Comment from Ronnie
Another solution that is to get an inexpensive audio interface with a headphone jack. I use a Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 for recording, and I use the headphone jack on the front of it. It also connects via...
View ArticleComment from Grey
I wonder if this inexpensive USB adapter might serve the purpose http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Headphone-Microphone-Aluminum-Compatibility/dp/B00NMXY2MOWhat scares me about Tim Cook is his apparent...
View ArticleComment from Josh Centers
Right, that'd be a DAC, which I mentioned in the article. They run the gamut from $6 dongles to expensive professional-grade units like the Scarlet.
View ArticleComment from Josh Centers
I have zero doubts that Steve would have signed off on the existing iMacs. Remember the old SuperDrive iMacs that had the SuperDrive and SD card slots on the side, so if you weren't careful, you'd...
View ArticleComment from Grey
To clarify: I'm bitching about OSX, specifically , which seems to be the essence of your article as well — i.e., “signing off” on annoying deficiencies that could be easily mitigated (in your example)...
View ArticleComment from John Beatty
For many years I've used a couple of Yamaha amplifiers that take USB input (I bought several spares on eBay after Yamaha ceased making them). Nobody else seemed to make an equivalent amp at the time,...
View ArticleComment from Charles Ross
While I admit that I've had the stuck headphone switch on my 17" MBP, and also admit I've always been able to fix it by plugging and unplugging headphones, I'd much rather Apple allow a software...
View ArticleComment from Peter Hertzmann
I'm using a similar USB adapter, also under $10, with my 5K iMac. I run an extension cable behind my desk and under it so my headphones plug in at the front. This keeps my desktop free of cabling. It...
View ArticleComment from Paul Collins
I feel your pain. I find a USB headset (with mic) like those sold by Skype gives very satisfactory results for music or TV listening (YEMNA: your ears may not agree). Plus it has lots of other uses. I...
View ArticleComment from Dave Kitabjian
Nice article and interesting discovery. I have a feeling this was probably the cause of strange sound behavior I have seen in the past. It would be nice if connecting headphones was as painless as...
View ArticleComment from bill452
Hi, I have long been concerned about the headphone problem, just on general wear-and-tear principles. I've never had it fail in that particular way but was concerned. Anyway I needed to do something as...
View ArticleComment from Openreels
There should be a software override in the Sound control panel. Hmmm, doesn't Windows have something like this...?I'd also like to see the return of the analog Line Input jack!!!
View ArticleComment from Bob Edsall
My problem is the reverse. I can't get the Mac to recognize when I plug headphones or a set of computer speakers into the headphone port.
View ArticleComment from Roger Moffat
I have two Dell UH2414H 24" displays connected to my 2008 Mac Pro by Display Port, but don't see the option to choose Display Port in my Sound output settings.Would this be because they're connected to...
View ArticleComment from Josh Centers
Hmm, yeah, could be the graphics card. I'm not quite sure how Apple wires things up on the inside to send sound through the video card.
View ArticleComment from B. Jefferson Le Blanc
For many years I used a PowerWave USB audio device from Griffin Technology to bring the headphone port to my desktop from behind one or another Mac tower on the floor under my desk. When it developed a...
View ArticleComment from B. Jefferson Le Blanc
On another note, I agree Ive has lost his magic touch. He's applied his minimalist ethic to the OS X interface, where it is far less useful than it is with hardware design. Though, frankly, I think...
View ArticleComment from e
so, Man up! If you can swing a 27" retina iMac and another 27" monitor, you can afford a decent USB Dac.
View ArticleComment from e
they just need an improved headphone jack. The functionality, when it's working, is ideal. no need to fiddle with software, just plug or unplug as needed. the repainting fiasco was back in the Bad...
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