Headphones on an imac
Ok this is my problem. I like to listen to music while I am doing stuff on my computer but it tends to annoy my wife. So I got some headphones but I have to reach around and unplud them to get the speakers to work when I don't want to use the headphones. I even got an extension thinking maybe if the headphones themselves weren't plugged in that the speakers would work. But even with just the extension plugged in the speakers are disabled. So is there any kind of software workaround to turn the speakers on and off even if headphones are plugged in?
I have the 17" iMac running OS X 10.2.3
I have the 17" iMac running OS X 10.2.3
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I agree about putting the headphone jack near the front (or at least on a side). Now only the iMac has a hard to reach headphone jack... the PowerMac uses one right above the optical drives, the iBook has one on the left side as does the PowerBook, and the eMac has one on the right side. They need to have one or two on the front like on the CRT iMacs.
<strong>So is there any kind of software workaround to turn the speakers on and off even if headphones are plugged in?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'm afraid it's a hardware feature.
[quote]Originally posted by SQUÅSH:
<strong>Headphones are a pain to plug in and out on the back..i do the same thing on my powermac.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You don't understand! It's an ergonomic solution.