Fix the No Sound Problem on Mac & Macbook Pro/Air

Unless you’re stuck in 1992 when the scratches and bleeps from inside your computer were enough to immerse you in whatever game you were playing, then it’s pretty important to have sound on your Mac or Macbook. But what do you do if the music stops and sound stops working? Watch this video and find out!

Script by David

[annab]

It was informative. However, without my sound working (because that was because I was looking for info), it was a bit hard... Thank goodness for the subs.

[nerana]

I don’t nornally write comments, but I had to log in and do so just to say how grateful I was!
For nearly a year I couldn't play sound from my Mac on my TV through HDMI (the option to select the HDMI was not showing in the Sound menu). You, sir, just made my day - terminating the core audio (on my Mac showing as coreauthd) had worked a miracle!
Thank you 🙏🏼

[lareallipkins]

My sound hasn't been working for months and your video (terminal) FINALLY helped me! Thank you!

[diran]

Who else had to watch this with captions lol

[tom.sagona]

Great video. The solution at 2:28 is what I was looking for. Characteristically, Apple support doesn't mention this option. Thank you!

[sweetkittyka]

Thank you so much! Your Killaudio tip worked, I had already tried several other methods from other tutorials but none of them had worked. You're truly saving me during my finals!

[spencerkain]

IT WORKED! Quitting the coreaudiod in the Activity Monitor is what did it. Thank you!

[balutanatasha]

Thank you so much!!! I haven't had sound on my mac for a year without headphones. Only notifications and a select few things would work. All it took was resetting the core audio in Activty Monitor. Who knew! Thank you so much, saved me a trip to apple. Happy to have my sound back :)

[Books]

Brilliant! The "sudo pkill coreaudiod" worked for me. The sound on my 2018 MacBook Pro was working through the internal computer speakers, but any external speakers I plugged into the audio jack didn't work. Now they do! Thanks a mil.

[richellefischer]

Thank you so much! I am very un-technical but somehow from watching (with captions that are a bit incorrect) and reading the comments, realized how to quit the "coreaudio" and restarted computer. It's fixed! Yay! Thank you!!

[oliviamiller]

omg thank you, this worked! but thank god the subtitles are good, because I couldn't hear the YouTube video lmaooo

[christinaaiko]

Hi-lost audio after disconnecting a new pair of airpod max headphones. I was scared but entered the Terminal command/forced quit coreaudiod and...alas🙂...could hear my macbook pro's voice once again!! Much appreciation for that&providing a new trusted source for future tech issues🙏🏻

[kaylee]

Thank you so much, I was getting so stressed because the output speakers werent showing up but cancelling coreaudiod and restarting solved it for me.

[Memster]

i began to hear the video at 3:03 after resetting the core audio. Thank you.

[ProvoPizzaBytes]

This actually helped me a lot, I had to go into the terminal and it fixed all my problems!

[SiddhantJain]

You're amazing! Activity monitor - CoreAudiod - Force Quit ~ worked like a charm! 03:05.

[aqua.da]

I tried everything but only the terminal solution worked with the command you mentioned in the video. THANK YOU!!!

[victoriatrower]

OMG life saver. I have had this MAC forever and didn't even know it was sound capable because I got it second hand. I was just using a blue tooth speaker. You are a life saver. I love smarter people! Thanks again.

[emanuelagratiela]

the ZAP the NVRAM thing worked great. I didn't even realise at the beginning when I heard the restart sound. Omg, you saved my life, thank you very much!!!

[intangiblyeternal]

Honestly, no clue how it happened, but this video began playing with sound. Went back to the other applications that weren't playing sound and now all is good. Not sure what happened, but I appreciate it nonetheless! Thank you!!!