Microphone for Skype

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Microphone for Skype

Hi there,

I have no idea if I'm posting in the right spot, but here goes. I just signed up for a Skype account, but don't know if my computer has a microphone. How can I find that out? I did a search on the hard drive but didn't come up with any microphone. Do I need to purchase one? I am working on a 2009 imac.

IMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Nov 24, 2010 9:27 PM

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Answer 1

Yodsquick

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Nov 25, 2010 12:09 AM in response to Carolyn Wise

iMac does have a microphone.
It's that little dot next to the camera at the top center of the computer.

If you choose to, you can purchase a microphone pretty cheap that will plug in back of the computer. The headset microphone combos are always popular as well.

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Nov 25, 2010 8:44 AM in response to Yodsquick

If you choose to, you can purchase a microphone pretty cheap that will plug in back of the computer.

Not into the 3.5mm jack input socket - that's line level and won't accept microphones. USB mics, yes, but cheap they're not.

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Answer 3

Nov 25, 2010 8:45 AM in response to Carolyn Wise

Carolyn - you will need to select the microphone in Skype Preferences>Audio (if it doesn't happen to have defaulted to that). There is a setting for input in System Preferences>Sound but it doesn't apply to Skype.

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