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After accidentally pulled my headphones out too fast and now the red optical out light is shining in my headphone jack. Ive tried everything to try and fix it, like a tooth pick on the bottom of the optical switch but nothing happens. Could there be a way of disengaging the head phone jack but fixing the built in speakers, because i never use the head phone jack. Or a software that fixes the optical out light?
Your digital audio out has switched on. You can insert a plastic toothpick in the hole and try and switch it off. The switch should be at the 3 o’clock position and go towards the 6 o’clock position. Some people also have had luck inserting their headphone jack and pulling out a few times. Another recent report was that inserting the headphone jack and turning it in the hole helped.
put your mouth directly on the port and blow as hard as you can while the mac is on. Trust me it works. I struggled for hours before i knew it actually works. It is worth the few seconds. Cheers.
I just had this problem and I was completely flipping at having to replace it! But i just got a match, and moved it around a bit inside the jack then blew on it. I think blowing on the jack helped get something that was jamming the jack but i hope that helps!!! :)
Just for the record, audio jacks seem to glitch a lot with Macbooks (I’ve seen happen with both my 13 and 15 inch) so I would highly advice to plug/unplug headphones as careful as possible, cheers
None of the above helped. I bent the tip of a safety pin 90 degrees then proceeded to jiggle gently with the faulty/stuck contact i was playing a yt video for sound check then ….few minutes later the sound one on from the speakers and light went off. Hope this helps.
Hi, I had the same problem, My internal speakers were not showing in system preferences, but when you turn on the MacBook pro, you hear the gong, so I know my speakers was working ok so I used compressed Air in the jack port…Nothing tried to clean the jack port…Nothing Poked things in the jack port…Nothing reset the VRAM…Nothing so I thought outside the box, So I squirted some good old WD40 into the jack port (the Macbook Pro was switched off) then I pushed in and out a 3.5" jack in the port a couple of times and then left the Macbook Pro powered off for about 40 mins, then when I powered the Macbook Pro back on BINGO, my internal speakers are now working OK….YIPPEE So I am guessing that the WD40 freed the stuck switch in the jack port.
Blowing helped for me. But every time when i closed of restarted my MBP the speakers stoped working.. so i sprayed WD40 in the audio port and a few weeks later still works great!
Stop giving your MacBooks those ‘Blow…..’ ; ) Though I do admit doing/trying this ‘Blow…..’ with industrial air compressor on a high pressure setting, which by far probably can do it better than all of us. It didn’t help! Ps…Hope no-one seen you doing that ; )) Get hands dirty with replacing a spare working one from some donor board.
