Comments on: Change the Sound Output Device in Mac OS X

By: sTRApo

sTRApo — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:14:53 +0000

Could you help me?? I do not have a Line-in in Ouput, so I found it hard to sett it. My speakers on MacBook do not be active. I hear sound only trough the headphones. Is that normaly?

By: SirRodney

SirRodney — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:47:35 +0000

I have beed using PC for many years - the windows mixer desk is VGOOD - the mac osx is TOO simple - on my macpro I cannot choose to record or use ALL the ins and outs at the same time.. or select which input to record from !! but if i boot into windows (pentium mac) i have FULL control of what ins and outs to mute or select for recording — this is VERY fookin anying as i have to goto windows to do some recording… why cant i have the same control as windows on me mac audio ????

this is the ONLY thing windows is better on ? can anyone help ?

By: Cliff

Cliff — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:32:33 +0000

Generally I agree, but I think it’s bizarre that the Mac won’t switch to the headphone jack automatically when headphones are inserted. My 6 year old Dell does that.

By: Of Zen and Computing

Of Zen and Computing — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:18:57 +0000

Be careful what you wish for, hank.

In all seriousness though, this site caters to all computer users. I agree, OS X has a gorgeous interface that Just Makes Sense. However, I get asked these kinds of questions every day. Think of any feature of any computer or software package, and someone has a question about it. And in the end, there are no stupid questions. Obvious, maybe. But not stupid.

By: hank

hank — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:26:07 +0000

I’m sorry guys, this is just Captain Obvious speaking. You probably come from the Windows side of the world [nothing wrong with it, I'm not bashing anything] which does tend to obfuscate these things [Vista is... puzzling to put it mildly].

Changing Preferences in OS X must be the most easy thing in the world. It’s a great and gorgeous interface. To have something like this on reddit… ninja, please.

What’s the next post going to be about, emptying the trash?

By: Of Zen and Computing

Of Zen and Computing — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:45:25 +0000

Thanks Insominic. blogged here.

By: Insomnic

Insomnic — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:53:40 +0000

I found a free program called SoundSource from Rogue Amoeba that works great for switching between both inputs and outputs. It just sits in the menu bar and lets you swap between sources with just a few clicks. Helped when they changed some of the audio options on the new Mac Pros. You can find it here: http://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/
(I don’t have any affiliation with them … just liked the product)