Comments on: SoundSource 2.5 and a Story About the Menubar

By: Mike Walsh

Mike Walsh — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:44:23 +0000

i have 10.5.8 and a dell monitor with built in usb webcam and mic. unfortunately, the system and therefore skype have a lot of trouble keeping up with the mic. i either have to go into midi audio settings and “reapply” mic settings i never change, or unplug and replug the monitor usb cable.

would your app help keep the mic active and seen?

By: Snow Leopard Compatibility: Some sound I/O utilities broken | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:15:18 +0000

[...] the Rogue Amoeba blog, Quentin Carnicelli late last week announced the release of SoundSource 2.5, the latest version of [...]

By: matt

matt — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:43:45 +0000

Sure, choice is a great thing :)

By: Paul Kafasis

Paul Kafasis — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:49:16 +0000

matt: Indeed - as noted in the comments on a previous post, as well as other places. We're aware of this, but SoundSource is free, and offers a bit more. As well, unfortunately, option-clicking is pretty non-discoverable for most, so we're happy to keep providing SoundSource for free.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:41:10 +0000

You might be interested to know that in 10.6 if you option click the system volume MenuExtra you can switch sound sources.

By: Paul Kafasis

Paul Kafasis — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:44:45 +0000

Matt, Dave M.: We definitely agree – unfortunately, fighting on this front has just gotten to be too difficult. Perhaps Apple will make them not suck in the future – we can hope.

Greg C: SoundSource 2.5 should remove everything from older versions from the menu bar when you run it. Just open it and enjoy – you’ll be all set!

However, if you’re concerned about removing the old (inert) files, you can do that manually. Those can be found here:

/Library/Bundles/SoundSource.menu
or
~/Library/Bundles/SoundSource.menu
and
/Library/InputManagers/Menu Extra Enabler

Just delete those, and they’ll be gone. But even if you don’t, they’re inert (like old prefs files, say), and won’t affect anything.

By: Greg C

Greg C — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:53:11 +0000

Have installed the new SoundSource.

Quick question: Does the installer remove all the pieces of any older version. If not, what can be deleted?

By: Dave M.

Dave M. — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:56:27 +0000

Actually, I agree with Matt here. Something is wrong when Apple can move their icons around in the menubar, but no other 3rd party applications are allowed to. It makes the menubar behave inconsistently. Something I thought that Apple was trying to move away from with Leopard and Snow Leopard.

Oh well, as much as I loved the ability to move around SoundSource’s menubar icon, I love the functionality so much more. It still sits proudly in my menubar. Even if it is obscured by other applications menubar items.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:05:55 +0000

Ugh. I hate NSStatusItem apps. I wish Apple would just let them behave like menu extras.