I seem to be having a bit of an audio glitch in both iTunes and Quicktime Player since upgrading to OS X Lion. The popping and skipping comes and goes, and quitting and restarting the affected program will make it go away for a while, but it comes back soon after that.
Does anyone know what is causing it and if a fix or workaround is available yet?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), Mid-2010
I'm having the same issue, I think. iTunes playback is now glitching, muting, ticking. It's like the processor is maxing out. If I tax the processor by scrolling up and down rapidly in a browser whilst iTunes is playing, I get the audio glitches. Activity monitor shows that both cores of my Core2Duo (3.06Ghz) are hitting the ceiling at that point. iTunes didn't do that under Snow Leopard.
Also note: Audio glitches don't seem to appear on any of my AirPort Expresses, only the iMac's audio.
Craig.
Same problem here since the Lion update, even with iTunes the only app open. Core i7 Mac Pro with 4 GB RAM and it appears to have some processing spikes, hope this gets resolved soon, it is extremely annoying!
I am having the same issue since the upgrade. It is happening in ITunes and VLC. Playing them through Windows 7 box or linux boxthey are fine.
Mac Mini (Mid 2010)
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Hi,
I have the same kind of issue. The "popping" seems to happen on in all different kinds of apps, sling player, chrome, firefox, or heck even when I get an email the chime makes the popping noise. I am not sure how to recreate the problem, but it just seems random. Sometimes if I just use mission control to go to a different screen will make it go away. Or a reboot does it. Never had the issue in Snow Leopard, just when I went too Lion.
Kimo
Add me to the list of those w/ popping after Lion upgrade. 210 Mac Pro dual quad-core processors.
I contacted Apple support. The tech I spoke with was not aware of a Lion-specific issue, but the first fix he suggested (referred to as a "S & P Reset") seems to have worked! To wit:
1. Shut down your MAC
2. Unplug power cord.
3. hold power button for 5 seconds.
4. Restart
Hi
I tried that, didn't work for me. Still got the popping issues.
Kimo
That was an SMC reset.
Sorry I can't help with your specific problem. I just read through this topic and saw that you misheard the tech's nomenclature.
Turns out that simply restarting my Mac Pro fixes the problem, but it gradually returns. I'm still looking for a permanent fix, too.
I am having the same issue since upgrading to Lion.
At first thought it could be down to only having only 4gb of ram, new OS etc..
So have installed a further 8gb yet the glitching continues when ever I scroll a web page etc.
It is very frustrating!
Chaz
iMac
21.5-inch, Late 2009
3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Same problem here. i7 8gig ram 2011 iMac. I am using an M Audio Interface (External Audio Card) but didn't have any problems in Leopard. I upgraded to Lion drivers for the device. I haven't tried seeing if the poping occurs without using the interface yet though. I am really disappointed with Lion so far...using my 6 year old pc laptop at the moment just so I can use the internet....
I also have popping/clicking in many forms of sound/video after Lion upgrade. iMac 2.66GHz Core 2 duo, 6g ram
Putting the computer to sleep and waking it works for a time, but it eventually returns.
A quicker fix which likely does the same thing is to send a kill -9 signal in Terminal.app to the "coreaudiod" process and force it to restart.
nestor:~ fbhjr$ ps aux | grep coreaudio _coreaudiod 60080 1.0 0.1 2453812 6436 ?? Ss 11:32AM 0:06.78 /usr/sbin/coreaudiod nestor:~ fbhjr$ sudo kill -9 60080This is obviously a problem that has developed over time.. When I first upgraded to Lion the popping was not there then after a couple of weeks it began... In my case it seems to be the audio card is turning off and on. randomly. I haven't timed it but there seems to be a definite time between when I click into a program and it cuts on and then it cuts off.... It hasn't affected any of my recording it's just super anoying when I'm not recording, especially when you have your recording gear connected to your mac and every few minutes "pop". Help!!!!
Obviously no fix for this problem yet, Apple?
Lion update the other day does not fix this.
Let's hope this gets addressed soon. Don't like that my iTunes now is almost unlistenable.
Craig.
I've been having the same problem, but strangely it goes away when I listen with my headphones
Audio Popping after Lion Upgrade