On 10/5/06, at 12:56 AM, Edie marshwiggler at mac.com said: >Try launching GarageBand. Open a new file maybe do one thing. I don't >think you need to save the file. Test one of the apps that sound doesn't >work in. Garage Band changes the setting back to what you need same as >what Linda recommended. We did this a while ago when we lost sound on a >G5 iMac. Maybe just launching GarageBand takes care of it. The iMac is listed on eBay so the problem is no longer important to me and, besides, the suggestion sounds a little far out. However, just for grins, I tried opening up GarageBand and then tried YouTube in Safari and your solution worked!!!! I got sound. Thanks. Tom Miller .................................................. "The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side." R.O.Clark ...................................................