On 11 Apr 2007, at 5:21 PM, Steve Talkowski wrote: >> When I plug in my headphones, the volume buttons do work! And >> therefore I assume that if I plugged in speakers, they would work, >> too. So maybe there's something wrong with my built-in speaker >> (for example, I can't hear anything when I play a song in iTunes-- >> unless I plug in the headphones), and that problem is somehow >> being reflected in the computer's response to my pressing the >> volume-control keys. Look in System Preferences-->Sound-->Output. When headphones are not plugged in, see if built-in audio is selected. Every once in a while my machine will miss changing that preference automatically when the headphones are unplugged. I don't know why. Peter