No sound with Apple Mac mini M2, Ventura 13.5.2

[plexxer]

This is the first time starting the game since I got an M2 Mac Mini and it starts fine from the Steam launcher, but there is no sound. I have tried rebooting, reinstalling the game, and disabling the Steam overlay. I have also ensured all the sound sliders in the Cities Skylines config are on and at max.

Has anyone else encountered a problem like this?

[peterslee9]

If you did all that, try

>Apple menu
>System Settings
>Go down, click Sound in the sidebar
>Click Output (right side)
>Select Mac model speakers
>Keep output volume away from the left
>Uncheck mute checkbox

Also, check if some meeting apps are in the way -
example Zoom.

There are some Apples at work (but, I'm HP/Omen).

[plexxer]

Appreciate the help @peterslee9, unfortunately other sounds are working (Spotify plays, notifications sounds come through) just nothing from Cities Skylines. Other Steam games have sound.

[peterslee9]

See if this circumvents it -
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=818641631
>Subscribe to a sound
>Also click it in Content Manager

Rosetta emulation and good ram to avoid bottlenecks should all be fine with M2.
Apple sound glitch with CS has been a issue at times, here and there.
It really is Apple support.
Give a day or two for a Apple user to respond, as well.

[plexxer]

To anyone else running into this issue, I was able to find a solution from a Reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/vrzuvl/mac_mini_m1_some_games_dont_have_sound_solved/)

It turns out it is a Microsoft Teams driver that was causing interference. After removing it and restarting the computer, I once again have sound!