No sound from MacBook Pro

i just had a problem with this with my roommate's macbook. this video should apply to either macbook or macbook pro. basically you'll need a safety pin and a pliers (to bend the safety pin at the tip into an L shape). best of luck. this is definitely a hardware issue, and it's not too hard to fix. just check out the video. best of luck. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG6OS8tz3U

kevin

worked first time, nice tip povall

I had the same issue as everyone described. Someone suggested just wiggling the headphones in and out of the side of the laptop. That worked for me!

Another possible solution:

I have recently installed "AirParrot" which mimicks my screen to an AppleTV. This is because my MBP is to old for the new Lion OX AirPlay feature. Within the app you need to select an output device to play the audio through. Once you exit the app you don't always regain audio back to your speakers for everything. It had me stumped for a while because I was getting all notification tones but sound from YouTube and iTunes was zippo.

Always the first place to go is to check your Sound Output settings in preferences. 😉

Additionally to no sound available, I could only type capital letters. When I opened my MacBook Pro late 2008, I found the small cable loose, marked by the red arrow. Opened the safety mechanisem, inserted it again, closed the stirrup again, restart - everything fine again! :-))

Hope it helps somebody else - I lost hours troubleshooting the software...

SDGPaul thank you for your post it actually worked for me!!! I was having the same problem where I couldn't use the valume at at but once I pluged in the headphones and checked system prefences it started working fine again.

thank you soooo much😁...

i don't know how but it worked for me!!!!!! i plugged and unplugged my headphones and that's all!!!! THAAAANK YOU A LOT! i was started to freak out!!! greetings from ecuador!

Similar fix, on a 17" i7 Macbook Pro: the headphone jack in then out method didn't work, or it worked but then got "broken" again and again.

Sticking the jack in changed the device from optical digital output to headphone, but upon removing the jack it reverted to optical digital, and this didn't change even after many reapeats, restarts etc: each time I pulled the jack out, the Sound prefs showed headphone changing back to optical digital.

Then I tried this: opened Sound prefs, went to the pane for device for sound output, stuck the headphone jack in, at which the device name changed to headphone, then I clicked on the line showing headphone, but I *held the mouse button down*, and while holding it down removed the jack. This made the device name change to internal speaker, and it worked again...

Does this mean it is both a hardware and a software issue?

I had to do the same thing as Bransome, worked for me. Thanks!

Followed this and it worked! Saved me from unnecessary downloads!

Happy New Year!

Tobenz,

Thanks. It may be simple, but it sure worked for me. I love simple fixes! I appreciate your post.

Mark

Thanks Michael - that worked for me too.... although I did have to try a few times.

Cheers,

Steve

This worked for me...Thanks!

Unreal. I had the same problem and Paul's solution worked. It reminded me I had watched a movie in a different room with the headphones.