Comments on: My MacBook Speakers Stopped Working

By: Zoe, UK

Zoe, UK — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:17:00 +0000

Omg i thought the wigggling thing wasn’t going to work but after a few tries it did. THANKS

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:59:00 +0000

This really works! I just wiggled my headphone jack in the red hole and it works like a charm now!! Praise the LORD for this interface so we can figure out weird problems without spending a ton of money sending in our macs to be worked on! Thanks for posting this!

By: Eyesurgeryfuricchia

Eyesurgeryfuricchia — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:26:00 +0000

Thanks Richard, my wifes Mac had the same problem and we were depressed about it….then i read what you wrote and tried it and to our amazement IT WORKED….AWESOME….THANKS

By: Kenny Bunnell

Kenny Bunnell — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:17:00 +0000

I had this same problem. I use an external display and it has speakers inside. Those would work, but macbook speakers would not. I went into system preferences and then “sound”, then selected “output” from one of the three options along the top: “Sound Effects”, “Output”, and “Input”. Once I selected “output” I selected “Internal Speakers” from the list below and then increased the “output volume” slider. That did it…just another twist on the same frustrating problem so I thought I would share it.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:47:00 +0000

Oh my god! It works! I’ve been trying to get it to work for a little over a week! I felt hopeless. Here’s my tips.
1. Relax. This might take a while and it can be VERY stressful.
2. Take your headphones. Insert them into the jack about half way and wiggle in a circular motion.
3. Try plugging it in all the way from time to time.

That’s what worked for me!

By: Sophie

Sophie — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:42:00 +0000

My speakers stoppped worked as well! I tried everything.. I called apple and they were no help. I tried plugging my headphones and wiggling them around and that still didn’t work, but the red light was on so I decided to try the toothpick trick. I wiggled it VERY gently and it worked perfect! Just push it straight back!

By: Danielle Hirsch

Danielle Hirsch — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:04:00 +0000

Wiggling around a jack inside the port worked!!!!! Wow who knew, got to love the internet…

By: Jmort

Jmort — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:20:00 +0000

Finally! My speakers have had the same problem for the past year until I found this post. I used a bobby pin for about 5 minutes and my sound is working again. Thank you soooooo much!

By: Ssmith

Ssmith — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:42:00 +0000

amazing… for a short while i was thinking of the hassle i would need to go to backing up my computer, erasing confidential files etc so that i could hand over my mac for someone to pull apart and replace speakers or something like that. I just put in the the phone jack and wiggled around and now all sweet again.

By: Chale14

Chale14 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:35:00 +0000

Whoohoo! Bobby pin totally worked!!!!!!