FaceTime making strange clicking sound since OS X 10.10

I've upgraded to 10.10.1 today and FaceTime (and Google Hangout) still clicks, with no audio coming through. Anyone else also have problems with Hangout?? It's interesting that FaceTime works at the Apple store. I'm using Netgear N-150 which worked before 10.10. Maybe it's a Netgear compatibility issue.. Any thoughts?

Okay, here's what I got:

1) Facetime/Google Hangout - Works fine when I have external speakers or ear buds plugged in. Still get clicking and no audio when using the internal speakers. My external speakers are using the digital output port and my ear buds are nothing special. Both work fine.

2) Skype - Works fine, period. Audio is not an issue no matter what my configuration is.

I was video chatting with my son who has a Mac Mini (10.10.1) and he is having the exact same results that I have on my MacBook Pro (also at 10.10.1). Both systems are connected via Wifi. At least I'm now able to video chat.

Interesting... At the moment I believe (at least for me) that this issue has to do with the internal speakers and how Facetime/Hangout is interfacing with them.

Side note: iTunes and Quicktime work fine on the internal speakers.

It has nothing to do with router, as i have the same issue on every router ( i travel with mac between work ( Netgear) and home Airport Extreme). It does not happen all the time, but it does happen after 2-3 successful calls. Having another partition on HD and installing Maverics on it makes problem none-existent. I used Maverics partition for 7 days and never experienced this issue.

Updated to 10.10.1, still same problem. Popping or clicks. Using Time Capsule. MacBook Pro 15" early 2011.

PS: The ITunes "kind of work around" mentioned before makes the problem go away while play music.

I just wanted to add to this discussion to keep the complaints rolling about popping noise in FaceTime. I'm running a late 2008 MacBook (250 GB SSD, 8 GB Ram) with Yosemite 10.10 and the popping noise is persistent. Also, all audio is lost once the FaceTime connection has been made, microphone and speakers. Restarting the computer does ensure the next call works, but obviously this is an infuriating temporary fix. I've just installed 10.10.1, but haven't had the opportunity to see how it performs on my Mac. Will report back if I have any good news.

Harry!

FANTASTIC! YOUR SOLUTION WORKED - FACETIME SOUND IS GREAT AND CLICKING NOISE IS GONE!!!!!

I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH APPLE SUPPORT - THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND SAID IT IS PROBABLY THE ROUTER - WRONG!

AFTER TWO VISITS TO THE APPLE STORE AND A TECH CALL YOUR SOLUTION WORKED!!

PAUL

well HOW relieved I am to see I'm not the only one..with no volume and popping sound...I was excited to see I could make a call on Macbook and my iPad LOVE the feature but my iPad 3 and early 2011 Macbook were shown to not support the feature when it didn't work I researched it to find out it wasn't supported..but my 2 new iMacs do ....how happy I was to see it does now with the update.it works ...EXCEPT...for no volume and popping....it'll be fixed by them...I received a call that came through on my iPad and I answered it !!! made my day...

I tinkered with it made calls from address book still happening then all of a sudden after a few tries on cellular and FaceTime it stopped volume fine now...but hoping it stays and clicking doesn't come back.. praying it sticks and doesn't revert...cant say I did anything special it just stopped

+1

Late 2009 mbp crackling and no other sound from speakers during and after iphone calling.

All solutions posted above are only temporary.

I updated to 8.x and yosemite especially for this feature. very disappointing.

Early 2011 13 inch MBP with same issue - No Sound, Constant Clicking & Popping

Thanks for the suggestion of plugging and unplugging headphones in - not great having to do that, but it allowed me to use FT when I needed it

Updated to 10.10.1 and iOS 8.1 and that seems to have done the trick. I think the key was upgrading the iOS devices and now everything is working correctly.

Tested calling and fine.

Tested plugging and unplugging headphones. Worked normally.

Restarted computer and called. Worked normally.

Tested plugging and unplugging headphones again. Worked normally.

It's been 48 hours and no problems. Please update your iOS devices and update to 10.10.1 and reply back with reports! I'm hopeful this solves it for you too.

Best,

Shawn

I'm sure everyone read my previous posts but right now everything is working fine. Before my FaceTime had now audio and clicking sound - now it's fine. Right after that my videos on YouTube wouldn't play - today all is well. I didn't do anything to my computer and I'm not planning to as long as everything is running correctly.

If anyone has any idea what the problem could have been please post.

Hi Same problem here, For me it is related with the headphone, when I get in and after out during a FaceTime call, I have this "clicking sound", Please Apple fix it as soon as possible ... We trust in you!

I am running iOS 8.1 and have had these issues.
To be blunt, I don't follow your rationale. It is not the iOS with different hardware that has the problem. It is the FaceTime on OSX. I cannot see how updating iOS on different device and platform could fix a problem in MBP OSX.

I was thinking it had something to do with Continuity, that and the fact that the issue stopped once the iOS devices were updated.

That's why I asked if anyone else was still experiencing this after updating to iOS 8.1.

Thanks for your feedback.