Clicking noise when opening lid??
i recently got an incase protective case for my macbook pro that i got back in december. the clicking seems to be coming from the back side (where the lid is attached to the body) and only when i open it from completely closed. did i put the case on wrong?
Sounds like it's not on fully... check the instructions or their website. You shouldn't hear any click or feel any resistance when using a case.
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Small clicking noise when moving
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My 2.53ghz 13" macbook pro is doing the same thing. This is odd because the 13" unibody macbook I had before this also has SMS and it never did this. If it is the SMS sensor, it is kicking in for very slight movements.
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Why does my MacBook Pro make clicking noises when pressure is applied to the unibody?
I purchased a MacBook Pro in late July of this year. Recently, I have noticed that when I begin to type on the keyboard, the unibody will make a faint sound when pressure from my hands is applied to the MacBook. I also notice a faint clicking noise when I pick up the MacBook Pro to move it somewhere. Additionally, the screen hinge makes a faint clicking noise when the screen is opened. Are these sounds normal?
Check if an AASP (Apple Authorised Service Provider) is closer, as some do not trust Geek Squad to diagnose something as simple as "all the keys are missing". But judge for yourself.: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1434
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i have iphone 5s which when i connect to import the pictures directly to my windows computer. a folder by the name of my phone appears in "My Computer" . when i open it, it shows the storage information and one icon to click on. when opened it shows a couple of folders to click upon to view pictures. when i open the pictures folder and delete all the pictures , even then a lots of unclickable windows icons remain
i have attached the picture of that window's screenshot. plus when ever i try deleting them it says,
please help!.. i shall be really thankful.
iPhone 5s, iOS 8I have the same issue and it has to do with iOS 8.2
Apple, please mend this ASAP. Really stupid change since iOS 8.1
If you for some reason must have many different folder make sure that you put the newst photo in the last folder so one can easily find a photo when I don't want to copy all photos to, let' say, my friend computer. -
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After coming back from Hawaii, my Ipod classic doesn't work anymore. When plugged into itunes, it says that it may be corrupt, and that I need to restore it. I have tried this, but everytime it gives me an error code of 1434. When I click more information, it sends me to a support page, but not for error code 1434. I tried all of the steps on the page hoping that it would help. Also my ipod is making a lot of clicking noises when it is trying to run, alomst as if it is skipping inside and can't fully run. Can anyone help me ?
Clicking sounds from an iPod that has a hard drive for storage is not a good thing. It usually means the hard drive is faulty. That is the likely reason for getting an error during the attempt to Restore.
If you use a Mac, you can try putting the iPod into Disk Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1363
If it goes into Disk Mode, connect the iPod and instead of running iTunes, run Disk Utility. Does the iPod appear in the Disk Utility sidebar? If it does, select the iPod device in the sidebar, not the volume indented below the device (if there is one). Go to the Erase tab. Set the Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Name does not matter. Click on Security Options and choose to write a single pass of zeros over the entire disk. This serves as a good "stress test" for the iPod's hard drive. Back on the main window, click Erase.
This takes longer than a regular erase, but you should see steady progress. If it errors out, or stalls for a LONG time (like hours), the hard drive is likely to be faulty.
If it completes successfully, quit Disk Utility, run iTunes and try to do another Restore -
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A "clicking noise" is often a sign that a hard drive is malfunctioning. Suggest that you power down the device and take it to an Apple store to have them take a look, or contact Customer Service at Apple for instructions.
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What could be causing it?
Is my mini out of whack? I did drop it before it died 2 years ago, but it worked for quite a few months after dropping it though. I just got around to working on it now cuz I miss it.thanks for the reply. well changing the hard drive was easy. it might be the battery. it did give me some errors before it crapped out. i just dont remember what those were. i think it was an apple with a lightning over it, which would indicate a bad battery i suppose. i will try to change the battery and see how that goes. i just cant troubleshoot since nothing comes on, except for a faint clicking noise when it's hooked up to the usb.
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Little clicking noise when computer picked up or moved.
is it normal that my macbook pro 13 makes a little clicking noise when moved suddenly or picked up ? it sounds like the optical or hard drive to me.
Hi nomadikpat,
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I have a MBP 13 that runs perfectly. However recently I noticed a "clicking" sound when I open the display. The noise (a single click) appears to come from the upper right hand side of the screen. Any ideas on whether I should get this checked out?
dcnjrich wrote:
I sent my MBP13 to Apple for repair. The tech indicated that the hinges were lubricated and tightened....and the sound still exists. Atleast I have it documented in the event there is any type of failure. Candidly I'm guessing that one of the magnets is loose as the noise does not occur when the laptop lid is closed.
