Bug: A lot macOS Sonoma glitches

[Volodymyr-13]

• Just launching it - freezes, lags, hovering mouse icon in bar shows spinning/loading mouse cursor and overall launch takes like 5 seconds
• After opens in dark mode, it shows in Settings an: Auto(Dark Mode), clicking selecting Auto twice - refreshes UI, now it;s in Light mode.
• No EQ preset or settings applied after launch. I have to click refresh icon near devices, then sound turns Off and EQ applied.
• When any system sound plays: like when you remove some file or notification or anything else, just system - music which played corrupts with crrhchhhhhxxzzzzz sound like so) and also - it replayed sometimes 0.5-1 sec of previous audio played, like in a buffer maybe.. so for example in music playing were words: "LA LA BA BA OO OO", and system sound played at "OO", so I will hear a "LA LA BA BA OO" and corrupting also to)
• I believe this app should now use SwiftUI ASAP, bcs some time later this would be unusable for any future macOS versions.
• Also, I really hate that when I click "Report Issue" I been redirected to https://eqmac.app/contact?type=bug-report&osVersion=14.2.0&appVersion=1.7.10&driverVersion=2.4.3&uiVersion=4.7.3 but then I just see a https://eqmac.app/account where I have to register? No, please no.

Setup information:

• Audio device used for playback: MacBook Pro M1 2021, listening audio from Cog player or just from Safari at Soundcloud.com
• Audio transmission interface: 3.5mm Jack
• macOS Version: 14.2
• eqMac Version 1.7.10
• eqMac UI Version 4.7.3

Well, for macOS Sonoma this app fees like a beta

[jramosr]

Hello @Volodymyr-13,
I have tried downloading a previous version, specifically App v1.7.10 and Driver v2.4.3 (this the latest) and It works for me. It still gets stuck on some tasks, but at least doesn't close after certain time.
Hope it helps.

[Volodymyr-13]

Hey @jramosr to be honest I have no idea how this can help :)

I reported a bunch of bugs...

Well, I just also tried a Beta, okay:

1.8.0 found.
Testing. Will report about this later, since I remember last time I installed beta - after some time like 5-30min after - EQ started to play like ZZZZZ ZZZZ ZZZZ CCCCCCC crazy sound if enabled. Restart of device or app helped this but just for some limited time..

[Volodymyr-13]

Okay, so testing this yesterday and today. Almost all bugs are gone.

One left: after some time like 10-15 of working EQ, then when I remove files - audio interrrruuprrrupupttsss, like so.
This occurs only after some time of using.
So in previous aka stable release version it was like all the time right after I started app, now it's after some time.

[wonrax]

Downloaded the app from the homepage thinking it was the latest version. I had been experiencing this weird bug where eqMac couldn't switch to the connected bluetooth headphone unless I restart the app. Just downloaded 1.8 from the releases page and the bug is not present anymore.

[Volodymyr-13]

Now, I didn't used app for a whole day, now just opened it first time, it launches quick but music interrupts immediately. Cracking quacking trkkkccc cc c ck kckkrkr like that.. all the time. Had to shut it down. Open again - same problem.

[donCarlosOne]

I've been experiencing a multitude of problems with 1.8.0 on Sonoma (14.2.1 now). At the moment it is working, but ...

1. Switching to Expert EQ kills all sound - but the spectrograph is active.
2. Switching back to Basic or Advanced EQ restores the sound, but at minimal volume. I've found that simply clicking on the App volume control for MS Edge (which is playing my music) restores the volume level.
3. More often than not, after resuming from sleep, no sound is coming out, the App section is unusable and a reboot is required (even after resetting coreaudio). It's easier at this point for me to simply quit the app to get sound to play as rebooting is too disruptive for me.

[Volodymyr-13]

Oh yea, the volume jumps differently at launch. Like my system volume was 100%, after launch eq Mac it’s now 80% or any other.

[Volodymyr-13]

And so, a recap:

• use "stable version": "eqMac v1.7.10 is currently the newest version available." - got all that bugs, feels like a beta.
• use "Beta program" checkbox enabled, "eqMac v1.8.0 is currently the newest version available." - corruption of audio can't use at all, deal breaker.

I even found that this app is like has a premium feature? Welp.. it's far a long from I was thinking even that I could even, think about even that I want to buy it, with such bugs state.
Also, I don't like UI, it's not native, not macOS. It should be all native and use SwiftUI. THis is deal breaker for me.

[Volodymyr-13]

Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71)
Updated to eqMac v1.8.1.

Now, when I remove any file(system audio play "trash") or just copy file(system audio plays),
at this point - playing music completely just stops playing for around ~1 second.
This happens not all the time, however just started immediately after I launched app.