

I am in Australia right now and my AppleCare (along with my mac) were bought in the USA.
SKYPE ON A MAC BOOK AIR SOFTWARE
I upgraded to 10.5.5 just a few minutes ago to see if that would resolve the issue but it has not.Īny ideas? Could this be software or hardware? My instinct as a tech would say its hardware, but the fact that every time I restart the Preferences Pane or Skype the mic works again for the same amount of time indicates it may be software (if it was hardware it either would or wouldn't work or would randomly come on and off instead of in a predictable pattern) This morning I tried to use it again and this problem presented itself. I was using 10.5.4 for quite a while and used Skype just the other day for about two hours perfectly. I have not made any changes to my system when this started occuring.

I can close the System Preferences pane, open it a minute or two later, and it will do the same thing. But about 5-6 seconds later the indicators stop and no more sound is recognized. For example, I can open the System Preferences sound pane, and it shows me the sound levels which fluctuate as I talk indicating it is working properly.

It stays dead for a little while, then if I try again a few minutes later, it does the same thing. Whenever I use a program that allows me to use sound I capture with the mic (Skype, or even the System Preferences sound pane), the mic will be active for a few seconds and then it just dies. Here is the problem I am having with my MacBook Air.
