
Supported output devices include AirPods, internal speakers, and wired headphones. Hook up your AirPods Max, for example, and start playing audio with support for Dolby Atmos, as in Apple TV+, and an M1 or recent Intel model now offers you control over the output device, noise control, spatial audio, and output volume.Īccording to Apple, Spatial Audio is supported by all M1 models, and iMac, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models from 2018 onwards. This article points you in the right direction.Īs you’d expect, this provides on-the-fly controls over sound output. Now, with Monterey and M1 models, we’ve got everything from mono to Spatial Audio, configured in the menu bar, the Sound pane in System Preferences, and a whole app, Audio MIDI Setup.

If your Mac’s sound seems straightforward, you haven’t scratched below its surface.
