{"id":3373,"date":"2016-10-30T01:44:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T22:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/?p=3373"},"modified":"2018-03-06T16:27:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:27:04","slug":"mac-computers-sound-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/mac-computers-sound-basics","title":{"rendered":"Mac Sound Basics: How to Control the Sound on Your Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Your Mac can recognize your voice, and play many different sounds. As everyone knows, Macs chirp at start-up, and grunt when the user hits a wrong key. They can offer congratulatory whistles when you save documents, and can play digital music files through programs such as iTunes. They can also record your performances. You can speak to your friends around the world using your Mac, and you can even talk directly to your computer!<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Mac_Sound_Basics_Controlling_the_Sound_on_Your_Mac\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> Mac Sound Basics: Controlling the Sound on Your Mac<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#Volume\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">1.1<\/span> Volume<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Inputs_and_Outputs\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">1.2<\/span> Inputs and Outputs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Alerts_and_Effects\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">1.3<\/span> Alerts and Effects<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#Speech\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> Speech<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#Mac_Speech_Recognition\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">2.1<\/span> Mac Speech Recognition<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Mac_to_an_Speech\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">2.2<\/span> Mac to an Speech<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#Some_Useful_Tips_for_Controlling_the_Sound\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> Some Useful Tips for Controlling the Sound<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Links\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> Links<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Mac_Sound_Basics_Controlling_the_Sound_on_Your_Mac\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Mac Sound Basics: Controlling the Sound on Your Mac<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Volume\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Volume<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You can change the overall volume on your Mac by using the drop-down slider located on the menu bar, by the clock. If it is not there, you can open\u00a0<em>System Preferences\u00a0<\/em>from the\u00a0<em>Apple<\/em>\u00a0menu, choose <em>Sound<\/em>, and check the box at the bottom of the panel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Note that most Mac keyboards include keys for quickly changing the volume and muting the sound altogether \u2013 three little speaker symbols can be found along the top of the keyboard..<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Inputs_and_Outputs\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Inputs and Outputs<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Without special hardware, the common Mac deals with one incoming and outgoing sound source at a time (for example, a microphone or internal speakers). If you have more than one input or output, you need to specify which one you would like to use. You can do this in the<em>\u00a0Output<\/em> and <em>Input<\/em>\u00a0pane of the <em>Sound<\/em> section in\u00a0<em>System Preferences<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By default, one output is set up \u2013\u00a0<em>Built-in-Out<\/em>. This output covers your built-in speakers or headphone socket (the name will change depending on whether there is anything plugged in). Today, all Macs have an audio line-in port listed within the <em>Input<\/em> pane. This socket encompasses both optical digital audio and regular analogue audio sources, such as a radio or hi-fi, connected using a mini-jack cable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mac laptops and iMacs also have an integral microphone that can be selected within the input pane. If you have an older Mac, you may have no input sources listed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If the user adds external audio devices, such as a USB mic or a full-on audio interface, he or she may need to open the\u00a0<em>Preferences<\/em>\u00a0panel and select the device for it to work..<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Alerts_and_Effects\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Alerts and Effects<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The\u00a0Sound Preferences\u00a0panel contains the settings for\u00a0<em>Sound Effects<\/em>. You can choose a sound from the alerts sound list, and toggle whether you would like to hear sounds every time you copy or delete a file or folder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Alerts can also be signaled visually instead of audibly. You can do this by using\u00a0<em>Universal<\/em> access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you have more than one sound output set up, you can have your system alerts and sound effects play through one, and everything else through the other. You will find this option under the\u00a0<em>Sound Effects<\/em>\u00a0tab in\u00a0<em>System Preferences \u2013 Sound<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Speech\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Speech<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Mac_Speech_Recognition\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Mac Speech Recognition<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Computers are capable of interpreting human speech with a degree of reliability. In OS X, you can give commands in certain applications, hide the Dock, switch between programs, open contacts in\u00a0<em>Address Book<\/em>, and more. To do so, open the\u00a0<em>Speech Recognition\u00a0<\/em>tab and click the<em>\u00a0Calibrate\u2026<\/em> button to teach your Mac to recognize your accent and pronunciations. Next, turn\u00a0<em>Speakable Items<\/em>\u00a0on to reveal a floating speech tool, and decide how you would like to tell the Mac that you are about to issue a command. Either define a listening key, which is<em>\u00a0Escape<\/em>\u00a0by default, or have your machine permanently listen for a spoken keyword, \u201ccomputer\u201d by default. Finally, look under the\u00a0<em>Commands<\/em>\u00a0tab to get a feel for the different commands that your Mac will recognize, and then start speaking.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Mac_to_an_Speech\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Mac to an Speech<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You can also have your Mac speak to you. It can read out alerts, texts, and more. This feature is useful if you have difficulty reading small font on your screen. Press\u00a0<em>System Preferences \u2013 Speech \u2013 Text to Speech<\/em>\u00a0and choose a voice. You will need to set a key combination to tell the computer when to start speaking. Be sure to pick something that is unlikely to clash with a key combination in another program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Note:<\/em>\u00a0For more speech access features, you can look under\u00a0<em>Universal Access<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Some_Useful_Tips_for_Controlling_the_Sound\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Some Useful Tips for Controlling the Sound<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">If you use a dial-up modem, and want to silence the noise the modem makes when it connects to the Internet, you can turn off the modem sound within\u00a0<em>System Preferences \u2013 Network \u2013 Modem<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">To mute the feedback sound, hold down the\u00a0Shift\u00a0key if you are using your keyboard to change the volume. To turn off these sounds completely, uncheck the<em>\u00a0Play\u00a0<\/em>feedback when volume is changed box under the\u00a0<em>Sound Effects\u00a0<\/em>pane of the<em> Sound<\/em> section of <em>System\u00a0Preferences<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">If you intend to work while listening to music through headphones, you may want to turn the volume of alerts down, as they can be very loud and interrupt your music.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">If you want your Mac to access even more sounds for your Mac, there are many apps available for this purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Links\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Have you checked out our prices recently? Remember, the possibility to <a href=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trade in your Mac Computer<\/a> for top dollar cash is just a click away: make smart decisions about your money! We at iGotOffer.com pay the best price online! Check out our Offers page to see all the current ones.<\/li>\n<li>If you are having problems with sound on your Mac, the following Website (trusted source) provides useful information: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-ca\/HT203186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support.apple.com\/en-ca\/HT203186<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Mac can recognize your voice, and play many different sounds. As everyone knows, Macs chirp at start-up, and grunt when the user hits a wrong key. They can offer congratulatory whistles when you save documents, and can play digital music files through programs such as iTunes. They can also record your performances. 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