Welcome back, in today’s video I’ll be showing you how to setup headphones and a
microphone on MacOS. Hopefully this should be a simple tutorial, if everything works
as it should. Before we get into the method there’s just a few things to mention. You
can of course use the built in Mic if you are following this video on a MacBook that
has one and also if you want to connect wireless headphones via Bluetooth, then I will soon
have a video showing that method. You can follow this video if you just want to setup
a pair of headphones or a microphone, just follow the separate parts. Finally, remember
to leave a like and feel free to subscribe if the video helps, let’s get into the method.
We’ll start by setting up our headphones or audio output device. We first need to connect
them to our device. You should have a few options in terms of connection types. You
might have a USB type C device, or a traditional 3.5mm headphone connector. Check the ports
on your device to see where to connect it to. If you have a newer Mac, you’ll probably
only have USB type C and 3.5mm connections. Depending on the device you want to connect,
you might need an adaptor for it to connect properly. If this is the case, there should
be plenty of options to buy them online and they won’t cost too much.
Once the headphones are connected, they should work automatically straight away however,
we can check that our Mac is detecting them properly and also change a few settings. To
do this, go to the Apple logo in the top left and click on that, now choose system preferences
and then find and click on sound. This will open the sound settings and you now need to
go to the output tab, although you might be in there by default. In here, you can make
sure that your headphones are selected from the list of available devices and also change
the balance of the volume. Finally, you could change the volume in here if you wanted to,
although this can be done in other places too such as on the keyboard.
It’s as simple as that for setting up headphones. If you wanted more ways to customise the sound,
you could download an equalizer from the app store. This will allow you to change some
of the sound frequency levels to make it more to your preference.
Let’s move on to the setup of the microphone. The method is similar to that of the headphones.
We first need to connect it to the Mac unless you want to use the built-in mic if you have
one, which is fine also but obviously you don’t need to worry about connecting it.
If you used the 3.5mm port, then that will support both the headphones and the microphone.
Again, you may need an adaptor to connect it. Once you have the microphone connected,
we need to go back into the sound settings. This method was the Apple logo in the top
left, then system preferences and then sound. This time, click on the input tab. You should
see a list of all of the microphones connected. Choose the one you want to use from the list
and then you can change the sensitivity of it by moving the input volume slider below
the devices list. You can see the volume of the mic when you speak with the input level
bar. Once you have set the volume, that is just about it for the mic. One thing to remember
though is that you may need to select the mic within the application you are wanting
to use. These settings will be in each app. And so that is how to setup headphones and
a microphone on MacOS. If you have any questions, then let me know in the comments below and
if you did find today’s video helpful remember to leave a like and feel free to subscribe
for more tips in the future. Be sure to stick around to see some of my other videos that
you might be interested in. Thanks so much for watching and I will see you in another
video!