In the past, the only solution to this was to then twist the manual volume control on my external spaekers, which sort of defeats the purpose of using the keyboard-based keys.

So, I have Tiger, on a Quicksilver, and I use my beloved Happy Hacking keyboard; the only thing I miss on it is being able to lower/ rise the volume of the system (if the Quicksilver is on, 99% of ...

Gadgets Control the Volume on Your Mac Using the Trackpad With the aid of a third-party utility you can get this set up pretty easily, and we’ll show you how.

If it isn't present in the menu, a quick way for granular volume control is to continue using the keyboard volume control keys, but while also holding down Option-Shift.

Immediate Control This will come as no surprise to anyone, but physical volume controls are faster than using your mouse and a digital slider.

Linux (Fedora) on the same setup lets me control the volume through that device using the media keys & system volume slider.

You'd think that controlling the volume on an iPhone or iPad would be pretty straightforward: Just use the volume switch, right? As Sharon Zardetto explains, it's not that simple.

Some users report that the keyboard audio volume controls fail to work properly under Mac OS X 10.4.4 One reader writes ...

Does your workflow involve using Mac and iPad? With macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4, you can now use Universal Control to link your Mac and iPad and control both with a single keyboard and mouse.