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Apple can't perform well with audio on Apple Silicon, either. In 2025 macos is the only OS with audio cracking appearing with CPU load. Even Linux is better

Y-bar 11mo ago
Personally not experienced this. However, continuity camera seems to have gotten more unstable over the past months for me.
bdcravens 11mo ago
I don't think it's CPU-based, but I've always had an issue with my AirPods Max on my iPhone with audio cracking (my AirPods Pro work fine, and the Max works fine with my Mac)
- codesnik 11mo ago
  I only have it when iphone simulator is running and using the same audio output.
indemnity 11mo ago
Yeah, this is a regression since macOS Tahoe. Amazing that it still exists after several patch releases, is audio working not a basic test case for Apple? I’ve found it to be worst when using Xcode / simulator and having headphones on for music. sudo killall coreaudiod seems to fix it for a while.
- charliebwrites 11mo ago
  > sudo killall coreaudiod seems to fix it for a while For me this fixes it for about 30 minutes then I have to do it again… and again… and again… I wonder why some folks need to do it more than others
- concinds 11mo ago
  It's ludicrous. I remember when Apple took pride in the audio never stopping. Once a very long time ago my entire Mac froze, even the Force Touch trackpad was unresponsive, but the music kept playing. Now, press Volume Up and the audio stutters. Or AirPods randomly get choppy and then stop playing until you reconnect them. The heck?
  - indemnity 10mo ago
    To add insult to injury, I recently connected my headphones to my Windows gaming PC. Sounded absolutely amazing, no skipping or crackling no matter what I was doing on the PC, nor how heavy I was cranking it. Quality was better than on macOS as well., My M1 sounded like an AM radio when driving the same headphones using the same software (Spotify lossless).
- _fzslm 11mo ago
  I've had it since the first macOS that shipped with my M1 Pro MacBook!
dawnerd 11mo ago
That drives me nuts. It happens more in my AirPod pros and gen 4 AirPods.

Y-bar 11mo ago

Personally not experienced this. However, continuity camera seems to have gotten more unstable over the past months for me.

bdcravens 11mo ago

I don't think it's CPU-based, but I've always had an issue with my AirPods Max on my iPhone with audio cracking (my AirPods Pro work fine, and the Max works fine with my Mac)

codesnik 11mo ago
I only have it when iphone simulator is running and using the same audio output.

indemnity 11mo ago

Yeah, this is a regression since macOS Tahoe. Amazing that it still exists after several patch releases, is audio working not a basic test case for Apple? I’ve found it to be worst when using Xcode / simulator and having headphones on for music. sudo killall coreaudiod seems to fix it for a while.

charliebwrites 11mo ago
> sudo killall coreaudiod seems to fix it for a while For me this fixes it for about 30 minutes then I have to do it again… and again… and again… I wonder why some folks need to do it more than others
concinds 11mo ago
It's ludicrous. I remember when Apple took pride in the audio never stopping. Once a very long time ago my entire Mac froze, even the Force Touch trackpad was unresponsive, but the music kept playing. Now, press Volume Up and the audio stutters. Or AirPods randomly get choppy and then stop playing until you reconnect them. The heck?
- indemnity 10mo ago
  To add insult to injury, I recently connected my headphones to my Windows gaming PC. Sounded absolutely amazing, no skipping or crackling no matter what I was doing on the PC, nor how heavy I was cranking it. Quality was better than on macOS as well., My M1 sounded like an AM radio when driving the same headphones using the same software (Spotify lossless).
_fzslm 11mo ago
I've had it since the first macOS that shipped with my M1 Pro MacBook!

dawnerd 11mo ago

That drives me nuts. It happens more in my AirPod pros and gen 4 AirPods.