As a lot as we love our Macs typically they do issues that annoy the heck out of us. That annoyance turns into frustration when Apple does nothing to repair the problem. Should you’re lucky, there’s a third-party repair obtainable.
Take, for instance, a macOS bug that’s been pestering some Mac customers for years. The difficulty is with audio steadiness, the place sound is taking part in extra from one aspect than the opposite. This drawback persists for Twitter/X person Fabian (@ffaebi), who desires Apple to lastly do one thing about it.
Fabian has been in a position to deal with the issue on his personal with a third-party app referred to as Stability Lock. The app does what its title implies—it runs within the background and test to ensure the Mac’s audio is balanced between its audio system. If not, it adjusts the audio and locks it in.
Stability Lock, in line with @ffaebi, has been obtainable since 2015 and was launched to deal with this macOS bug as a result of Apple didn’t. So, it’s been a bug for nearly 10 years, if not longer. Tunabelly Software program, the developer of Stability Lock, affords it totally free (and ad-free) and it’s suitable with Intel and M-series Macs.
A number of individuals have responded to @ffaebi’s put up saying they’ve additionally had the audio steadiness drawback. The net Apple Assist Neighborhood has a number of posts about the issue, and the recommended fixes range, together with restarting the Mac, booting into Secure Mode after which restating the Mac, resetting the CoreAudio driver, and disconnecting/reconnecting any exterior audio system or headphones. None of those really helpful repairs work, which ends up in the conclusion that it is a bug.
Thankfully, on this occasion, there’s a software program repair, but it surely shouldn’t be this manner. There’s no approach of realizing why Apple hasn’t addressed the issue–possibly it’s as a result of it’s troublesome to duplicate (I personally have by no means had this drawback), however that’s no excuse. Apple has mounted different “uncommon” bugs, so it ought to deal with this one.