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Microsoft Edge opening too many tabs would cause cracking sound on M1 Mac

Anonymous
2022-06-26T11:12:28+00:00

I am using Microsoft Edge on my MacBook Pro 2021 model with M1 Pro CPU. I found that one i opened too many tabs which could potentially make sound (e.g. an ended Google meet tabs, a youtube tab that's not playing) or tabs that actually making sound, then the speaker on the computer would create cracking and popping sound frequently (e.g. once every half min)

For now, when this happens, i would just close a bunch of tabs on Edge, then the cracking sound would be gone.

Is there anyone experienced the same?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-06-28T14:35:18+00:00

    Hi, thanks for reaching out to the Community. Let me find someone who can address your question.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-06-28T21:03:59+00:00

    Hello dpotterEP,

    I'm wondering if you see a speaker icon on the left side of one of your tabs when this issue is occurring? Also, are you using any third party browser extensions?

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-07-01T04:04:35+00:00

    For the first question - Yes and no. It seems it doesn't really matter if the tabs are actually playing a sound. As long as there are too many tabs, and the computer is playing some sound, then this could happen.

    Example 1, i have seen the same happening when all the tabs in Edge is not actively playing any sound, but i am playing some music from Spotify app, and it would start having the crack sound

    Example 2, i have all the tabs in edge not playing sound actively, except one tab on YouTube, this would also start having the crack sound.

    For the second question, please see the screenshot I attached.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-07-01T22:01:25+00:00

    Thanks for clarifying that this happens regardless if there's audio playing from the browser or not. It's possible this is caused by a misbehaving extension. If you don't mind please open a New InPrivate Browser window and test if it's occurring there too. To do this click on the ellipsis(...) top right > Select New InPrivate Window.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-08T04:09:46+00:00

    I have done some extensive testing and it seems it's still the case even if i removed all the extensions, or just using 1-2 extensions.

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