option.
The mic is recognized by System Information > USB, but not in System Settings (see attached image):
The problem did not begin until after upgrading to Sonoma and or after installing G-Hub. I have since removed G-Hub.
Here are the troubleshooting steps I've tried:
- Create a new user account
- Repair disk permissions
- Remove G-Hub & Blue Voice
These steps temporarily resolve the problem:
Run these terminal commands:
- sudo rm ~/Library/Preferences/Audio*
- sudo kill -9 `ps ax|grep 'coreaudio[a-z]' | awk '{print $1}'`
Remove these files:
MacHD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/LogiGamingAudio.driver
(remove anything related to G-Hub, Sherpa, BlueVoice or Zoom)
MacHD/Library/Preferences/Audio/com.apple.audio.DeviceSettings.plist
MacHD/Library/Preferences/Audio/com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist
Then I have to restart and the mic appears for a while, but randomly disappears again and I have to repeat the process.
I am seeing hundreds of posts online about this same problem. I made a video on YouTube called "How to Fix Yeti Blue Not Recognized on Mac in 3 Steps" which goes into greater detail, but just today, after 3 days of successful recording, the mic disappeared again.
ABOUT THIS MAC
MacBook Pro, 16-Inch, 2021
Chip Apple M1 Pro
Memory 16 GB
Startup disk Macintosh HD
macOS Sonoma 14.3.1
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Recently using Capcut I could see and use the Yeti mic, but right after that, it disappeared. Happened with Zoom too. Any idea what is causing this or how to fix?
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MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)
