How to Fix Cracking and Popping Sound ?

I'm experiencing the same annoying issue with macOS Monterey 12.2.1 on MacBook Pro 14'', 2021. Apple, please solve this.

Also happens when no Intel apps or kexts are running at all.

HALC_ProxyIOContext::IOWorkLoop: failed to send the final message to the server, Error: 0x10000003

HALC_ProxyIOContext::IOWorkLoop: skipping cycle due to overload

Problem occurs more often USB 3.X devices rather than USB 2.0, switching between them gives instant pops on one but not the other.

Have the same problem with my macbook pro 14" 2021 on 12.3.1

I place all my hopes in the arrival of the next version of macOS... Do some of you have installed the beta version of macOS Ventura ?

Same issue on a 1 month old macbook pro 14 2021. Glad I found this thread before it was too late.

Immediately returning mine to Costco for a refund. I won't be purchasing anything else Apple for me or my family, or recommending to friends, until this is fixed.

I found this solution:

What helped for me was using the following commands in your terminal:

sudo killall coreaudiod

and after that one copy and paste the complete sentence below:

sudo launchctl stop com.apple.audio.coreaudiod && sudo launchctl start com.apple.audio.coreau

What's everyone feed back after last Monterey update ? Monterey 12.5 (21G72)

Same issue here. Running 12.4 Monterey, M1 Pro 14-inch 2021. Already reinstalled and formated my laptop.

Same issue. I've tried many fixes in this thread with no luck or at least temporarily resolved. M1 Pro, 16" - 2021, Monterey 12.4.

This is incredibly annoying and pretty poor that it hasn't been addressed by this point based on the number of users with this issue....

No one at the Apple Store at the Genius Bar could help me either. Whenever I compile something with XCode, the sound starts cracking. Running 12.4 Monterey, M1 Pro 14-inch 2021.

I am on my third week with no issues. So if you are desperate to fix this, you should do a clean macOS install/reset

(https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/132423?answerId=719939022#719939022)

Tried clean reinstall, no luck :(

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) MacOS 12.4 (21F79

Same issue here on Monterey 12.5 on 16" M1 Pro Macbook Pro. Crazy to have this issue on such an expensive "Pro" machine!

Hi guys,

I have the same problem on my 16" M1 Max with 64 GB RAM. Not maxing out neither CPU nor RAM. It only happens when running Parallels, though. A sudo killall coreaudiod solves the problem temporarily.

It seems like a problem in coreaudiod or on the kernel level.

Monitoring the system logs with the Console app yields more or less the same error log entries each time a crackle is heard (noticing the mention of an Audio IO Overload):

default	12:15:57.957273+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 0, start: 0xd02e498a81b, duration: 0x47, fault address: 0x120214000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957334+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 1, start: 0xd02e498a919, duration: 0x8a, fault address: 0x120354000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957355+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 2, start: 0xd02e498aabd, duration: 0x3f, fault address: 0x12039c000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957375+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 3, start: 0xd02e498ab0a, duration: 0xc4, fault address: 0x1203a0000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957393+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 4, start: 0xd02e498abe5, duration: 0x46, fault address: 0x120410000, fault pc: 0x1a0389500, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957411+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 5, start: 0xd02e498acdd, duration: 0x8a, fault address: 0x120404000, fault pc: 0x1952a1938, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957431+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 6, start: 0xd02e498ad7a, duration: 0x2b, fault address: 0x120408000, fault pc: 0x1952a1938, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957449+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 7, start: 0xd02e498adb6, duration: 0x94, fault address: 0x12040c000, fault pc: 0x1952a1938, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957468+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 8, start: 0xd02e498ae73, duration: 0x39, fault address: 0x120410000, fault pc: 0x1952a1938, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x4, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957484+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 9, start: 0xd02e498b06a, duration: 0x4f, fault address: 0x12001c000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
default	12:15:57.957539+0200	coreaudiod	 index: 10, start: 0xd02e498b0cc, duration: 0x50, fault address: 0x120020000, fault pc: 0x193d37128, faulting TID: 0xb8a57a, fault type: 0x9, PID: 0x331f6c
(...)
default	12:15:57.960874+0200	coreaudiod	 Audio IO Overload thread: b8a57a inputs: '<private>' outputs: '<private>' cause: 'Unknown' prewarming: no recovering: no
default	12:15:57.961083+0200	coreaudiod	     CAReportingClient.mm:508   message {
    "HAL_client_IO_duration" = 98458;
    HostApplicationDisplayID = "com.apple.WebKit.GPU";
    cause = PageFaultsOffIOThread;
    deadline = 20835502;
    "input_device_source_list" = "";
    "input_device_transport_list" = "";
    "input_device_uid_list" = "";
    "io_buffer_size" = 512;
    "io_cycle" = 258;
    "io_cycle_budget" = 11354166;
    "io_page_faults" = 0;
    "is_prewarming" = 0;
    "is_recovering" = 0;
    "issue_type" = overload;
    lateness = 150;
    "other_page_faults" = 68;
    "output_device_source_list" = "Internal Speaker";
    "output_device_transport_list" = BuiltIn;
    "output_device_uid_list" = BuiltInSpeakerDevice;
    "safety_violation" = 1;
    "sample_rate" = 48000;
    "scheduler_latency" = 13834583;
    "smallest_buffer_frame_size" = 512;
}: (
    384592846520321
)

I hope this helps, Thomas

Same issue on a brand new iMac M1 with 12.4. After upgrade to 12.5 worked fine a few days but it comes back really bad. Very disappointed.