MacBook HDMI to TV has no sound

I'm having a hard time getting my tv to come up as an option. what do i need to do to get it to appear?

great tip- only problem for me is that I can't get my TV to come up as an option

I have the problem where my hdmi is not being recognized. Any thoughts? I'm only getting internal speakers and AirPlay (I have Apple TV as well).

I have a thunderbolt adapter and hdmi cord and my computer displays on the TV but not the audio. What cord do i use to connect my vizio TV (at least 5 years old) to my new macbook pro retina?

I used just an HDMI cord from my TV to my laptop and i still have no sound. I even tried an audio cord that goes from my computer to the L and R audio on the TV.

Any other suggestions? I have also gone to utilities> Audio MDI setup> and tried to alter the input output format but still no sound. Also tried the TV settings, still no luck.

Is there an audio cord that connects to the TV that would work so I dont have to listen through computer speakers

Help!

Make sure to unplug anything out of your headphone jack. I did this as a last resort, and the audio via HDMI turned on like magic.

I have a 2011 13" MacBook Pro and I can't even get my TV to show up, so none of the options above work.

Does anyone know why the TV wouldn't even show up, I've tried it on two TV's and although I get the mirror display of my MacBook, I just can't get sound...

Please someone help...

I have Toshiba and or John Lewis TV, both of which are not that old...

I am using a gold HDMI lead with an adapter

So frustrated now.

thanks

I have tried every option suggested in this thread, but I never have an option to select TV or HDMI. What am I missing? I have a macbook pro purshcased new in Nov. 2012 from Apple. I connected to tv using a Mini display port to HDMI cable. Video works fine, but no audio.

now i keep getting this and i figured it out, so easy, but have since forgot.....there is a setting like midi, but different and can't remember it......i have been looking for the post where i saw this since last nite.....arghhhh

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i guess it is just the midi settings that i am talking about....but the settings r all set to hdmi output.....frustrating

bister07, just make sure u r hooked into your tv and on the correct channel , otherwise the hdmi option will not show up

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Hey, I tried setting up the audio and it didn't work until I did some fiddlin around. So when you plug in the hdmi to your tv, in System Preferences>Displays, you should find you tv in that category. Now, open Utilities>Audio HDMI Setup. Bottom right hand corner, click the + button and select Create New Multi-Output Device. Now a new catagory called Multi-Output Device should appear. Click it, select HDMI and check off the box and there you go.

Hey, check out my previous reply to ashhhbee. This should work. Remember though, when the mac is connected to the tv, it should display the mac desktop, and not be functioning as a second display.

Thank you so much!

Holding option while clicking on the speaker icon worked for me too, to let me swich audio sources. It's weird the default is not to play sound through the HDMI or give you visible options when you are connected to HDMI.

Thank you again.

Go to System Preferences --> Sound --> Output --> Click On The Tv Output. For me I plugged my hdmi from my Macbook Pro to my Samsung Tv. As soon as I clicked on the tv it did not appear as nothing happened. But no sound will come from your laptop but will transfer sound to the tv. Test the sound by playing music to make sure it works.

I too have tried EVERY reset, settings options etc and no joy....My son was having the same issues using my HDMI cable when he was visiting and he tried the PRAM reset and it worked but my MacBook sadly a PRAM reset did nothing :( I can not get the TV or the HDMI to show up anywhere ...Help