#Discord for mac not working manual

Click on the search bar and type “Change System Sounds”, open it and go to the “Recording” tab. Fix #6Įnabling the exclusive mode for input and output devices can cause problems for apps like Discord to actually use a microphone. Just talk into the headset microphone and see which icon’s level lights up and that’s your headset’s microphone. On Win 10, click on the search bar and type “Change System Sounds”, open it and go to the “Recording” tab. In case there are a lot of options and you don’t know which microphone belongs to your headset and follow these steps. This should get the headset microphone working. Make sure the Input Volume slider is maxed out. Click on the settings icon, select Voice & Video, under “Input Device” select your microphone from the headset, usually, it has the same name as your headset. In this case, DIscord uses the default input and ignores any other headset microphone. This sometimes happens when you are using a laptop with a built-in microphone. Fix #5Īnother reason behind mic not detecting could be that the right input device isn’t selected for Discord. Speak into the microphone or headset and if the green bar is moving then Discord is taking input from your microphone. If the toggle for automatic sensitivity was on then disable it and slide the bar to the right and leave it in the middle. If the ba moves then the issue is resolved. Now speak into the microphone and see if the bar is moving when you speak. Under “Input Sensitivity” and toggle the Automatically determine input sensitivity if it’s toggled off.

#Discord for mac not working manual

When this happens, the manual sensitivity is set to minimum by default.Ĭlick on the settings icon right next to your username and then select Voice > Video (under App Settings). Chances are you tweaked the settings and toggled the automatic input sensitivity.

Another fix for Discord’s mic not detecting issue is tweaking the automatic input sensitivity.