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MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones? - Tofer - 10-26-2010
I just realized that my MacBook Pro (mid-2010) uses the microphone on my headphones as input when they are plugged in (for Skype, for instance). I thought this would be a good thing, until I did some testing and realized that the MacBook built-in microphone is better than the crappy one on my headphones.
So, I'd like to use the headphones for listening on Skype, but the Mac's built-in microphone. It doesn't seem possible, as the "Internal microphone / Built-in Microphone" setting gets replaced with "External microphone / Built-in Microphone" when I plug them in.
I guess the solution would be to buy a headphones-only set of headphones, but I'm curious if there is a way to override the setting when the mic/headphone combo is plugged in. Cheers!
-Tofer
Re: MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones? - Jimmypoo - 10-26-2010
should be independently selectable. I use it like you prefer.
Re: MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones? - Jimmypoo - 10-26-2010
Could be OS change since I last made non-Bluettoth call.
Re: MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones? - Tofer - 10-26-2010
Jimmypoo wrote:
should be independently selectable. I use it like you prefer.
I would have thought so, too, but it doesn't seem to be. I'm not sure how long Macs have supported the mic-with-headphones setup through the headphone jack; I know that my circa-2007 macbook didn't have the capability.
Re: MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones? - decay - 10-26-2010
maybe something like this?
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18091/sound-menu
Re: MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones? - mrlynn - 10-27-2010
Won't the Input settings in the Sound panel in System Preferences do it?
/Mr Lynn
Re: MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones? - Tofer - 10-27-2010
mrlynn wrote:
Won't the Input settings in the Sound panel in System Preferences do it?
/Mr Lynn
No -- they switch to "External microphone" when I plug it in, and there isn't a setting for Internal mic.
Re: MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones? - space-time - 10-27-2010
isn't there an option in Skype to select another sound input? internal mic might not show up in OS X Sound panel, but it may show up on Skype
Re: MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones? - Anonymous User - 09-17-2012
Do u still have the problem? In the dropdown menu of microphone u can choose which one u want to use.
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Cheers from notahumanbeing