Hello everyone!
For a start I am sorry if this is not posted in the right place, to be honest I don't know if one should count this as an software or hardware issue. I must also apologize in case my english is not accurate, I'm not from an english-speaking country.
Anyhow. My MacBook from late 2010 with Snow Leopard 10.6.8 is not changing volume properly. I've googled and found people who's had problems with the sound buttons not working at all or the sound gone completely, but nothing about my problem.
My volume buttons work, but the Mac is not changing volume. If I have the sound turned to the lowest level and press the key to rise the volume, the screen shows the volume getting higher and there is that little sound when you press the button, but that sound is not getting louder. Nor is any other sound on the Mac.
So basically: if I am for example listening to music with the volume on the lowest level, and I press the keys to rise the volume the screen tells me that the volume is rising, but it's not. It stays the same.
If I put in a pair of speakers or a headset it's the same thing, the volume is not changing. The only way for me to alter the volume is to spam press the volume buttons at the moment when I'm connecting my headset. Then the volume will work properly and I will be able to change it to how I want it. But a few minutes later it goes back to the same again. So each time I want to lower or higher the volume, I have to pull my headset out and then put it in again while I am spamming the volume buttons.
Same thing applies for using the built in speakers. When I start up my Mac or "wake" it from the stand-by I have to grab the headset and connect it and then disconnect it while pressing the volume buttons all over the place in order to be able to control the volume of the built in speakers. And that too works only for a few minutes.
So uhm... Help?
For a start I am sorry if this is not posted in the right place, to be honest I don't know if one should count this as an software or hardware issue. I must also apologize in case my english is not accurate, I'm not from an english-speaking country.
Anyhow. My MacBook from late 2010 with Snow Leopard 10.6.8 is not changing volume properly. I've googled and found people who's had problems with the sound buttons not working at all or the sound gone completely, but nothing about my problem.
My volume buttons work, but the Mac is not changing volume. If I have the sound turned to the lowest level and press the key to rise the volume, the screen shows the volume getting higher and there is that little sound when you press the button, but that sound is not getting louder. Nor is any other sound on the Mac.
So basically: if I am for example listening to music with the volume on the lowest level, and I press the keys to rise the volume the screen tells me that the volume is rising, but it's not. It stays the same.
If I put in a pair of speakers or a headset it's the same thing, the volume is not changing. The only way for me to alter the volume is to spam press the volume buttons at the moment when I'm connecting my headset. Then the volume will work properly and I will be able to change it to how I want it. But a few minutes later it goes back to the same again. So each time I want to lower or higher the volume, I have to pull my headset out and then put it in again while I am spamming the volume buttons.
Same thing applies for using the built in speakers. When I start up my Mac or "wake" it from the stand-by I have to grab the headset and connect it and then disconnect it while pressing the volume buttons all over the place in order to be able to control the volume of the built in speakers. And that too works only for a few minutes.
So uhm... Help?