Don't get any sound

Audacity 3 Help Forum macOS
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I am not able to get sound through Audacity on my Macintosh.

I am running version 3.7

I have tried a number of different set ups, but nothing seems to work.

On the Mac, using system settings, I went to Sound and selected the built-in mini speakers. I tried playing a couple of MP3 files and they played just fine.

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Then I shifted over to Audacity and made sure that I was selecting the Mac mini speakers for the playback device. I verified it on the audio set up and the audio settings dialogue boxes but I wasn’t able to get any sound.

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Check the output volume control that is integrated into the output level meter. It is easy to accidentally set it to zero.

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That did the trick, thanks, Bill W 58

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whoops, spoke too soon. my AirPlay speakers don’t work. Can’t say that I recognize these different output devices.

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Does Airplay operate through bluetooth? Audacity does not play well with bluetooth devices.
Also, have you tried Transport > Rescan Audio Devices before changing output devices?