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Connecting and positioning a microphone
You can use the Apple PlainTalk Microphone that comes with some
Macintosh computers (or a compatible line-level microphone) to give spoken
commands to your Macintosh and to record your voice or other sounds.
Note: Do not use the Apple Omni microphone (the round microphone
supplied with some other Macintosh models) or the attenuated RCA adapter
provided with some models of Macintosh.
If your monitor has a built-in microphone that you want to use, see the
information that came with the monitor to properly connect the microphone.
To connect and position an external microphone, follow these steps:
1Shut down the computer.
2Plug the microphone’s connector into the sound input port (
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) on the back of
the computer.
Apple PlainTalk Microphone
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