Comments on: Disabling a Mac Book Pro’s Optical Out

By: Thor

Thor — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:44:40 +0000

Thank you very much! I had the same problem and after having read your article and doing what you wrote, it works good! Thanks :)

By: Mr. Designer

Mr. Designer — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:54:51 +0000

Oh my gosh, thank you! I plugged in iPhone headphones and the red light in the jack came on and disabled my speakers. I just stuck a wooden match stick in and disabled the optical out. My Applecare just ran out less than a month ago too. Thanks again.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:58:48 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing your fix – worked like a charm!

By: meaplet

meaplet — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:10:02 +0000

Happy it worked for you, John! I haven’t had the problem since, although the friend who told me how to fix it had had it happen to her laptop repeatedly.

By: John

John — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:37:10 +0000

Thank you, that solved a great mystery for me and worked too!
Have added a toothpick to my essential computing tool box.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:20:22 +0000

This issue can be fixed if you MBP is still under warranty The Guys at the Genius Bar will take your MBP for a few days and swap out its Left I/O board for a new one.

By: meaplet

meaplet — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:37:23 +0000

I’m totally with you there. Ludicrous move on Apple’s part, especially as I’ve yet to see a digital speaker that would use the port. (And it still doesn’t handle standard speaker cables, which I feel would be more common…)

By: yarngeek

yarngeek — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:53:26 +0000

That’s.

If I say that it’s germanically over-engineered, does that suggest what I mean? Seriously, that’s just *foolish design*.