Apple can't perform well with audio on Apple Silicon, either. In 2025 macos is the only OS with audio cracking appearing with CPU load. Even Linux is better

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indemnity 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, this is a regression since macOS Tahoe. Amazing that it still exists after several patch releases, is audio working not a basic test case for Apple?

I’ve found it to be worst when using Xcode / simulator and having headphones on for music.

sudo killall coreaudiod seems to fix it for a while.

	▲	charliebwrites 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> sudo killall coreaudiod seems to fix it for a while For me this fixes it for about 30 minutes then I have to do it again… and again… and again… I wonder why some folks need to do it more than others

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dawnerd 41 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That drives me nuts. It happens more in my AirPod pros and gen 4 AirPods.

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bdcravens 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't think it's CPU-based, but I've always had an issue with my AirPods Max on my iPhone with audio cracking (my AirPods Pro work fine, and the Max works fine with my Mac)

	▲	codesnik 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I only have it when iphone simulator is running and using the same audio output.

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Y-bar 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Personally not experienced this. However, continuity camera seems to have gotten more unstable over the past months for me.