If this was my MBP, I'd return it and ask them to fix it correctly, and if they can't, ask about a replacing it (I would miss it while it was gone, but I'd still be able to work on one of my other Macs. If you can't afford the time without it, your situation might be different; obviously that's your call.) -
Strange clicking noise when rMBP13 is tilted
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After a month of leaving it at two different service centres (one of them causing the noise to grow little louder), I have the macbook with me now.. I still hear the noise when I tilt the device (don't tell me not to tilt it).. The gentleman from Apple senior management Europe stopped responding to my emails.. My 1-year warranty ran out this month.. Feeling insecure of what else could go wrong with my device in future, I have now bought the AppleCareProtectionPlan (or rather was cornered into buying it)..
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yes. mine clicks also. really poor QC if you ask me. I've had all of the iphone versions and this is the worst quality i've seen. This is not the same Apple...
I'm taking it back and hopefully they'll give me a new one since I've only had it 3 weeks. AND NOT A REFURB either...
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Noise when opening the screen in MacBook Pro 17 Unibody
Hello, I am noticing that when opening the screen, the hinge does like a noise.
He is similar to, clack! It does right when being in the form of L, upwards and downwards.
Some idea that it can be?
ThanksI had the same problem with my Macbook Pro as well, what I did was that i opened the screen as far as it could go and kept there for a few seconds, and when I closed and reopened the screen it never did it again, never made the that clicking noise again. Try it out and see if it works for you. Take care and best of luck
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Clicking noise when streaming sound to SourceDataLine
Hello,
I'm trying to stream sound to the PC's speakers using SourceDataLine, but I have trouble getting rid of a clicking noise.
It seems to occur when sourceDataLine.available() equals sourceDataLine.getBufferSize(). Is there a way to avoid this?
I am dealing with an audio of indeterminate length. Here's the test code:
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
import javax.sound.sampled.DataLine;
import javax.sound.sampled.LineEvent;
import javax.sound.sampled.LineListener;
import javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException;
import javax.sound.sampled.SourceDataLine;
public class PlaybackLoop implements LineListener {
SourceDataLine sourceDataLine;
AudioFormat format;
public PlaybackLoop() throws LineUnavailableException {
AudioFormat.Encoding
encoding = AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED;
int sampleRate = 8000; // samples per sec
int sampleSizeInBits = 16; // bits per sample
int channels = 1;
int frameSize = 2; // bytes per frame
int frameRate = 8000; // frames per sec
// size of 1 sample * # of channels = size of 1 frame
boolean bigEndian = true;
format = new AudioFormat(
encoding,
sampleRate,
sampleSizeInBits,
channels,
frameSize,
frameRate,
bigEndian);
// PCM_SIGNED 8000.0 Hz, 16 bit, mono, 2 bytes/frame, big-endian
DataLine.Info info = new DataLine.Info(SourceDataLine.class, format);
sourceDataLine = (SourceDataLine) AudioSystem.getLine(info);
public synchronized void play() throws LineUnavailableException,
InterruptedException {
int bytesPerSec = (int) format.getFrameRate() * format.getFrameSize();
int intervalMs = 200;
int loop = 50;
int bytesSize = bytesPerSec * intervalMs / 1000;
byte[] bytes = new byte[bytesSize];
// creates a high pitched sound
for (int i = 0; i < bytesSize / 2; i++) {
if (i % 2 == 0) {
writeFrame(bytes, i, 0x05dc);
} else {
writeFrame(bytes, i, 0x059c);
sourceDataLine.open(format, 16000);
sourceDataLine.addLineListener(this);
int bufferSize = sourceDataLine.getBufferSize();
System.out.println(format.toString());
System.out.println(bufferSize + " bytes of line buffer.");
long nextTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + intervalMs;
sourceDataLine.start();
for (int i = 0; i < loop; i ++) {
int available = sourceDataLine.available();
if (available == bufferSize) {
// clicking noise occurs here
System.out.println("*");
int w = sourceDataLine.write(bytes, 0, bytesSize);
long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
if (w != bytesSize) {
System.out.println("Not all written.");
// TODO
// time adjustment , to prevent accumulated delay.
