MacBook: Possible to use built-in mic but also Apple headphones?

[Tofer]

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

[Jimmypoo]

should be independently selectable. I use it like you prefer.

[Jimmypoo]

Could be OS change since I last made non-Bluettoth call.

[Tofer]

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.

[decay]

maybe something like this?
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18091/sound-menu

[mrlynn]

Won't the Input settings in the Sound panel in System Preferences do it?


/Mr Lynn

[Tofer]

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.

[space-time]

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

[Anonymous User]

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