You can turn it to input rather than output.

 

yes thats what i always did...you don't have that option now...no option to select??? and was told this is not a line in port only line out headphones etc???

Lindon...hows you mate long time no see you and ginger pubes??

 

System pref > Sound > bottom of the pane = use audio port for

 

Is there a USB-line in jack thingy?

Or a FireWire one?

 

usb, super fast cable port and firewire. but no bloody line in

 

This do?

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/TX532ZM/B/griffin-imic-usb-audio-interface?fnode=51

Still a bit shit that you can't plug straight in though.

 

thats the answer i think matey...just hope it works...and why the Fook Apple could not give me any ideas how to connect is crazy.

 

Yeah im good matey...hope you and your are doing well.

My macbook pro has a single port and im on the latest OS and i have the option to switch the port usage in the sound preference pane.

Not sure why yours does not

 

Yeah im good matey...hope you and your are doing well.

My macbook pro has a single port and im on the latest OS and i have the option to switch the port usage in the sound preference pane.

Not sure why yours does not

yes all good matey been flat out on house project for good while so never get time on here really...but know its the orical when it come to answers

what date is you mac pro and what size is it... as from may 2012 macbook pros don't have this option of being a duel line in and out port...so Im told today... not sure if thats just bollox as the tech support has gone really poor now so not trusting??

 

This not work?

 

I second the iMic, been using one for years. I've actually got two and if you can be bothered to find one second hand the original 1st generation ones were better quality.

 

Just hope it works on the new macs?? Not sure how to select line in as don't have that option??
Just brought a £100 gold lead that I now cannot use because of this apple fook up....never thought I would see the day

 

They expect you to use USB now. There is no line in.

 

Yes thanks apple for making this fook up clear before I buy

 

It is about reducing production costs and then selling you another device to do the job of a line in. As Peelo says Apple are not the company they once were, they are more interested in selling proprietary devices, apps and music, than actual ground breaking and reliable technology. I used Apple extensively at college, now I wouldn't touch one of their devices with a long stick. I would not be surprised that in the near future if they passed their PC range on to another company like IBM did with the Thinkpad range and Lenovo. Their money is now made from flashy devices.

 

My mate fell foul of this very same thing. Still at least you can buy one of the many professional firewire audio cards out there on the market, I mean, it's not like Apple have dropped that in favour of some new hardly supported proprietory connector... Oh wait...

Considering Apple's major selling point has been making machines for people that don't want to spend time configuring software and hardware I find it pretty incredible that they'd drop something so standard.

Unfortunately this is what happens when a company's major customer base shifts from people who are actually using the product as a tool to get work done, to people who are more interested in cool gadgety stuff like the retina scree, which, cool as it is, is not something that I can imagine any professional would have thought 'YES! Finally!"

 

The real piss take is that some mac pros for more money have the exact same one port but allow line in as well as headphone out....just madness and crazy to drop such a standard thing.

 

While I have said I agree... Keeping repeating its such a standard thing isn't going to make it so. It was only ever a mid level home thing, professional studios or audio buffs wouldn't have any use for it at all.

 

Yes agree totally mate...think mainly we were a bit hacked off we paid out for an expensive jack to phono cable just before the mac..now obsolete...Well not totally will just use the old MacBook....oh well move on.
You would be surprised how many pro djs doing a live set use this cable..yes bit different for studio stuff.. And the quality you could get with a good cable was a high quality anyway as others would agree I'm sure...not high end but cd quality...that's good enough for most if you get the settings right.