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imac sound help

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  • 13-08-2015 9:39pm
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    johnboy8
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭


    i bought an imac(used)its in perfect condition.i want to hook up a dac,so i installed the driver which was successful and it restarted.then i plugged in the dac and went to sound settings and it is not recognized.i also went to midi set up and it is not there,i tried plugging in head phones and it changes to headphones when i do that.any ideas.

    btw,i am more used to using a windows set up not a mac.

    i tried using different usb cables and a different usb port.

    cheers.


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    yoyo
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    Banta
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    What version of OS X are you using? (Apple Icon > About This Mac > Version 10.x.x)

    If I remember correctly, a friend of mine had a similar problem a while back, and he read this was something to do with the power management feature of the OS, basically trying to use as little power as possible, and this was causing the problem. He could restart the machine a few times and then it would work - obviously not a great solution of course.

    In the end he got an external USB hub and plugged the DAC into this and it immediately worked. So if you have an external hub, I'd suggest testing this, or try and get a loan of one if you can before going out and buying one. This solved his issues anyway, could be the same for yours.


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    johnboy8
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭johnboy8


    mine i believe is from 2008,its a 19" inch screen with the ports vertical on the left hand side of the machine at the back.cheers.

    when i search for teac(make of dac)in the computer i dont see any programs or drivers saved on the mac even though it successfully loads.is that normal.(on the windows system it can be found in programs)


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    johnboy8
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭johnboy8


    its a imac g5....powermac 8.2........powermac g5(3.0)


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    johnboy8
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭johnboy8


    found the driver,but it wont run/read it.


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    Banta
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭Banta


    What version of OS X are you using? (Apple Icon > About This Mac > Version 10.x.x)

    Did you download the correct driver for the OS version?

    I mentioned this to said friend over the weekend, no idea why it popped into my head, but it did. He said the external USB hub fixed this for him.


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