How to Fix Cracking and Popping Sound ?

Same issue here. Running 12.4 Monterey, M1 Pro 14-inch 2021. Already reinstalled and formated my laptop.

Same issue. I've tried many fixes in this thread with no luck or at least temporarily resolved. M1 Pro, 16" - 2021, Monterey 12.4.

This is incredibly annoying and pretty poor that it hasn't been addressed by this point based on the number of users with this issue....

No one at the Apple Store at the Genius Bar could help me either. Whenever I compile something with XCode, the sound starts cracking. Running 12.4 Monterey, M1 Pro 14-inch 2021.

I am on my third week with no issues. So if you are desperate to fix this, you should do a clean macOS install/reset

(https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/132423?answerId=719939022#719939022)

Tried clean reinstall, no luck :(

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) MacOS 12.4 (21F79

Same issue here on Monterey 12.5 on 16" M1 Pro Macbook Pro. Crazy to have this issue on such an expensive "Pro" machine!

Hi guys,

I have the same problem on my 16" M1 Max with 64 GB RAM. Not maxing out neither CPU nor RAM. It only happens when running Parallels, though. A sudo killall coreaudiod solves the problem temporarily.

It seems like a problem in coreaudiod or on the kernel level.

Monitoring the system logs with the Console app yields more or less the same error log entries each time a crackle is heard (noticing the mention of an Audio IO Overload):

default	12:15:57.957273+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 0, start: 0xd02e498a81b, duration: 0x47, fault address: 0x120214000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957334+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 1, start: 0xd02e498a919, duration: 0x8a, fault address: 0x120354000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957355+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 2, start: 0xd02e498aabd, duration: 0x3f, fault address: 0x12039c000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957375+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 3, start: 0xd02e498ab0a, duration: 0xc4, fault address: 0x1203a0000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957393+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 4, start: 0xd02e498abe5, duration: 0x46, fault address: 0x120410000, fault pc: 0x1a0389500, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957411+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 5, start: 0xd02e498acdd, duration: 0x8a, fault address: 0x120404000, fault pc: 0x1952a1938, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957431+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 6, start: 0xd02e498ad7a, duration: 0x2b, fault address: 0x120408000, fault pc: 0x1952a1938, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957449+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 7, start: 0xd02e498adb6, duration: 0x94, fault address: 0x12040c000, fault pc: 0x1952a1938, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957468+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 8, start: 0xd02e498ae73, duration: 0x39, fault address: 0x120410000, fault pc: 0x1952a1938, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x4, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957484+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 9, start: 0xd02e498b06a, duration: 0x4f, fault address: 0x12001c000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957539+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 10, start: 0xd02e498b0cc, duration: 0x50, fault address: 0x120020000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
(...)
default	12:15:57.960874+0200	coreaudiod	 Audio IO Overload thread: b8a57a inputs: '<private>' outputs: '<private>' cause: 'Unknown' prewarming: no recovering: no
default	12:15:57.961083+0200	coreaudiod	     CAReportingClient.mm:508   message {
    "HAL_client_IO_duration" = 98458;
    HostApplicationDisplayID = "com.apple.WebKit.GPU";
    cause = PageFaultsOffIOThread;
    deadline = 20835502;
    "input_device_source_list" = "";
    "input_device_transport_list" = "";
    "input_device_uid_list" = "";
    "io_buffer_size" = 512;
    "io_cycle" = 258;
    "io_cycle_budget" = 11354166;
    "io_page_faults" = 0;
    "is_prewarming" = 0;
    "is_recovering" = 0;
    "issue_type" = overload;
    lateness = 150;
    "other_page_faults" = 68;
    "output_device_source_list" = "Internal Speaker";
    "output_device_transport_list" = BuiltIn;
    "output_device_uid_list" = BuiltInSpeakerDevice;
    "safety_violation" = 1;
    "sample_rate" = 48000;
    "scheduler_latency" = 13834583;
    "smallest_buffer_frame_size" = 512;
}: (
    384592846520321
)

I hope this helps, Thomas

Same issue on a brand new iMac M1 with 12.4. After upgrade to 12.5 worked fine a few days but it comes back really bad. Very disappointed.

I'll join in and say it's been happening on my M1 Max 16-inch MacBook Pro too. The issue started happening around December 2021, and I pretty much always have to restart my laptop as a countermeasure. The issue always comes back after about 7-9 days.

The issue still exists on macOS 12.5.

On a similar note, my Mac Studio M1 Max is now randomly disconnecting ethernet when using cable. It's the only computer in the whole office with this issue, checking the router, it shows no reason for this to happen in the logs. This ALSO happened on my previous Mac Mini 2018 (T1 chipset) which also had this sound issue. So something is definitely wrong with how T1/T2 chipsets handle IO/Network.

MB pro M1 pro, 16 GB, macOS 13 Ventura Beta 4, problem is still there.

Well, maybe it's time for a class-action lawsuit... Apple refuses to make a statement on any channel about this and they don't seem to work on it either... Those are expensive MULTIMEDIA devices WITH AUDIO CRACKLINGS! *** Apple.

I have a REALLY interesting development. My network connection kept dropping now and then, I use a high-end Mikrotik Router. So instead of buying a new one, I switch RouterOS to OpenWRT on it and lo and behold, the network never disconnects any more - HOWEVER, it ALSO fixed the sound popping and crackling issue! It's TRULY GONE!

It seems that streaming media causes this issue to build up over time, some issue with the way MacOS handles media over the network.

This is why this issue followed me through Mac Mini, Mac Studio and Macbook Pro, because I always used the same router.

Please try with a different router (Or switch router OS) and see if this fixes it for you too and hopefully, Apple will see this and fix the issue!

I've had the M1 Max 64 for a few months without a hiccup running lots of plugins like Spitfire, Cherry Audio, Arturia, etc, between two or more DAW's. Suddenly, I'm getting all kinds of popping, clicking or volume jumps in my main two DAWs.

I've tried different configurations of buffers and sample rates within the DAW's as well as changing settings within Apple's Audio options, (Speakers at 44,000Khz, 48,000 Khz, etc) to no avail. I've tested the output with headphones, external speakers and the laptop speakers themselves. They all do it. That tells me it's coming from Apple's side.

Considering this is relatively new since my purchase a few months ago, I'm perplexed as to what could be causing it. Was there a quiet update in the background? Can't say. But Apple really needs to get on this. Between the Apple products and third party products, I've put out a lot of money to get my studio up and running. Right now, I cannot deliver any product and I'm losing money.

Apple, please respond and at least give us some kind of insight.

Is Apple going to do anything about this? I have 3 different 2019 16” and EVERY ONE of them has this same issue. Shouldn’t this be a recall issue like the keyboards? How call Apple keep expecting me to pay $4k+ for computers that have flaws. At least they fixed my keyboards for free, but that’s the exact reason I switched to the 16” models for me and my employees. Now this. Very disappointing. And of course, happens right after Apple Care+ expired. Planned obsolescence?