[X4U] low sound volume

[Mark Paul]

When my speakers lose volume, I've had luck with the Audio MIDI Setup  
app in Applications/Utilities.


Cheers,

Mark


On Aug 5, 2006, at 3:44 PM, Linda wrote:

> On 8/5/06 12:21 PM, Jan Melichar wrote:
>
>> Returning to my mac (G5, 10.4.6) after being away for ten days I find
>> the the sound level is very low despite being set to maximum (in
>> system preferences as well as in application iTunes, EyeTV, Real
>> Player, Bais etc.
>>
>> Sound output is via JBL speakers which I have unplugged and
>> replugged. The sound through the mac's own puny speaker is also
>> unusually low.
>> Any suggestions how to bring things back to audible levels would be
>> very welcome.
>
> Jan,
>
> Reboot in Safe mode -- hold down the Shift key when you reboot. The  
> chime
> should be horrendously loud (at least, mine is). It takes a while,  
> because
> the computer does some sort of disk check (equivalent to fsck -y?).  
> After
> the machine is booted, is your sound normal? Certain things are  
> disabled
> during a Safe boot; if your sound is normal, you know you've got a  
> software
> problem. The disk check is sometimes enough to fix problems on its  
> own, too;
> you might find subsequent boots are of "normal" volume.
>
> If none of that works, then let me ask you where you went for ten  
> days...
> any chance you suffered some hearing loss during your absence? ;-)  
> You know,
> maybe you were on tour drumming for Metallica, or something... ;-)  
> J/K.
>
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