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Why is my MacBook Pro headphone output so low?

For some reason, the output on the headphone port on my MacBook Pro is suddenly very low. I have a SoundStick III connected to it and at full volume, I can barely hear anything. I got another SoundStick III that I connected to the headphone port and I had the same results, the output is very low.


I tried switching the cable that goes from the headphone port to the SoundStick but, again, same result.


It seems to have happened after a previous system update. I tried to reset the NVRAM, PRAM, and SMC but that didn't do anything.


Anyone knows what could be going on?




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Posted on Jan 10, 2025 9:10 AM

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Jan 13, 2025 4:39 PM in response to Tesserax

No, I didn't try another brand. Before the last major update to Sequoia, the SoundStick was very loud at full power. I have no doubt that it's working fine but, like I mentioned, I got another SoundStick and got the same results, very low output. I switched the cable that connects from the SoundStick to the Mac but it didn't improve anything. I don't have any other equipment that I could test, unfortunately. But, like I said, before the last update to Sequoia, I would not run the volume at full power because it was too loud. Now, the volume is at the maximum but I can barely hear anything. Something is wrong somewhere with my Mac or the system...

Why is my MacBook Pro headphone output so low?

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