Big Sur 11.5
Running Big Sur 11.5- My sound won't show consistently and now not at all in the menu bar although i set preferences to do so always
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.5
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Hi there dmc714,
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We understand you're having some difficulties getting your sound settings to show in the menu bar and we'd be happy to help assist. Can you tell us if you started to notice this after updating your macOS or was this happening previously? We'd first recommend to try to uncheck the option for your sound volume bar to show in System Preferences and then reselect the option.
It also may help to perform an NVRAM reset on your device as this is where the Mac sound settings are stored. You can read more about this and find the steps to complete this process at the link below.
Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac
There has also been another macOS update release for Big Sur version 11.5.1. If you have not already, it may be helpful to start this update so your Mac is fully up to date with the latest software version. The steps for that process are included in the article below, if needed.
How to update the software on your Mac
We hope this helps.
