Connect audio microphone to imac headphone output

The information suggests you can connect a microphone through the headphones jacj in a imac. However, nothing changes in preferences so I can'-t get it to work.

Any suggestions please?

Thank you

Alain

iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Sep 18, 2018 8:07 PM

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Sep 19, 2018 1:04 AM in response to Alain Greaves

A normal microphone won't work, just a phone headset with mic.

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