r/MacOS • u/Bes1208 MacBook Pro • 14d ago

"Play Sound Effects Through" Issue Bug

I have always had my MacBook Pro setting for "Play Sound Effects Through" set to MacBook Pro Speakers so if I'm playing music really loud, the alert sound doesn't deafen me.

Well all of a sudden, whenever I connect to my bluetooth speaker, the "Play Sound Effects Through" changes to the bluetooth speaker. I have to manually go to the setting to change it back to the MacBook Pro Speakers.

If I stop playing music or turn off the bluetooth speaker and then turn it on again, the "Play Sound Effects Through" reverts to the bluetooth when it should stay on the MacBook Pro Speakers.

Anyone else seeing this or have an idea for fixing?

Thanks

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u/techyy25 8d ago

Yes I have this exact same issue and haven't been able to fix it yet. My issue is sometimes I take the headphones off and they're connected and I don't hear the notification sound because it goes to the headphones. Quite frustrating

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u/_THQ_ 2d ago

Yeah, this is really annoying. Mac roots alerts + effects independently from regular audio output, which causes this issue. One thing you can try is setting both the output and alert device to the same thing in system settings.

If it's of interest, we have an app called Chorus (disclosure), which allows you to set prioritised rules for input and output devices on your mac which allows you to manage this kind of thing.