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    Tip: Mac OS X Audio - Random Pops -> Workaround

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    • mark
      mark last edited by

      Dear All,

      I don't know when this started but at a certain point, after connecting the headphone audio jack to a set of speakers, I was greeted with random pops. Notably, these went away when actually playing audio, but as soon as the audio stopped playing, the clicks came back.
      I finally had time to research this, and it is not an uncommon problem, and seems to be directly related to some kind of bug in Mac OS X having to do with powering up/down the audio card to save power.
      But one poster suggested a solution that works: play a silent audio file in a loop in QuickTime player. The fact that audio is being sent to the output ensures the power to the audio card is not turned off, and _voila_, no pops.
      Best Wishes,
      Mark

      Media Artist & Creator of Isadora
      Macintosh SE-30, 32 Mb RAM, MacOS 7.6, Dual Floppy Drives

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      • particlep
        particlep last edited by

        like ! (omg - that"s so facebook) coughs. i like this cheeky workaround.

        isadora v3.0.7
        mbp 2.6ghz i7
        mac osx 10.12.6
        dyslexic.

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        • Bill Cottman
          Bill Cottman last edited by

          thanks! excellent tip.

          http://www.BillCottman.com : Isadora3.0.8f09 with MBP OS X 10.11.6 in Minneapolis, MN

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          • crystalhorizon
            crystalhorizon Beta Platinum last edited by

            Thank you!

            Alexander Nantschev | http://www.crystalhorizon.at | located in Vienna Austria

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