Mac OS X: Popping Sound From External Speakers When Waking or Restarting

  • Last Modified: September 18, 2003
  • Article: TA20612
  • Old Article: 106569
When a computer using Mac OS X wakes from sleep or restarts, external speakers connected to the computer may make a popping sound.

Products Affected

Mac OS X 10.0

Symptom

You hear a popping sound from external speakers when the computer wakes from sleep or restarts.


Solution

The popping sound does not indicate any software issue or hardware failure. This is a normal part of hardware-software initialization after waking from sleep or during startup.
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