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Q: Yosemite: Volume menu icon incorrect; Macbook Air

I upgraded from Mountain Lion to Yosemite recently.  The volume control in the menu is displaying incorrectly.  It thinks the volume is up when it is muted, and it doesn't match the actual volume level set by the hotkeys or other interfaces.  The icon is like the old icon, it just doesn't update properly.  The drop-down tool when you click on the icon is also incorrect, it'll display volume when there is none, and none when there is some.  It'll be the same as the icon, though.

 

This is on a mid-2013 Macbook Air.

 

Is there something I can do to fix this?

 

-Crissa

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), 11", mid 2013, i7 1.7, 8GB RAM

Posted on Apr 24, 2015 11:02 AM

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Apr 24, 2015 11:05 AM in response to Crissa
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    Apr 24, 2015 11:05 AM in response to Crissa

    Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive

     

    Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.

     

    Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive

     

    Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.

     

    When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list.  Click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If Disk Utility reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit Disk Utility and return to the main menu.

     

    Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.

     

    Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

     

    Alternatively, see:

     

    Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive

     

    Choose the version you have installed now:

     

    OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X

    OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X

    OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X

    OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X

     

         Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet

                     if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

  • by Crissa,

    Crissa Crissa Oct 6, 2016 10:26 PM in response to Kappy
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    Mac OS X
    Oct 6, 2016 10:26 PM in response to Kappy

    Kappy's response was spectacularly unhelpful.

     

    The real answer was that the volume controls were being messed with by plugging in a third-party device which wasn't relinquishing control.  (Old bluetooth headphones)

     

    Using alt-click on the volume icon to select the proper input and rebooting fixed the problem.  A later update cleared the issue completely.