macOS does not detecting head phone after opening it from sleep mode

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macOS does not detecting head phone after opening it from sleep mode

My MacBook Air often can't detect the headphones. Let's say I watch video on my Mac with headphones plugged in then I close the MacBook after a while I open my MacBook and see that macOS doesn't detecting the headphones plugged in.Even if I restart the macOS audio system with "sudo killall coreaudiod" it doesn't work. It only work if I restart my whole MacBook Air. This is happening very often. Once it happened the only solution is to restart my Mac. I want to get rid of this situation. How to fix this

MacBook Air 13″

Posted on Jul 24, 2025 03:18 AM

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LuxStar

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Jul 24, 2025 03:24 AM in response to Mahi420

Hi.

This sounds like a known sleep-related bug in macOS. When your Mac wakes from sleep it sometimes fails to reinitialize the headphone jack correctly especially with wired headphones.

Try this:

Reset your NVRAM and SMC these handle sleep/wake behavior and audio routing.

Make sure macOS is fully up to date.

If you're using a 3.5mm headphone jack, try a USB-C to audio adapter as a temporary workaround — those tend to reconnect more reliably after sleep.

If it keeps happening report it through Feedback Assistant so Apple sees the pattern, Hope this helps.

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