Brand new Mac book pro speakers cracking

sujin240 wrote:

I understand it’s a user community. And I am in touch with them . The purpose of this post is the speaker issue is it a common in MacBook Pro . It happened after latest OS update.

I can not say... however I have not heard of a wide spread issue concerning the update.

I would check you Audio Midi Setup.app and try adjusting your sample rate down, and compare your results(?)

sujin240 wrote:

I had purchased MacBook Pro M4 recently on Jan 2025 . I have been using it sparsely. Now on August while playing You tube I had noticed crackling unclear sound from right speaker . However on playing Bluetooth it was clear . I had apple care plus and was on standard warranty also. First I contacted online support they had tried to do some steps online and honestly they were very supportive, but was not able to solve the issue .

On next day itself I had took the authorised service centre called icare and they told replacing the speaker will solve the problem and they had thoroughly checked for any damage and faults all were ok. Finally the part arrived and changed the speakers and problem persisted . So they told me they have to change the Main Logic board and Touch ID also need to be replaced.

So I never thought this should as complicated as this . Today they told there is some scarcity of the components supply and need some more time to repair. To my despair my MacBook is there for almost 4 weeks now still not able to exactly tell when the parts arrive . Anyone had faced this problem and kindly advise..

Contact your "authorised service centre called icare " for some update. Nothing can be done here online in the user to user community.

for a hardware issue take it in

In or out of warranty you can get a free over the counter 'Apple Service Diagnostics' test /assessment

Make an appointment for a "hardware issue"

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"Brand new Mac book pro speakers cracking: [...]It happened after latest OS update."

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Crackling Speakers After an Update:

Provide Apple Feedback on this:

Do your Part: Report this to Apple. Apple will not get back to you directly on this through the Apple Feedback site, but the more they hear of this, the more they will know what is going on. So, most certainly, report it.

How to Report This:

1. Go Here: Feedback - macOS - Apple
2. Select: "Bug Report" for the "Feedback Type"
3. Select: "Applications/Utilities" for the "Feedback Area"
4. Comment: that this all started after installing an update. Include the URL of this thread.
5. Proceed from there as necessary

You are welcome.