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Daxter137 Author

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MacBook Pro Retina Sound Issues

Hi folks,

I used my MacBook Pro Retina with no difficulties over the last 2 month,

but recently I have experienced some sound problems.

Often, when I just want to play a video on YouTube or listen to some

music, the sound stops for a blink of an eye or is crackling throughout the

song or video.

It sounds a bit like the soundcard is having difficulties to play back the

sound, but I don't think a normal iTunes Song is causing this.

I furthermore imagine, that some driver is not running properly or

the threads for audio output are disturbing each other.

But I have absolutely no clue, what the cause is.

Maybe someone else experienced the same.

I would be grateful for any help.

Ps: I have the MacBook Pro Retina Mid 2012 (2,6 GHZ; 16 GB RAM; 512 GB SSD) Version,

if this is any hint.

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 4, 2012 3:25 PM

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northpasture

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Posted on Oct 4, 2012 5:14 PM

I have the same exact problem on my base Retina MacBook Pro. It's very annoying and it didn't do it before I upgraded to Mountain Lion.

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hherauf

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Jan 11, 2014 11:59 AM in response to Daxter137

Yeah I just got mine a couple weeks ago, I just started up Spotify and it seems like I'm only getting the static noise when scrolling on my trackpad. I also get very frustrated knowing how much I paid for this and not getting the quality that I expect.

dimyriy

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Jan 27, 2014 1:07 PM in response to hherauf

How about restart your mac?

noid669

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Mar 30, 2014 8:56 PM in response to Daxter137

Ive got sound issues but i dont know if is hardware problems.

On Thursday i received my new rMBP 15 and replaced my original rMBP2012...

The sound quality diferrence between ther is noticable.

On the new MBP High Freq. Sounds not sounds as good as the rMBP2012 model.

Apr 2, 2014 11:26 PM in response to Daxter137

ive had this laptop for a week today i use it to produce music i expect the best quality which is why i went with mac, also cause the programs i use perform the best on macs, i have an ipad, and an iphone. Ever since the day i opened it i had this problem and mine is the late 2013 model if iwanted shity quality i would of stuck with pc you guys should work out a deal like HP did with dr dre for your speakers on the next gen RMBP cause that was my next choice simply for the sound quality please fix this also im not changing my screen quality for sound my cousin also uses this for his photos atm i have krk rokit 8s but if its even happening when people plug in their speakers i dont want to hear that during playback

Zebbler

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May 1, 2014 3:54 PM in response to kfraser23

Blah. My crackling issue came back full force. Pandora, Vimeo - all crackle as they play media through my Retina MacBook Pro. *** indeed. This feels like a cruel joke, as this was not happening in any way back in 2003 with some of the earliest Mac Books I owned.

May 2, 2014 4:32 AM in response to Zebbler

Yeah, originally swithed to Mac because of it's multitasking capabilties. Today, if i had f.e Logic Pro open, then ALL the other program that uses soundcard WILL crackle. When i shut down Logic and have only one program open at the time it'll be quite ok. That's my solution, i don't know if it's hardware or software based issue..

MacBook Pro Retina Sound Issues