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SadestPotato
5 years ago
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Audio Cracking/Popping When Loading or Music is Playing (M1 MacBook Air)

So I started to play Sims 4 on the new MacBook Air with the M1 chip and the game works great, no complaints in terms of the performance. However, I did notice that the audio crackles and pops almost ...
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  • alex5215927's avatar
    alex5215927
    5 years ago

    I found a solution. No promises that it'll work for everybody, but it seems to be working for me. Open the Audio MIDI Setup app (should be under Other in Launchpad), click the Format dropdown, and change it to 96,000 Hz. I don't know why this worked, but I'm not having any crackling anymore.

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AlyaMiray
5 years ago

Yeah I have Mac Pro M1 too, It is so frustrating! My screen freezes and the music cracks. I can not play

  • jenn517's avatar
    jenn517
    Seasoned Novice
    5 years ago

    @AlyaMiray I saw another post that mentioned turning on Vertical sync in the game graphic options. Mine froze on me as well when I was playing, so I checked that off before I played last night and didn’t freeze once. 

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