This sounds more like a feature than a bug. If you change your VoiceOver output device to something other than the system default output, and that device is no longer present, then you have no way to hear VoiceOver output. So, if your Mac determines that the selected device for VoiceOver output is no longer present, then to make sure that VoiceOver can be heard, VoiceOver may be automatically changing back to the default system output, which would most likely be your internal MacBook Air’s speakers.
To me, this would be preferred to having no output for VoiceOver. Rather than changing your VoiceOver output device to something other than the default system output, I would recommend changing the default system output device. then when that device is not present, the default system output will default to the internal MacBook Air speaker. Once the alternative system output device is once again present, the system default output will revert to that alternative device, and VoiceOver output will follow. - Brad - On May 27, 2025, at 03:48, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> wrote: I have a new annoyance on my Macbook Air. Sometime in the overnight hours the audio device assigned to Voice Over via the Sound Tab in Voice Over Utility is being reset to the System Default audio device. Every morning I reset it back to my preferred device. Am I missing something? Or is this a new bug that somehow crept in with a recent software upgrade? Janina -- Janina Sajka (she/her/hers) Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa Linux Foundation Fellow https://www.linuxfoundation.org/board-of-directors-2/ -- 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. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/aDV8aYRR-_Shjy1d%40rednote.net. -- 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. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/77E2D65F-41D8-4D84-973F-D7F3867FF712%40swbell.net.
