Mixing bass loud enough to be heard through MacBook speakers

I can never seem to get my bass tracks loud enough (within the context of my all my mixing) to be heard through my MacBook speakers. The bass (recorded with a jazz bass) sounds fine w/ headphones, in the car as well as through studio monitors. I know MacBook -- and laptop speakers in general -- are considered terrible for music listening, but let's be honest: it's the most common method.
I listen to other recordings by other bands and you can hear their bass OK this way. Why not w/ my recordings?

I know this thread is a little old, but I've had the same problems in the past and have found a plugin for mixing that at least partially solves this exact problem. It's called Waves RBass and you can find it at http://www.waves.com/Content.aspx?id=194. What this does is basically crank up the harmonics, instead of the fundamental tone. You can read more about it in the manual at http://www.waves.com/manuals/plugins/RBass.pdf (Chapter 1, under "What is the secret?"). Just thought I'd share it, in case someone else has the same issues.

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