Mac Audio Input

April 14, 2008 · Print This Article

If you try to use your Mac for Skype you’ll probably want to get a headset microphone some time.  Be aware that Macs don’t actually have a microphone input.  They have a line in input.  This means with most microphones the signal will be too soft.  You can get around this problem by getting a USB headset or some type of preamp.  Hopefully this little bit of knowledge will save some readers a few hours of time and 3 or 4 trips to Radio Shack. (I speak from experience on this.)

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3 Responses to “Mac Audio Input”
  1. Nick P. (4 comments) says:
    April 15, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Do you have any specific hardware to recommend?

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  2. Mark Shead (659 comments) says:
    April 15, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    I’m having reasonable luck with the Griffin iMic and a cheap headset mic from Walmart. I’d like to get a USB solution–or better yet bluetooth, but for some reason I can’t get my Jawbone headset to work the Leopard.

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  3. Andre (1 comments) says:
    April 27, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    I have a LogicTech USB headset. I love it. Very nice :-)

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