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What i would like to do is be able to manually switch to the internal speakers even if something is plugged in to the headphone jack. Reason being my docking station has a connector plugged in but i do not have an speakers attached (nor do i want to attach them). I think the connector is adjustable/removable but i'd really rather not mess with that.

Im thinking this is a low level hardware driver issue/feature because I have 10.10 running on my 2011 13" MBP and it still has the "Use audio port for:" option in the sound prefs. I'm wondering if maybe there is a kext I can disable or a terminal command i can use to get this option back, or otherwise allow "Internal Speakers" to be selectable even when something is connected.

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  • I would really wish this was possible too. For a more general use case tho, one ugly solution is to buy a bluetooth receiver and disable that receiver to switch to internal speakers
    – Kaan
    Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 19:21

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That is not possible.

By design there is a mechanical switch inside the headphone jack that will automatically turn off the speakers.

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  • %s/seekers/speakers
    – prodigitalson
    Commented Jan 15, 2015 at 21:29
  • ughh. good catch :)
    – Ruskes
    Commented Jan 15, 2015 at 21:29

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