My MacBook Pro 2018 version speakers are crackling.

Hey there, I know I’m late in the game, but I bought my new MacBook Pro 15” 2018 around the same time you did, and have been experiencing the same problem. Many times a YouTube video or Logic Pro X will just lock up and begin to loop some sound fragment over and over again. Also locking up the functionality of the computer, forcing a hard restart. After Mojave was released, it got better, but I’m still getting the random repeating sounds and crackling pops from the speakers regardless of the application. Having bought the computer for music production, I’m hoping a resolution is discovered regarding this. I’ll report anything I find after my next discussion with support.

I bought my mac is less than 01 month and I am having problems with the audio, it seems that the sound comes out as if the boxes were damaged, the sound of the right box with a constant noise as if it had scratched the sound. And worse, now Apple's suggestion is to send for technical assistance to replace parts, which does not help because it would take a while that I do not have to run out of a computer. The least they should do is to immediately change the computer to a new one without any problems.

I had the same issue on my MacBookPro 2018 - speakers crackling after 45min of continuous use, which goes away temporarily after reopening the program. Reseting the SMC (Reboot + Shift + Ctrl + Option) and updating to Mojave solved this problem for me, although I'm not sure which of the two was the actual fix, nor how long it will last.

I Started a Youtube Channel Documenting Issues Related to this.

The Goal Is To:

• Create public awareness about audio issues.

• Create a public record of T2-related audio glitches.

• Provide a video hub for people to take their issues to Social Media.

If you have a youtube link or want to upload video of your issue and have me add it to the playlist:

Reply to this post and paste a link, or paste a link in the MacRumors thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-pro-2018-speakers-crackling.2128234

Doesn't matter what model as long as its a T2/T1-related audio issue:

• 2018 Macbook Pro

• 2018 Mac Mini

• 2018 Macbook Air

• 2016 Touchbar Macbook Pro

• Imac Pro

Channel Link:

Mac T2 Chip Audio Glitches

Main Playlist:

2018 Touchbar MacBook / T2-Related Audio Glitches


Feel free to blast the channel link or playlist to any relevant forums or social media channels.

(I'm not taking ad revenue on this channel. It's strictly as a public resource intended for Apple to deal with the issue ASAP.)

Same issue here but now is getting even worst, every time i play music or whatever, there is the crackling, double voices and etc. After i restart my Macbook Pro 2018 13inch the problem gets resolved for 5-10 min. and then everything goes back to the crackling, double voices version....

Same issue here with my 5 days old MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018 – 2,6 GHz i7, 16GB Ram). Running 10.14.4.

Nothings helps – the sound of the left speaker is crackling every time I play music, watch movies or whatever. Restarting the MacBook fixes the problem for a few seconds.

Still struggling with same issue. After about 50 minutes of iTunes listening , or tv streaming, or a longer youtube watching, my 15" MacBook Pro starts crackling every 10 seconds. Back and forth to assistance several times without results. Very frustrating and unacceptable.

These issue are extreme well known and it seems Apple is unable to fix it. I went through 5 2018 MacBook Pro top spec and 13 inch and they all did it. You may notice that it gets worse when the battery gets to 5 percent. I wish you lick but I would demand a refund and wait for the next batch and hope they fix it for 2019!

Same problem. Talking to tech support right now. He doesn't seem to have any ideas.

That is extremely odd, extremely after getting it replaced. What version of macOS are you using?

Richard

Is it the sound heard in this video clip? https://youtu.be/AyPzhk3CkIY My 15” 2018 MBP speakers start doing this when running anything resource intensive. A bit worrying :/

Getting the same noise every 10 seconds while listening to iTunes music or playing video games on the new Macbook Pro 2018 13inch

PRAM reset seemed to help a little but the problem came back.