

I did a sound check and the Air isn't picking up sound from the HTC headset mic, nor is "External Microphone" appearing as an input source. The headset is HTC-branded (it was included with an HTC smartphone).

Here’s how to reset MacBook PRAM.I'm trying to use a TRRS headset with my Macbook Air 2017 (Catalina), but the Air is only recognizing it as output, but ignoring the microphone as input. Most of the times, by resetting the PRAM on MacBook, fixes such problems. Parameter RAM is a place where most of the hardware settings are stored including microphone. Look for the Keyboard option and open it.Select the Apple logo and go with System Preferences.If the Dictation is already enabled on Mac, then disable and re-enable it. Report says enabling the Dictation settings on the macOS has forced the microphone to work correctly. Close these settings and reboot the MacBook.ĭictation is built-in feature available in MacBook.Make sure the app is allowed to use Microphone for which you’re facing the trouble.

However, this could be a trouble, if you don’t know these settings, refer the below steps and verify the microphone settings. If you don’t want to let any particular app to access the microphone, then its quite easy to revoke the microphone permission. On macOS, you’re allowed to control the microphone access for individual apps.

Solution 2: Make Sure Microphone Permission is Enabled
