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Everything we know about this problem.
Multi-room AirPlay from a Mac is a small subject with a lot of sharp edges. These pages cover all of them — including the free routes, and the cases where you should not buy anything.
Play everything
Getting a specific app out of the Mac and into every room.
Spotify to multiple AirPlay speakers
Spotify on a Mac gives you one speaker. Here is how to get all of them.
Read →Spotify on multiple HomePods
Siri fills the house with Apple Music. This does the same for Spotify.
Read →YouTube to multiple speakers
A browser tab on every speaker, without a cast button.
Read →Apple Music, free and built in
macOS already does this one. The button is just well hidden.
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
Every HomePod and HomePod mini, in one group, playing anything.
Read →Mac audio to Sonos
Over AirPlay 2, without touching your Sonos setup.
Read →Mac audio to WiiM
Route audio to compatible WiiM receivers with group-wide EQ.
Read →Mac audio to Apple TV
The best speakers in the house are already wired to the television.
Read →Every supported speaker
Protocols and compatibility checks before you buy.
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Mixed brands
The groups nobody sells you, because they cross an ecosystem.
HomePod, Sonos and WiiM together
Check playback across different speaker brands.
Read →HomePod + Sonos
Two apps that pretend the other does not exist.
Read →HomePod + WiiM
The listening room and the kitchen, on the same beat.
Read →Mac multi-room setup guide
Network first, then groups, levels and the low end.
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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
There is exactly one place in the chain where this can happen.
Read →Different EQ per speaker?
No, and the reason is worth two minutes of your time.
Read →System-wide EQ for Mac
What each kind of Mac equalizer really covers, competitors included.
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Working it out
Diagnosis, background and the free routes.
AirPlay to multiple speakers from a Mac
Three methods, including the free one and the one that quietly drifts.
Read →Only one speaker? Which problem is it?
Five different faults get described the same way.
Read →AirPlay not working on a Mac
A real checklist, in the order the causes actually occur.
Read →Multipoint AirPlay
Not an Apple term, which is why searching for it finds nothing.
Read →AirPlay 1 vs AirPlay 2
The version number matters for exactly one reason.
Read →Airfoil alternative for Mac
An honest side-by-side, including where Airfoil wins.
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Documentation
Setup guide
Install, the one-time engine setup, pairing codes, saved groups and tuning the sound.
Read →Troubleshooting
Missing speakers, dropouts, drift, and why macOS AirPlay goes quiet while you stream.
Read →Changelog
What changed in each release of SoundFerry, newest first.
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