I'm having the same issue. I have a MacBook Pro 13.3-inch, 2014 and I'm now using macOS Catalina 10.15.7 after updating from el captain mac os Sierra. When Mac start and the start up audio playing then cracking noise starts and if ANY sound is coming out of the internal speakers from any app... Please fix it!
nuwan2020
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