24 guides
Make more of your Mac audio.
Choose a guide for your music app, speakers or sound settings. Compare built-in playback options, learn how to set up SoundFerry, and find help with your connection.
Music and apps
Ways to listen to your Mac apps on selected speakers.
Spotify to multiple AirPlay speakers
Choose compatible speakers for the music playing on your Mac.
Read →Spotify on multiple HomePods
Set up a Mac audio route for your HomePods.
Read →YouTube to multiple speakers
Listen to browser audio on selected speakers and understand video delay.
Read →Multiple speakers in the Music app
Use the Music app’s own AirPlay output controls.
Read →All Mac system audio over AirPlay
How the output-only driver works, and why there is no microphone prompt.
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Your speakers
Brand-specific setup, quirks and model lists.
Mac audio to HomePod
Choose a playback route for your HomePod setup.
Read →Mac audio to Sonos
Connect AirPlay-compatible Sonos products to Mac audio.
Read →Mac audio to WiiM
Route audio to compatible WiiM receivers with group-wide EQ.
Read →Mac audio to Apple TV
Use the audio system connected to a compatible Apple TV.
Read →Speaker compatibility
Protocols and compatibility checks before you buy.
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Mixed brands
Playback options for compatible speakers from different brands.
HomePod, Sonos and WiiM together
Check playback across different speaker brands.
Read →HomePod + Sonos
Explore AirPlay playback with compatible HomePod and Sonos speakers.
Read →HomePod + WiiM
Connect compatible receivers in the rooms where you listen.
Read →Multi-room AirPlay on Mac
Compare Music speaker controls with routing audio from Mac apps across rooms.
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Sound
What happens to the audio before it reaches the air.
AirPlay equalizer for Mac
Twelve parametric bands, dynamics, limiting and real loudness metering.
Read →EQ Spotify before AirPlay
Compare app EQ with processing the Mac audio output.
Read →Different EQ per speaker?
Understand shared EQ and speaker-level settings.
Read →System-wide EQ for Mac
How to shape Mac audio before it reaches your speakers.
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Working it out
Diagnosis, background and the free routes.
AirPlay to multiple speakers from a Mac
Music app AirPlay, Mac output settings and SoundFerry.
Read →Only one speaker? Which problem is it?
Check which output control you are using and which devices are visible.
Read →AirPlay not working on a Mac
Check your output, connection and speaker settings step by step.
Read →Multipoint AirPlay
Understand multiple-speaker playback options on a Mac.
Read →AirPlay 1 vs AirPlay 2
Check the features supported by your devices and playback app.
Read →What you can do with SoundFerry
Play your favorite apps across rooms, save speaker groups and adjust the sound.
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Audio journal
Explore new comparisons and practical audio articles, including how to choose between Spotify Connect and AirPlay. For setup instructions, start with Spotify on multiple speakers or the AirPlay multiroom guide.
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