As much as we love our Macs sometimes they do things that annoy the heck out of us . That annoyance turn into frustration when Apple does nothing to repair the outcome . If you ’re rosy , there ’s a third - party mending available .
Take , for example , a macOS bug that ’s been bug some Mac users for years . The issue is with audio balance , where sound is playing more from one side than the other . This job persevere forTwitter / X user Fabian ( @ffaebi ) , who wants Apple to eventually do something about it .
The year is 2024 and@applestill has not fixed the audio leave / right balance hemipteron in MacOS . I still have to use an app to fix it automatically . The app is from 2015 , that have in mind we are approach the 10 year anniversary 🎉 https://t.co/QegD5tEvaApic.twitter.com/saoiGubhXV
Fabian has been able to address the problem on his own with a third - party app calledBalance Lock . The app does what its name implies — it runs in the backdrop and check to verify the Mac ’s sound recording is balance between its speakers . If not , it adjusts the sound recording and locks it in .
Balance Lock , according to @ffaebi , has been available since 2015 and was released to address this macOS bug because Apple did n’t . So , it ’s been a bug for almost 10 years , if not longer . Tunabelly Software , the developer of Balance Lock , offer up it for free ( and advertizement - free ) and it ’s compatible with Intel and M - series Macs .
Several people have respond to @ffaebi ’s post enunciate they have also had the audio balance trouble . The onlineApple Support Communityhas several posts about the problem , and the intimate hole motley , including restart the Mac , boot into Safe Mode and then restating the Mac , resetting the CoreAudio driver , and disconnecting / reconnecting any outside talker or earphone . None of these commend repairs oeuvre , which leads to the conclusion that this is a hemipteran .
Fortunately , in this representative , there ’s a software fix , but it should n’t be this way . There ’s no way of bed why Apple has n’t addressed the problem – possibly it ’s because it ’s difficult to repeat ( I personally have never had this problem ) , but that ’s no excuse . Apple has fix other “ rare ” bugs , so it should address this one .
