Macbook Pro Retina Optical Audio Out

Attention world: the MacBook Pro with Retina display does ...

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New MacBook Pro drops optical audio out through …

https://appleinsider.com/articles/16/11/02/new-macbook-pro-drops-optical-audio-out-through-headphone-jack

Play high sample rate digital audio on Mac computers ...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202730

Select your audio device from the list on the left side of the Audio Devices window. If necessary, choose “Use this device for sound output” from the Action pop-up menu . Select a sample rate, such as 176400.0 Hz or 192000.0 Hz, from the Format pop-up menu. If the audio hardware in your Mac doesn't support high sample rate audio, you can use a third-party digital …

Macbook Pro Retina Audio - Apple Community

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4022733

****didnt read every single post and dont know if this was already said but just to put it out there i have the macbook pro retina and that combination audi jack has also optical output yes you heard that right its a micro spdif optical jack/audio in/audio out jack... i went ahead and logged in to monoprice.com and ordered the wire and now im ...

Does the retina MacBookPro have optical out? | Headphone ...

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/does-the-retina-macbookpro-have-optical-out.614078/

There is very little out there about the MacBook Pro Retina having an optical output. ddolye777, you can get the special Mac optical output cable and see if it works (same jack as the headphone). The HDMI output can carry more audio then optical, Apple might be trying to push the HDMI for audio output, over optical.