Lately I've had to re-visit Audio MIDI Setup frequently to enter settings. For some reason the settings aren't holding. For example, if I set MOTU 828 Out 1,2 as my "Use this device for sound output" it will work for a day or two, then I'll have to reset it. When I go to that panel, the settings haven't changed - they are simply ignored. The solution is to set it to something else then back again. I wasn't sure where these settings are saved so I replaced the pram battery (or whatever it's called), which was probably due for replacement anyway. Problem remains. Any ideas?
Philippe
Audio MIDI Setup problem
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Audio MIDI Setup problem
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mikehalloran
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Re: Audio MIDI Setup problem
Random thoughts...
I’d replace the battery as you already did. Now reset the NV RAM — simply replacing the battery might not do it unless the power cable was removed at the time. This resets your FW port to default among other things.
A Safe Boot will rebuild any corrupted paths and reset caches.
I had an issue with my El Cap drive recently that was fixed when I booted into the Repair Partition and reinstalled the OS — don’t know what happened (I was uninstalling and reinstalling a lot on that drive) but the reinstall fixed me up.
There are other possible causes, of course. Some can be hardware such as a failing port in your 828. Try the other one.
I had issues with my FW port going to sleep and never waking up. Setting my iMac to never sleep fixed that.
DP and a few other apps don’t play nicely with App Nap. If you haven’t disabled it globally, do so. Only portables should have it enabled. It serves no purpose on a desktop Mac.
I’d replace the battery as you already did. Now reset the NV RAM — simply replacing the battery might not do it unless the power cable was removed at the time. This resets your FW port to default among other things.
A Safe Boot will rebuild any corrupted paths and reset caches.
I had an issue with my El Cap drive recently that was fixed when I booted into the Repair Partition and reinstalled the OS — don’t know what happened (I was uninstalling and reinstalling a lot on that drive) but the reinstall fixed me up.
There are other possible causes, of course. Some can be hardware such as a failing port in your 828. Try the other one.
I had issues with my FW port going to sleep and never waking up. Setting my iMac to never sleep fixed that.
DP and a few other apps don’t play nicely with App Nap. If you haven’t disabled it globally, do so. Only portables should have it enabled. It serves no purpose on a desktop Mac.
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Re: Audio MIDI Setup problem
I'd kill the a/MIDI plist and build a new setup from scratch.
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Re: Audio MIDI Setup problem
Yes, I reset the NV RAM when I replaced the battery, but I'll look into the other things you guys have suggested. Thanks for the feedback!
Phil
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Re: Audio MIDI Setup problem
I tried this and so far, so good. It's still too early to tell since this is an intermittent problem, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.mikehalloran wrote:A Safe Boot will rebuild any corrupted paths and reset caches.
Phil
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