HT206770: About the OS X El Capitan v10.11.6 Update
Learn about About the OS X El Capitan v10.11.6 Update
Q: No sound after installing 10.11.6
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by leroydouglas,Jul 18, 2016 7:43 PM
leroydouglas
Jul 18, 2016 7:43 PM
in response to dwightfromscottsdale
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Sep 1, 2016 10:56 AMby grumpybrit,So I found a solution to my problem (which may or may not be the same as this).
When I went to System Preferences > Sound > Output tab,
the only listed device was "Optical Digital Output Port". It should say "Internal Speakers".
Googling, I found this link: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4571999?tstart=0
Apparently the Optical Digital Output Port is selected as the default sound output when
the Mac detects some kinds of cable in the headphone jack. The web page had a simple solution
to this problem. Basically clean out the headphone jack. Possible ways to do this:
compressed air from a can/ toothpick (possibly not recommended) / I just inserted and removed
a pair of earphones several times.
I did this and voilà!
