RECORDING WITH BUILT IN MIC

i am trying to record some vocals using garage band and my built in mic on my macbook but there is a clicker noise produced every time i start the recording, like, click, 2 seconds, click, 2 seconds, click etc. haha. nothing is interfering, i think, so i am wondering how i can fix this?? i can record over it, but the clicking noise is just in the background.

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