Right, well before I go any further, I've just changed the subject line as the Mac Mini - nor any other modern day Mac - does not have a microphone jack <smile>.
You're dealing with 2 different beasts here actually, setting Skype up for the PC is somewhat different than setting it up for the Mac and I won't go into the differences here but I do agree, if you can set it up with the PC then ou'll have no trouble whatever in setting it for the Mac, how many sound devices or whatever you have isn't particularly important when it comes to the Mac, all you need to remember is to set your Skype input and output correctly to what you want. I'm not going to enter into the argument as to what you should or shouldn't have to buy, I've never liked those microphones that plug directly into a Sound Card anyway but that's only my opinion and I've only seen cheap one's <smile>, one thing to be said for a USB Headset is that it works on every computer with just about every operating system, that's the case with my Logitech Headset and my Logitech desktop microphone so for that reason alone, I reckon they're excellent buys. On 25/08/2009, at 4:46 AM, John G. Heim wrote: > > Yeah, I checked all my configuration settings in skype. I am no > skype expert > but I know enough to get it working on a Windows machine with 2 > sound cards. > I had jaws speaking via one sound card and skype working through the > other. > Very nice. But that's on a Windows machine that I really need to > get rid > of. > > Anyway, I got smart and asked the google after I posted my question > here. So > now I'm about as sure as I can be that it's a hardware problem. I > guess I > can understand that Apple was in a bind. They didn't want to have a > mic jack > on the Mac mini that is incompatible with all the other Macs out > there. But > I shouldn't have to buy a new headset to use with my Mac mini either. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 11:47 PM > Subject: Re: mac mini mic jack > > >> Hi! >> >> Okay, just because the microphone worked with the Windows PC doesn't >> mean its going to work with the Mac I'm afraid and if my hunch is >> correct - that you're using a microphone which plugs into the >> microphone jack of a PC and you're expecting it to work plugged into >> the Line in jack of your Mac - then you're going to be a little >> disappointed I think <smile>. >> >> I can't answer your garage Band question I'm afraid so let's deal >> with >> Skype then. The first thing you need to do is set the audio >> preferences in Skype, these are independent o the System Preferences >> for the Mac and are found by pressing command-, in Skype, go to the >> Toolbar, interact with it and press vo-space on the "Audio" button. >> From here you select your input and output, make sure the input >> reflects the microphone or whatever you're using. >> >> I bypassed a lot of this trouble by using a simple USB microphone, >> Logitech sell one for about $40.00 which does an excellent job, its >> the same as the one I use. You may also like to consider a USB >> headset though be a little careful here, some microphones on some >> sound as though you have your finger stuck up your nose <smile>. >> >> One final thing, to determine what you sound like on Skype, make a >> call to "Skype Test Call" which should be in your contacts table >> somewhere, if you can't find it then go into the "View" menu and >> select "Show offline contacts" >> >> >> On 22/08/2009, at 12:46 PM, John G. Heim wrote: >> >>> >>> I am trying to use skype on my mac mini. But the microphone doesn't >>> work. I >>> know the microphone I am using works because I just made a skype >>> call with >>> it on my Windows machine on Monday. I also tried connecting a stereo >>> imput >>> line to the jack and recording something with Garage Band and that >>> didn't >>> work either. >>> >>> I went into system preferences and found the imput tab. I turned the >>> lin-in >>> volume up to 100%. 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