Macbook Volume Control Not Working [duplicate]

This happens to me all the time. I often switch audio device's for pro audio, but it also happens other times using different applications.

1. Open Terminal (Utilities)

2. Enter "killall coreaudiod"

3. Enter your user/admin password

Your volume controls should be working now. I've reset my NVRAM and PRAM, as well as repaired disk permissions, yet still have to do this quite often.

** Running this command while playing audio/visual via web browser has caused the command not to work and/or the browser crashing, most of the time it doesn't though.

Resetting NVRAM worked for me as shown here.

1. Shut down your Mac.
2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. Turn on your Mac.
3. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys immediately after you hear the startup sound.
4. Hold these keys until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for a second time.
5. Release the keys.

One additional step that I had to perform to get it to work is just go back to System Preferences -> Audio.

I had a similar issue today and realized that I was using a monitor via my display port. It turned out that the monitor has an audio port and so upon connecting the monitor, my Mac thought to send the sound to the monitor, which I do not have speakers for. I just needed to go into Sound and selected Internal Speakers to resolve the issue.