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Emergency audio reset on OS X / macOS when faced with loss of audio
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restart_audio.sh
#Use at your own risk. No warranties expressed or implied. YMMV. Drive responsibly. Eat healthy.
#for ZSH, I typically put these in my .zshrc
function restart_audio() {
command sudo killall coreaudiod &&
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist &&
sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist &&
echo 'Audio daemon restarted'
}
#alternately just run this in your terminal:
#sudo killall coreaudiod &&
#sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist &&
#sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist &&
#echo 'Audio daemon restarted'
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