Apogee Jam and iMac problem

Just playing around with Garageband after buying an Apogee Jam.
I tried the 'line in' method via the guitar amp which worked great ....however, I now have a high pitched whine coming through the monitors which was not there before. It is controlled in volume by the Apogee Jam gain wheel. If I turn it right down, there is not enough signal to record properly.
Thinking about it, I did unplug the Apogge from its USB with Garageband open.....do you think I've damaged the Apogee? It didn't make this noise before I unplugged it.

JAM works best when plugged directly into a guitar, bass ect. Unplugging JAM shouldn't have caused an issue. Have you reached out to Apogee support? support.apogeedigital.com

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