macbook pro m4 3.5mm jack stopped working

I have a Macbook pro m4 - sequoia (silicon), and during the last days it stopped recognizing my external speakers connected via 3.5mm jack. After restarting it recognises them, but if I close the lid (eg during the night) the next day they are not there, even in the sound settings -output devices.


Also the "sudo killall coreaudio" does not fix the problem, only restart seems to fix it.


Please help!


LK

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jul 13, 2025 09:51 AM

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Posted on Jul 13, 2025 11:33 AM

koel_ wrote:

I have a Macbook pro m4 - sequoia (silicon), and during the last days it stopped recognizing my external speakers connected via 3.5mm jack. After restarting it recognises them, but if I close the lid (eg during the night) the next day they are not there, even in the sound settings -output devices.

Also the "sudo killall coreaudio" does not fix the problem, only restart seems to fix it.

Please help!

LK


A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


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Jul 13, 2025 11:33 AM in response to koel_

koel_ wrote:

I have a Macbook pro m4 - sequoia (silicon), and during the last days it stopped recognizing my external speakers connected via 3.5mm jack. After restarting it recognises them, but if I close the lid (eg during the night) the next day they are not there, even in the sound settings -output devices.

Also the "sudo killall coreaudio" does not fix the problem, only restart seems to fix it.

Please help!

LK


A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


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