Sped up audio issues in Safari

Whenever I speed up any video (and I assume any audio as well), the audio sounds robotic but this is a problem that doesn't happen on other browsers like Chrome. Is there any way to fix this?

I currently have macOS Monterey with Safari version 15.5

Posted on Jul 4, 2022 11:09 PM

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green500

Community Specialist

Jul 5, 2022 05:38 PM in response to ur35

Hello ur35,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities.

We appreciate the troubleshooting that you have completed to this point. We’d like to have you do some troubleshooting steps to isolate the cause.

Please test in a new user account. Here’s how to set up a new user account: Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support

We’d also like you to test in safe mode using the steps here: How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

Let us know the results.

Take care.

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