I'm having audio glitches even under the device is underload a little bit just a little bit and I don't know how to fix that thing. It happens just after the macOs Tahoe update. I didn't have any problems in previous Os.
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Original Title: Audio Glitches
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.0
I did not notice this response when browsing the thread initially. I too had Xcode Developer Tools iPhone/iOS Simulator app open and yes it clearly causes/amplifies the problem. Closing iOS Simulator removed all audio glitches! My guess it's not just iOS Simulator but simultaneous open active apps interfacing with macOS audio services do not play well together in current Tahoe system. Maybe.
When I am using the bluetooth audio device (Airpods Pro 3, Sennheiser Momentum 4), each time I start to edit the code in Xcode, the sound in the headphones (regardless if it's being played from YT, Spotify, Apple Music), starts to get choppy, and eventually the sound disappears completely. It never returns afterwards and I need to switch the output device in the "Sound" settings for the macOS Tahoe, to figure out that I actually STILL want to hear things.
An extra insight would be that even when I am playing an audio through the Mac Mini's speakers, the sound gets choppy when Xcode is running.
I restarted the computer, the affected programs etc already. Nothing helps. It behaves as if there was some threading issue, and Xcode gets all the resources while other processes are getting starved.
You are my hero. I just changed my format. I don't know this setting before. Because before updating to Tahoe 26.1, this problem never showed up.
Image default after update to Tahoe.
and found your solutions. I changed the setting to format below.
and my sound become normal again. Big thanks for you.
Unfortunately this would resolve the issue for few minutes only (similar to sudo kill or switching audio channel) and the crackling sound would come back again (MacOS 26.1), I'm using a usb headphone connected directly to MacBook Air. The issue persists.
The sound has decreased drastically on my macbook air m1 after installing the OS Tahoe 26.
Updated with the 26.1 and Still Not working. The sound on youtube is disturbingly low.
POOR POOR POOR Tahoe OS.
Yes Bro I am facing Same issue in m4 macbook
Same issue on Mac M4Pro after updating to MacOS 26
Same issue on macbook m1 Pro after updating to MacOS 26
Same here. The adteulade-pp solution has worked here. Restarting macos didnt worked.
Macos 26
Macbook Pro 2021
Apple M1 Max
Thank you! It worked here perfectly!
Thank you! That did the trick!
This was perfect! I had a big issue when running Xcode simulator.. the sound crackled so much but this just worked fine thanks mate!
Same thing, waiting for an update or someone's help :D pls help me, i dont want to use `sudo killall coreaudiod` command, i need an permanent solution
Need a permanent solution please! Not just a quick fix to be run over and over again. I already regret upgrading, should have learned from the past, but the online prognosis seemed so great.
Thank you, this fixed the problem on my M3 Pro
Audio glitch when I am running u tube,VS code and simulator.
macOs version : both 26 and 26.0.1
Audio glitches on Mac after macOS Tahoe update
