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0 pointsmickael114y ago0 comments

The 13 inch Macbook Pro, just like the Air, does not have a dedicated audio input. It's one of those mobile phone headphone/microphone combo jacks.

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ddagradi14y ago· 2 in thread

The Macbook Air does not have a combo port (currently). Just a headphone jack. I used dedicated to mean "includes specific hardware to handle this use case". Sorry for the ambiguity.

The consumer product line continues to have fewer fine-grained controls than Pro products, so nothing has really changed here.

r00fus14y ago

Not sure if you're correct - look at the specs page [1]... it does support the Apple headset with combo microphone/headphones port.

[1] http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html

ddagradi14y ago

Interesting! The language on the MBP specs says "Combined headphone/line in", whereas the MBA specs say "Headphone port". But you are correct: my headphones register as an audio input on the Macbook Air. I wonder if it's a very specific exception, or just an intentionially undisclosed feature (why?).

bbloomberg14y ago· 1 in thread

Hold down option and click the volume icon in the menu bar, select "Use Audio Port for: Input"

DanBC14y ago

The ability to switch between input and output suggests it's not a dedicated input port.

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