{"id":71,"date":"2024-12-10T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:29:12","slug":"mac-sound-not-working-heres-how-to-fix-it-in-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"Mac Sound Not Working? Here\u2019s How to Fix It in Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is your Mac completely silent \u2014 no sound from speakers or headphones?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a common macOS issue, even on newer devices. System updates, sleep mode, or audio glitches can cause your sound system to stop responding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news: there\u2019s a quick way to reset your Mac\u2019s sound system using a simple Terminal command. No need to reinstall or restart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Restore Sound on Your Mac<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Open Terminal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press <strong>Command (\u2318) + Space<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type <strong>Terminal<\/strong> and press <strong>Return<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Paste and run this command<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What This Command Does<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Restarts your Mac\u2019s core audio service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fixes issues with no sound through speakers or headphones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No restart required \u2014 works instantly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Sound Restored!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should now hear audio again in all apps.<br>If the issue returns after updates, waking from sleep, or plugging in headphones \u2014 just run this fix again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your Mac completely silent \u2014 no sound from speakers or headphones? It\u2019s a common macOS issue, even on newer devices. System updates, sleep mode, or audio glitches can cause your sound system to stop responding. The good news: there\u2019s a quick way to reset your Mac\u2019s sound system using a simple Terminal command. No [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","category-macos","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macosfaq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}