Can my Air default to using my Airplay speakers?

jason.siegel · Dec 17, 2012, 05:04 PM

Can my Air default to using my Airplay speakers? I have speakers attached to my Apple TV 3 and typically select them manually by clicking Option + Volume menu icon. When I'm in my apartment, however, there really isn't a time when I would prefer to use my internal speakers.

Skoopman · Dec 18, 2012, 06:54 AM

Go to "Audio MIDI Setup", right click on AirPlay and select "Use this device for sound output".

jason.siegel · Dec 18, 2012, 07:39 AM

Thanks! While I'm at it, is there a way to use both my Airplay speakers and my Air speakers simultaneously in all applications, like how iTunes allows me to do this?

jason.siegel · Dec 18, 2012, 09:47 AM

One hiccup: Although it works, when I enable Airplay mirroring and then disable it when I'm done, audio switches back to my internal speakers.

Skoopman · Dec 18, 2012, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jason.siegel

Thanks! While I'm at it, is there a way to use both my Airplay speakers and my Air speakers simultaneously in all applications, like how iTunes allows me to do this?

Not natively I believe. Apps like Airfoil can do that, but I don't own it so I can't help you any further. Download it from the developers website and try it out, it's not free though.

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Originally Posted by jason.siegel

One hiccup: Although it works, when I enable Airplay mirroring and then disable it when I'm done, audio switches back to my internal speakers.

Weird, I have no idea how to fix this.

Dec 17, 2012, 05:04 PM	#1
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Dec 18, 2012, 07:39 AM	#3
jason.siegel Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2011	Thanks! While I'm at it, is there a way to use both my Airplay speakers and my Air speakers simultaneously in all applications, like how iTunes allows me to do this?
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Dec 18, 2012, 09:47 AM	#4
jason.siegel Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2011	One hiccup: Although it works, when I enable Airplay mirroring and then disable it when I'm done, audio switches back to my internal speakers.
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