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admin wrote:
One of the side effects of upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.10 has been a persistent, intermittent audio "pop." It doesn't happen on all systems, but for those who find it annoying, MacFixIt had some suggestions on Monday.

Make that two from the TMO staff so far that are experiencing the speaker popping problem. The issue started for me immediately after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.10, and I experience it from my MacBook Pro's built-in speakers as well as external monitors. Like John, my MacBook Pro is a Core 2 Duo.

Jeff

My Mini has the same problem. It's driving me and my office workers a bit loopy. I did the "mute" trick, which didn't work.

Can't wait for 10.4.11!

I never thought that the noise I was hearing and being annoyed by was from the 10.4.10 update. At least there is hope that it will soon be fixed.

I noticed the problem on my intel mini, but I haven't run into it yet on my Macbook.

I was checking connections and thinking that my logitech speakers had finally bit the dust! Thank goodness!

I have a first generation MacBook and not only am I experiencing the "snap crackle pop" audio noise but I'm also having a problem mounting an Other World Computing Mercury Elite external USB Hard Drive. Apple's forums are filled with similar stories. I spent an hour in the phone with AppleCare and they were also at a loss for ideas. Hopefully an update to the update will be forthcoming...

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Tiger wrote:
My Mini has the same problem. It's driving me and my office workers a bit loopy. I did the "mute" trick, which didn't work.

Can't wait for 10.4.11!

I think what Apple has been doing is patching these issues with security patches. So I wouldn't be surprised if they don't soon issue a security patch that fixes this and other various issues. Since 10.4.10 was released for the iPhone I wouldn't expect to see any more OS 10.4.x versions between now and Leopard release in October.

This totally sounds like a repeat of what was happening with PowerBooks a year or two ago. OS X was turning off the sound chip to save power, then it would click when the power was turned back on.

I have had these noises for months and I am still running 10.4.9, as are two others I know who have complained about this problem.

I'm still on 10.4.9 on my MacBook Pro C2D. Sounds like it may be a good idea to wait a bit...

I remember this happening on all the PowerBooks in the late 1990s! The 180c-- the top of the line PowerBook of its day --would make a popping noise every time it "woke up" its audio hardware.

Doesn't Apple keep NOTES so they don't make these same bonehead mistakes??

After sabotaging 10.4.9 to get us to run to Leopard and then delaying 10.5, we're stuck. This is the same thing they did with 10.3.9, but 10.4 was right around the corner. I was told by several Apple Reps that this is part of their "marketing plan".

I had to reload from a previous backup of my 7th install of 10.4.9, better, but worse than 10.4.5, to get my machine to work at all. 10.4.10 had kernel panics more than I have ever seen, the audio problem, the "Beach Ball of Death" and "Not Responding" for every application that I run. Adobe apps more so. Just to name a few problems that arose with 10.4.10.

I hope Apple gets busted on this one. This "marketing plan" is crap.

HEY.....
I remember hearing that Pop sound every 5-6 secs. on
my iMac G5 since 10.4.8..!!!
After updated to 10.4.9 & now 10.4.10.. so far none..
Anyone had this problem on 10.4.8 before?

Wow! I have had popping noises since 10.4.8, as well. It quieted down in 10.4.9 then came back with 10.4.10. I thought all this time it was my speakers, as well. I was about to ditch my external speakers for new ones. Glad I didn't, but still annoying.

You heard that pop sound too on 10.4.8..!!?
Yea.. at 1st i thought it was my external speaker too.. unplug & replug it.. came back after a few minutes again.. it did came back on your in 10.4.10 huh? So far i've not notice any yet from mine?

Okay, I have the problem on a 2GHz CD MacBook. After running some tests, here's what I think is happening:

The pop you hear is due to the audio board powering up and powering down. The code at fault is likely an attempt at reducing power consumption.

Isnt This what Beta Tests are for Apple?

I am having this problem too, but I didn't realize it might be related to the update until I saw this article. I'd only noticed it while plugged into my Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers. I assumed the speakers were doing something funky, that maybe it was just the sub clicking on or off while idle (even though I had never heard it do that before.) Guess not!

Apple has released a fix for this problem. Intel Mac users should run Software Update to get "Apple Audio Updater 2007-001"

Whilst they may have released a fix for this problem, they haven;t yet released a fix FOR this problem, if you see what I mean. In other words, this user's macboox still exhibits clicks.

I too am having glitches with the 10.4.10 update. I have a MBP core duo 2 and a line 6 toneport through USB. Every 2 mins or so the sound will cut out, the meters will drop on the TP and the sound will go dead. I've tried running an audio process on mute with no avail, as well as switching resolutions... etc. Hopeing 10.4.11 will fix this as I really dont wan to start hacking my kernel.

This started for me at 10.4.9 and still resumed when updating to 10.4.10 v1.1, i suspect this is more to do with the recent quicktime 7.3 update?

Cheers

I just bought a white MacBook with Leopard and the annoying pops are there. It is driving me crazy.

Fortunately never had sound problems... However lost my all USB mass storage connectivity since 10.4.10. Well, sadly, 10.4.11, although allegedly addressing this issue as well, hasn't fixed it at all. Mem. sticks, ext. drives, USB hub, internal cam, all are in crapper. Thanx for another 100mb (on my machine) update, Apple!

This is really getting on my nerves... still no permanent fix for this, despite people reporting the issue in 10.4.9, 10.4.10 and now, for me, 10.4.11 ????

If I wanted to spend hours troubleshooting a computer I would have stayed with PCs.

So i took the plunge to 10.4.11, this is definitely a Quicktime issue related as far as im cpncerned. I updated quicktime on my macs before i updated the OS, both my macs were on 10.4.9 when the clicks started, it was the update to QT 7.3 which threw my machines. Updating to 10.4.11 has done nothing.

A minor but very irritating problem.