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Use a Titanium G 4 867 with OSX 10.5.8 Leopard. After upgrading to Leopard operating system from Tiger I began having issues with my ITunes hanging up on me. I don't know if this was a coincidence that this started shortly after installing Leopard or not. This problem arises when I'm using Youtube as well. There will be times where the sound performs without a problem then suddenly starts having issues and begins to hang or cut in and out. Use headphones a lot and when this starts happening if I take the headphones out of jack it tends to activate the audio again. This may only be for a brief moment sometimes then it freezes/hangs up again. Someone with any ideas or similar problems in the past please let me know. Need to narrow the possibilities.

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A concise diagnostic roadmap to separate hardware, CoreAudio and streaming causes — tying together the thread points from , and while adding reproducible tests and low‑risk fixes.

A prioritized checklist:

  • Reproduce the problem with an offline local track (network adapters disabled) and with a different player or browser to see whether the hang is streaming/Flash-related or a system audio lock.
  • Test built‑in speakers, a known‑good pair of headphones and a USB headset to distinguish mechanical jack issues from device/driver problems. Inspect the headphone jack for lint or poor contact.
  • Boot into Safe Mode or create a new user account to rule out login items, third‑party audio plugins or corrupt preferences.
  • Check Console.app around the hang for coreaudiod, QuickTime/Flash or kext/plugin errors. Restart the audio daemon with:
sudo killall coreaudiod
  • Open Audio MIDI Setup and confirm the active device is set to 44100 Hz, 16-bit (mismatch here can cause exclusive locks by apps).

Deeper steps if the checklist narrows the problem to the OS or drivers:

  • Remove or update third‑party audio kernel extensions and virtual drivers (Soundflower, third‑party ASIO/driver installs); reboot after removal.
  • Reset PRAM/NVRAM (hold Option+Command+P+R at boot) and perform the model‑specific power management reset (SMC or PMU) per Apple documentation.
  • Reinstall the system combo update or relevant media plugins if system files appear involved.

Notes and cautions: back up before removing system files or reinstalling system updates. Collect timestamps and Console log excerpts for any persistent hangs — those entries are the most useful evidence for technician or Apple support diagnosis.

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Maybe it is your iPhone'problem. you can ask an expert for this problem

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Does this happen only when you use your headphones? It sounds like it could be a problem with your headphones.

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Nope, I don't think so. Recently upgraded my G5 to 10.5.8 and also getting the same problem. Happens with BBC iplayer and youtube for me. Have to refresh the webpage to get sound working again. I have a feeling that sound is cut out the loop on streaming media with 10.5 if the bandwidth drops.

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