how do I turn off optical digital-out port?
how do I turn off optical digital-out port?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Blew in the headphone jack worked! I was pretty skeptical at first. Didn't even need a restart.
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FINALLY! Nothing worked for this including a toothpick until I understood from posts that dust could be the problem.
Then I fixed it first try, once I:
1. broke off the end of Round toothpick
2. rubbed the end on the table to get ti smooth and remove burrs
3. finally got the idea to moisten the end of toothpick
4. gently pushed moistened toothpick in hole and rotated it
Toothpick came out dirty looking and the red light was gone. Now the 2007 macbook cycles from internal speaker to headphone every time I plug or unplug the jack. judging from the dust removed by the toothpick, that was the problem. It looks like dust accumulates in this opening over time. Toothpick was only moistened enough to allow it to pick up dust. If you are trying the paper Q-tip stem with no success a little moisture might help do the same thing.
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The "blowing" trick is not working for me. How do I find the Audio Midi setup?
Thank you thank you soo much.
this saved my life.
Man I could hug you!
thanks so much for your post back in 2012 - it continues to do good in the world!
When I saw your comment I was like: I should try this, but I am sure it won't work. i thought wrong!! thank you so much!!!
It´s crazy but I actually tried it and it worked THANKS ... last time this happened I had to take it to tec support 😁
legend! would love to be able to thank you with a 6 pack of beers, but an online message will have to do
I just do the same thing, plug and unplug the headphone and success! 😮 Thanks everyone!
holy crap, it worked. THANK YOU. That was BAFFLING! 🙂
Which Mac(s) did you find this worked on? Which operating systems?
how do I turn off optical digital-out port?