2018 Macbook Pro 15`Inch Crackling Speakers

many colleagues of mine also have this cracking problem with their 2018 models, so far it seems the cracking sound can be solved by rebooting the system. this problem is believed to be so widespread, no patch or any sort of solution has been made by apple is totally unacceptable. it just feels ridiculous every time I'm forced to reboot the system while knowing I've paid 3k for that .

I'm now in contact with the apple support. It seems that they have no idea jet. Apple wants to find the reason for this software issue and they told me to do some terminal stuff and I send the system diagnosis to apple today. Let see if something happens.

The last safety update 10.13.6 which I did yesterday don`t changed anything. The sound problems are horrible.

I have the same problem and the apple store told me they had never heard of this problem before.

They gave me a second mac and said if this had the problem too it was down to my apps etc.. But hey presto - same issues as before. Am going back in next week and demand a third mac.

I have a Macbook pro 2016 15". My speakers began to play up after I began using headphones. Maybe the headphone jack is dodgy and fails to recontact after the headphones are removed.

I am encouraged by your statement that Apple is aware of this issue and update should be coming soon. How did you contact apple, via customer support chat or is there a better way? I am debating if I should return my 15" MacBook Pro now while under the initial 2 week period or trust that there is a fix coming as this noise is unacceptable.

I must emphasize once again that this noise exhibited itself to me on 2 brand new out of box 15" MacBook Pros while streaming audio or video so it appears to me this is a generic issue which should be escalated to the top of the priority list!

I just bought it and I have been using it for two days now. It works perfectly, but I only have two issues with it:

1. Whatever headset I use I get a cracking/ screeching sound. At first I started to doubt my headset, but then I connected them to other devices and the sound was top notch as usual. Then I figured there must be something wrong with the audio jack of my laptop. I have not tested the speaker of the MacBook or returned it to the store yet. I am hoping that it is some software issue and not hardware related.

2. I cannot play 4k/ 8k movies online, because it is not yet supported on the current MacOS (as far as I know). I hope that Apple releases an update soon at least fixing one of these issues.

I have exactly the sam problem. I have a brandnew MacBook Pro 15 (5665.- Euro) and nobody find a solution. Apple just changed my mainboard because they thought that it is maybe the audiocard on the board but nothing changed. The problem occurs after hearing music with iTunes after some while (sometimes half an hour, sometimes several hours). The problem disappears after restarting iTunes but comes back again. Because I work as a DJ too I am very bugged out because I sold my old MacBook Pro 15 fro 2011 and have no idea what to do now. I tried several things (new setup, throwing away midi drivers.....) but nothing seem to work. Help needed!!!!

Hello, I have the same problem with my MacBook Pro 2017 15" with touch bar.

First my SSD died (after one year) and when I they repaired it (new motherboard) my left speaker is making crackling sounds...

I don't want to replace my motherboard again - and it costs a lot of money - almost 1000 Euro!!

(2018 MBP i9, 32gb ram, 1tb hdd, High Sierra 10.13.6) The Apollo Twin also shows no issues with external speakers. Just tried it for the last couple hours.

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No, the apple support has no idea. The only suggestion is to keep my MPB 2018 up to date?1? No solution. My feeling is that they let their customers standing in the rain. Months and months are passing by. The MBP for more than 5500.- Euros is useless

for me.

Has there been any fix to this issue? I have the same model Macbook Pro 15" and just started to experience the crackling sounds with the speakers. It doesn't happen with my EarPods connected.

How did you contact apple, via customer support chat or is there a better way?

Of course they will pretend not to know anything about it.

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