



To see how much space is left on your drive: Always make sure you leave at least 20% of your computer's main drive empty. Free up spaceĭon’t let your computer’s main drive get too full. Please Note: If you do not feel comfortable with the below steps, please contact an Apple specialist for further assistance. A delay between when you play your instrument/microphone/MIDI instrument and hearing the sound from your speakers/headphones.Pops, clicks, humming and distorted sounds when you record or playback audio.You might view this article if you experience these problems: So, make sure your jack has three black rings, get a blue-tooth headset, or some other posts recommend using a USB headset.This article contains some ways that you can improve your music production experience if you are using a Mac computer. Most of the headsets with the three rings were ugly, so I started looking at blue-tooth headsets.Įventually, I found a set at a reasonable price, that were not entirely ugly, and so I bought this set. The only proper headsets (not the earbuds) were quite expensive. When I visited the local apple store they told me that the mic jack that plugs in needs to have three black rings on the part that plugs in, in order for the microphone to work on a mac mini. On the back of the mini there is a port for audio in and a port for audio out. I spent ages going into settings, and sound and trying to configure everything, but that wasn't the problem. So, for the less tech-savvy like myself, I have posted this question and answer.

My Mac-mini microphone is not working what can I do?Īctually I searched the forums for the answer to this question and found the answers only mildly helpful.Įither it wasn't the answer to my question, or it was hidden in a bit of tech-talk that I didn't really understand.
