macOS has two distinct volume control options in the Sound preference pane that affect how a Mac produces sound. The Alert volume slider in the middle controls sound effect and notification volume; ...

If better Mac audio is on your list of resolutions for 2026, the folks at Rogue Amoeba have you covered with SoundSource, ...

BlackHole is a free, open-source tool to route audio anywhere on your Mac. You know how the audio from YouTube in Safari comes out the speakers or headphones of your Mac, and that’s about it? Well, ...

A new MacOS 12.3 update is out now, and it marks the wide release of Universal Control. The feature was first available when MacOS 12.3 was in beta, but now it is widely available to every Mac user.

A reader found an interesting solution to a problem he was having with sound output quality in Mac OS 9: "After installing Mac OS 9, I started having poor quality sound output from CD track rips (in ...

The sound can stop working on your MacBook at any time for a variety of reasons. Because it has so many possible causes, it's hard to pin down exactly when your MacBook can lose audio, but this ...

Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...