I am trying to get a stereo line input in my new MacBook. On my previous MacBook, you could choose to use the headphone jack as a line in jack instead. This is no longer an option. What do I do now?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Connect your home stereo to a Mac
If you want to digitize your vinyl record, cassette tape collection, or other sound source, you can connect your home stereo to your computer. Then use GarageBand to record the music on your Mac.
You need a USB or FireWire audio interface that has dual RCA inputs.
Depending on the audio interface you will be using, you may need a USB-C adapter as well:Attaching an audio interface
You can use a third-party audio interface to record yourself singing or playing a musical instrument on your Mac. You can also output your Mac's audio to professional speakers.
If you want to record instruments on your Mac, use USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire audio interface devices. You can use XLR, 1/4-inch phono, RCA, S/PDIF, or MIDI.
Some Mac compatible interfaces are Alesis, Apogee Digital, Roland, MOTU, and PreSonus.
Connect your home stereo to a Mac
If you want to digitize your vinyl record, cassette tape collection, or other sound source, you can connect your home stereo to your computer. Then use GarageBand to record the music on your Mac.
You need a USB or FireWire audio interface that has dual RCA inputs.
Depending on the audio interface you will be using, you may need a USB-C adapter as well:Attaching an audio interface
You can use a third-party audio interface to record yourself singing or playing a musical instrument on your Mac. You can also output your Mac's audio to professional speakers.
If you want to record instruments on your Mac, use USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire audio interface devices. You can use XLR, 1/4-inch phono, RCA, S/PDIF, or MIDI.
Some Mac compatible interfaces are Alesis, Apogee Digital, Roland, MOTU, and PreSonus.
Your answer was pretty much what I expected, though I would have appreciated a simple and cheap recommendation for an external audio interface. As has become the frustrating norm, Apple has taken a relatively simple, inexpensive issue, and made it a complicated and potentially expensive problem! I am so annoyed that they continue to diminish the standard capabilities of the iMac and MacBook by eliminating previously available functions. First, it was the inevitable loss of the CD/DVD player/recorder, then the loss of various input options, then the loss of the dedicated line/mic input, and now the loss of the the previously CHANGEABLE headphone jack into a line input. What could possibly be the reason for this? I mean, there is NO gain in external space, since the headphone jack itself still exists. And I doubt there was much internal loss of electronics. It was simply a short-sighted decision to eliminate ANOTHER convenience for users. Apple USED to be the company that made "all-in-one" computers that required almost NO third party hardware. But look where we are today. I have had to purchase a headphone adapter for my iPhone, an external Superdrive replacement, a couple of USB to USB-C adapters, a rapidly overheating Mag-safe charger adapter, and now a special external audio interface just to record my vinyl through my stereo in order to create mp3s. Thanks, Apple. You are rapidly ******* me off at a rate I thought unlikely when I first bought my Apple IIc back in the 80s.
How do I get a stereo line input on my new MacBook pro with only USB C?
