Like I suggested, try using the 3.5mm EarPods that came with older iPhones. If you don’t still have a pair of these, Apple still sells them for $19.
There are other options to consider, but many people still have these EarPods around. - Brad - On May 23, 2024, at 23:18, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: ok but then I wouldn’t be able to hear anything unless I got a different kind of splitter that would support both. are such things available? > On May 23, 2024, at 10:54 PM, Bradford Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote: > > It would be my guess that the splitter only supports output (headphones., and > you would have to unplug the splitter, and plug the EarPods directly into the > internal jack. > > - Brad - > > > > On May 23, 2024, at 14:31, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: > > right now I have a Y plugged into that 3.5 mm jack that has my computer > speakers and my headphones plugged into it. if I were to remove the speakers, > which I might have to do anyway to avoid feedback, and plug in a mic is there > anything I’d have to change in the sound settings? when I first got > thiscomputer I had to fool around with those settings to get my speakers to > sound right but I don’t remember what I did. > >> On May 23, 2024, at 12:06 AM, Bradford Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote: >> >> Actually, the 3.5mm jack on the back of your Mac mini is both a headphone >> jack, and a microphone input. >> It is designed to work with wired EarPods that used to come with iPhones. >> If you still have some of those 3.5mm EarPods, they work very well with your >> Mac mini or a MacBook Air or Pro. >> If you don’t have any of those around, Apple still sells them for $19. >> >> - Brad - >> >> >> >> On May 22, 2024, at 23:26, Dave Carlson <dgcarlson0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Lorie, >> >> For the Mac, you’ll need to purchase a USB sound card that hhas one or more >> microphone jacks. >> >> Dave Carlson >> Oregonian, Woodworker, Farfar, Engineer, Musician >> dgcarlson0...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> On May 22, 2024, at 8:21 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As I have a Mac mini, it doesn’t have a microphone. my old one had a round >> input for a mic right next to the speaker jack but this new one doesn’t. I >> have several microphones but they all have what we used to call mini plugs. >> I think that might be 3.5 mm. what do I need to do if I want to plug one of >> these into my Mac? I would probably have to get a dongle or some kind of >> adapter. >> >> thanks. >> Lorie >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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