

You may want to readī) Click on Reinstall Mac OS X. Have OS X Lion on a flash drive you can choose that. Re-start by holding down the Option key and choosing Recovery HD. As soon as I did this, the _coreaudiod cpu usage stopped.)Ī) Re-start computer by holding down command+R to access Recovery HD or I noticed that the Audio folder under /Library/Preferences was never automagically regenerated, so I tried renaming Audio.old back to Audio. ) and Francois Dillenger issue (I also had the new problem of _coreaudiod taking up pretty much a whole core of the cpu. VI- Lets deal with fredblondieau issue (_coreaudiod process is taking *much* of my cpu resources (136 coreaudiod _coreaudiod 114,7 5 3,4 MB Intel (64 bit)) and the fan keeps turning on and on like mad. Re-name itī) Go to Folder window will paper type: /Library/Preferences/Audio (Enter)Ĭ) Change name of Audio folder to Audio.oldĭ) Re-start computer and check audio (Audio should be working) The Audio folder you want to change is in preferences. IV- Lets get speaker icon working for now by opening terminal application under utilities folder.ī) Type your password (you are not going to see your password so get it correct)ĭ) Type exit and quit terminal application Specially if its a third party software which I believe is the issue. Press and release! (resetting System Management Controller SMC)Ĭ) Delete all applications listed if any. I- Start computer by holding down Shift + Control+ Option and Power at the same time. So, lets try fixing this issue again!!! This is what With the sound icon greyed out issue which I notice after the first update. However, the third (late 2009 Macbook Pro) The first two (2006 iMac and mid 2009 Macbook Pro) no issues. I upgraded three of my computers from Snow Leopard Lets make sure we check all our t-s and i-s. Sorry I'm just getting back with you guys so late but lets give it a second try and

Ok, thanks for the feedback fredblondieau and Francois Dillenger. Let's then wait for the fix/patch from Apple. Yep, thanks, yet another workaround, but not requesting to reboot.
