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Headphone Plugin Plays Buffered Sounds

I'm having a strange issue with my Retina MacBook Pro (aside from the well known heat and power issues). Whenever I plug in a pair of headphones the machine will play, in sequence, all of the noises that have occured since it was last shutdown/put to sleep. For example, If I've gotten a bunch of emails in Mail and sometime later I plug in a pair of headphones, all of the "new message" sounds will play one after another. It seems to occur for all system related sounds, whether they already played through the speakers originally, or if the machine was muted.

Is anyone else having this issue?

Posted on Aug 13, 2012 9:43 AM

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Tim Fall Author

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Feb 1, 2013 5:58 PM in response to giovannifg

I'm just asking if the OS you are on is 10.8 or 10.7

Feb 1, 2013 6:00 PM in response to Tim Fall

And I've just told you it is 10.8.2

Tim Fall Author

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Feb 1, 2013 6:03 PM in response to giovannifg

The other thing I noticed a while back was that resetting Mail seemed to change the issue. Try making a backup of Mail's preferences (help can be had if you need it) and deleting them before launching Mail. That might give you some insight.

Feb 1, 2013 6:06 PM in response to Tim Fall

Actually, I'm using Outlook, not Mail, and the beeping sounds come out with Outlook. I haven't test whether they happen with Mail, too, as Outlook is my client

Tim Fall Author

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Feb 1, 2013 6:08 PM in response to giovannifg

It may be worth doing a backup and clean reinstall when 10.8.3 comes out soon.

Feb 1, 2013 6:10 PM in response to Tim Fall

Ok, I'm new to Mac and I didn't know you can actually do a clean install... I'll try and find out more. For the time being, thank you!

Tim Fall Author

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Feb 1, 2013 6:14 PM in response to giovannifg

If you need help, let me know (it's very easy). It is very important to do a backup first though! The easiest way would be through Time Machine. There are instructions online that you should be able to find.

Feb 1, 2013 6:18 PM in response to Tim Fall

That's so kind of you, thank you! Is it like formatting a Windows PC? Can I install everyhting from zero? Or is it like a system restore?

Tim Fall Author

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Feb 1, 2013 7:33 PM in response to giovannifg

It's much much easier. Here are the basic steps you'll want to follow:

1. Backup everything on your computer. I recommend using Time Machine (usually with an external drive). Let it complete at least one backup before you do anything.

2. Boot to the recovery partition (hold down Cmd + R on bootup).

3. Erase the primary drive using the Disk Utility.

4. Reboot the computer into internet recovery mode (this should happen if you try to reboot normally after deleting the OS).

Internet Recovery Mode will download an OS image from the internet and install it automatically. You will need an internet connection to be active during this, and it's a pretty big download so a faster connection would be better.

5. Once the installation is complete, you can either use the recovery partition or the Migration Assistant to restore from your Time Machine backup.

These are just the basic steps. For more specifics, you can find instructions online, or ask me.

Headphone Plugin Plays Buffered Sounds