Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Change the sound input settings on Mac
Depending on your Mac model, there may be one or two sound ports. If your Mac has separate ports for sound input and output, the input port may use either a microphone icon 
or a sound input icon 
. If your Mac has only one sound port, it may have a headphones icon 
or no icon at all. This sound port supports stereo output and mono input (such as a headset with a built-in microphone).
You can use your computer’s internal microphone, your display’s microphone (if it has one), your iPhone microphone, or an external microphone plugged into your computer’s sound port.
Note: The Recording Indicator 
in Control Center shows you when your computer’s microphone is in use or when it was used recently. This indicator increases security and privacy on your Mac by letting you know if an app has access to the microphone. The indicator turns on when you access the Input options in Sound Settings.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Click Input, then select the device you want to use in the list of sound input devices.
All sound input devices available to your Mac are listed. If your display has an internal microphone, it’s listed as [Mac model] Microphone.
Do any of the following to adjust your sound input settings:
Adjust the input volume: Drag the volume slider.
If you’re recording sound through your computer’s sound port, you can adjust the input volume to compensate for the sound source being too loud or quiet.
For example, if you’re recording loud music, lower the input volume so the recorded sound isn’t too loud or distorted. If you are recording someone who is speaking softly, increase the input volume so your Mac can better capture the person’s voice.
