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Q: OS defaults monitor audio to wrong monitor

I've had this problem for several years on my MacPro 5,1:

I have a pair of 27's, with my main focus being on the left monitor and the right monitor being used for such things a pallete layouts. When using System Prefs to assign audio output to the left monitor I see that the left display shows up as second display in the list, not the first. Whenever I restart, the audio defaults to the right monitor (the first monitor in the list). I have tried switching the ports on the video card and physically swapping the positions of the monitors on my desk and specifying the left monitor as primary monitor but just as before, System Prefs sets the audio output default as being the exact opposite of the primary monitor.

This issue has persisted for five years and from Mountain Lion on through to El Capitan. Am I the only one who is experiencing this reversed default?

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), Mac Pro 5,1

Posted on Mar 31, 2016 6:47 AM