internal mike for garage band on new macbook air

I just purchased a new macbook air and attempted to use garage band to make a single track recording and was unable to have GB recognize the internal mike as an input. I went on system preferences and did the usual steps and was unable to get GB to use the internal mike. Can a MacBook Air be used to make recordings with its own mike, or will I need to connect an outside mike? Thank you for any help.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Mar 16, 2022 02:39 PM

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Posted on Mar 16, 2022 06:27 PM

Control access to the microphone on Mac - Apple Support

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Mar 16, 2022 06:27 PM in response to frank Mehaffey

Control access to the microphone on Mac - Apple Support

Mar 16, 2022 06:14 PM in response to Keith Barkley

No, I did not have anything to do with the privacy settings. I will try playing or activating things keeping privacy in mind. I downloaded the latest GB, having just cloned the contents of my Mac Pro yesterday, to see if that helped, to no avail. I will let you know if it gets frisky!

Mar 16, 2022 04:46 PM in response to frank Mehaffey

Did you activate it in the privacy settings?

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