long delta = (nextTime - currentTime);
long wait = intervalMs + delta;
if (0 < wait) {
this.wait(wait);
nextTime += intervalMs;
} else {
nextTime = currentTime + intervalMs;
System.out.println();
System.out.println("End play()");
public static void main(String[] args) throws LineUnavailableException,
InterruptedException {
new PlaybackLoop().play();
public static void writeFrame(byte[] bytes, int halfwordOffset, int value) {
writeFrame(bytes, 0, halfwordOffset, value);
public static void writeFrame(byte[] bytes, int byteOffset,
int halfwordOffset, int value) {
byteOffset += 2 * halfwordOffset;
bytes[byteOffset++] = (byte) (value >> 8);
bytes[byteOffset++] = (byte) (value >> 0);
public void update(LineEvent event) {
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Update:");
System.out.println(event.getType().toString());
}I have modified the code so that it shows how the audio goes out of synch
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
import javax.sound.sampled.DataLine;
import javax.sound.sampled.LineEvent;
import javax.sound.sampled.LineListener;
import javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException;
import javax.sound.sampled.SourceDataLine;
public class PlaybackLoop implements LineListener {
SourceDataLine sourceDataLine;
AudioFormat format;
public PlaybackLoop() throws LineUnavailableException {
AudioFormat.Encoding
encoding = AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED;
int sampleRate = 8000; // samples per sec
int sampleSizeInBits = 16; // bits per sample
int channels = 1;
int frameSize = 2; // bytes per frame
int frameRate = 8000; // frames per sec
// size of 1 sample * # of channels = size of 1 frame
boolean bigEndian = true;
format = new AudioFormat(
encoding,
sampleRate,
sampleSizeInBits,
channels,
frameSize,
frameRate,
bigEndian);
// PCM_SIGNED 8000.0 Hz, 16 bit, mono, 2 bytes/frame, big-endian
DataLine.Info info = new DataLine.Info(SourceDataLine.class, format);
sourceDataLine = (SourceDataLine) AudioSystem.getLine(info);
public synchronized void play() throws LineUnavailableException, InterruptedException {
int bytesPerSec = (int) format.getFrameRate() * format.getFrameSize();
int intervalMs = 200;
int loop = 400;
int bytesSize = bytesPerSec * intervalMs / 1000;
byte[] bytes = new byte[bytesSize];
// creates a high pitched sound
for (int i = 0; i < bytesSize / 2; i++) {
if (i % 2 == 0) {
writeFrame(bytes, i, 0x05dc);
} else {
writeFrame(bytes, i, 0x059c);
sourceDataLine.open(format, 16000);
sourceDataLine.addLineListener(this);
int bufferSize = sourceDataLine.getBufferSize();
System.out.println(format.toString());
System.out.println(bufferSize + " bytes of line buffer.");
long nextTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + intervalMs;
sourceDataLine.start();
for (int i = 0; i < loop; i ++) {
int available = sourceDataLine.available();
if (available == bufferSize) {
// clicking noise occurs here
System.out.println("*");
int w = sourceDataLine.write(bytes, 0, bytesSize);
if (w != bytesSize) {
System.out.println("Not all written.");
// TODO
// printing time drift
if (i % 100 == 0) {
long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
// this number increases
System.out.println(nextTime - currentTime);
nextTime += intervalMs;
System.out.println();
System.out.println("End play()");
public static void main(String[] args) throws LineUnavailableException, InterruptedException {
new PlaybackLoop().play();
public static void writeFrame(byte[] bytes, int halfwordOffset, int value) {
writeFrame(bytes, 0, halfwordOffset, value);
public static void writeFrame(byte[] bytes, int byteOffset,
int halfwordOffset, int value) {
byteOffset += 2 * halfwordOffset;
bytes[byteOffset++] = (byte) (value >> 8);
bytes[byteOffset++] = (byte) (value >> 0);
public void update(LineEvent event) {
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Update:");
System.out.println(event.getType().toString());
}The output looks like this:
PCM_SIGNED 8000.0 Hz, 16 bit, mono, 2 bytes/frame, big-endian
16000 bytes of line buffer.
Update:Start
200
1200
1450
1700
End play()
The printed number keeps on rising. (Maybe I'm not sending enough information to the audio input stream?)
The printed number should be stable if in synch, but it continues to rise, signifying that it's playing audio faster than it's being provided. When the audio input source is from a network streamed audio (instead of the test audio source in this example), it results in a buffer under run, which causes the clicking sound. -
Lately, when I open my macbook there is a "creaking" noise. Is that a concern--or just normal wear and tear?
I had the same problem with my Macbook Pro as well, what I did was that i opened the screen as far as it could go and kept there for a few seconds, and when I closed and reopened the screen it never did it again, never made the that clicking noise again. Try it out and see if it works for you. Take care and best of luck
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