OS 15.5, 15.6, 15.6.1 and now is 15.7 all have an issue with playing cd on external cd/dvd drives. When connecting any bluetooth headphones or earbuds, music app will not play any cds on the cd drive.
Was going to update to Tahoe and wanted to know if anyone is still experiencing the same problem with Tahoe so I can know if I should bother with the update or not.
Mac mini, macOS 15.7
You may be experiencing some HDCP handshaking issues. Wireless technologies and their lag create problems with copyrighted content not conveying across. This becomes especially present with videos, but not as much with audio. Most CDs are 16 bit audio. Use the Audio Midi Setup utility to change your output to 16 bit stereo to avoid most problems with music from CDs.
Sony CDs have some real problems as they encoded a copy protection on many of their CDs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
I found in some cases I had to pull out my Snow Leopard running Mac Mini to play some CDs that wouldn't play elsewhere on a simple Verbatim USB DVD burner.
Once converted to 192 kbps MP3, I had no issues with the music. Lower kbps on MP3, or 128 kbps on AAC files tended to have crackling noise. I have not tested on bluetooth headphones per se with Sequoia, but if I have a chance I'll definitely check it out.
Does the latest Tahoe update have cd/bluetooth issues?
