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Sound Icon not showing preferences

Since updating to Catalina, the sound icon in the menu bar only shows the slider, but sometimes, as it should, also show to connect to sound preferences. I've tried removing the icon and then turning it on again, but no success.


Please see attached. This is what it should show, but mostly only the slider.


iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 20, 2021 10:00 AM

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Posted on May 21, 2021 6:38 AM

No idea why that would happen.

As a possible workaround: if it is showing just the slider, click away from the menu and then Option-click - this ought to show not just Output options, but Input also. Maybe this can help bring up the rest of the menu.

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Sound Icon not showing preferences

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