

However, the PowerDeWise microphone has a 3.5mm jack adapter, therefore, you’ll need a 3.5 mm headphone and Mic females to male Type A USB male end USB Soundcard, which allows you to connect the microphone to your device’s USB port. Specific operating systems don’t even recognize the microphone at all but the built-in speaker of a MacBook Air still stops workingĬonnecting the microphone through the USB port of your MacBook Air rather than the headphone port is another way of allowing the external microphone to function independently of the computer’s built-in speaker. So, while you can use it to record, you will need to unplug the microphone to listen to the recording. In other words, your built-in speaker stops work, as it does in a smartphone. All sound input devices available to your Mac are listed. (You may need to scroll down.) Click Input on the right, then select the device you want to use in the list of sound input devices. Instead of recognizing the microphone as a microphone it sees as a microphone and headphones at the same time. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Sound in the sidebar. We would like to point out the fact that the recent MacBook Air generations, with one headphone jack, do not recognize external microphones like the older ones with separate microphone and headphone ports. MacBook Air Retina 13.If the built-in speaker of your MacBook Air stops working after connecting the microphone to your computer, relax, take a deep breath, then please note the following points:įirst, this is normal. I loveed my experience with BackMarket when I bought my refurbished phone at the beginning of 2022, so I'm sad this is my experience with buying a new-to-me computer after my 2014 MacBook air crashed. I would call this condition "Fair" at best, and would appreeciatee a fix, a reefund of part of the purchasee, or a replacement if possible.

I quitee likee the computeer's 16GB RAM and 256GB capacity and I don't necessarily expect a replacement (nor could I pay for a computer that is more expeeensivee than this onee) but this computer was sold in "Good" shapee and wasn't supposeed to havee keeyboard issues. As you can see, theereee are seevereal keys that are a bit broken on the keyboard - notably, the e will often do multiplee e's, and the otheer key that is broken is thee "s" key, which often doesn't activate until I'vee preesed down HARD several times.

The feedback feature was broken for a few days so I couldn't leave a more timeley commeent, but I'm having trouble with my neew computer.
