Sound input allows you to use voice input in real-time, a convenient feature for developers who make apps reliant on sound. With sound input, you can test voice search, voice chat, or games that use ...

If you have multiple audio inputs or outputs connected to your Mac, then you’re probably aware that you can visit System Preferences to manage and switch between interfaces at will. But wouldn’t it be ...

Mac only: If you find yourself constantly digging into System Preferences to change your sound settings, free menu bar utility SoundSource sits in your menu bar and allows you to change sources and ...

Your Mac is capable of producing sound as well as playing sound channeled from outside sources—devices plugged into the Mac’s USB- and sound input ports as well as audio streamed from the Internet.

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...