I have a fairly large collection of Airplay devices (7 HomePods, 3 pairs of Sonos speakers and a Naim MuSO II). I have a 24" M1 iMac that is used as our music server is configured to use a number of these devices by default. I play using Apple Music when using this machine. In Sequoia and before I could leave them configured and when I slept the machine and then woke it up later, the Airplay configuration was intact and music would play through the devices without any issue.
Under Sequoia, when I wake the machine and go to Apple Music , the Airplay speakers are shown as connected but when I play the music selected, it plays through the iMac speakers even though they are not shown as selected. In order to get it to work, I have to deselect the Airplay speakers, reselect the iMac and then select the Airplay devices I want to use again. I have tried with and without the Sonos speakers and all HomePods are on the latest release. I complained about this in the beta and it has not been fixed. The behavior is identical on any of my MacBook Pros and Mac Mini M4 Pro. The problem does not occur on my iPhone or iPads. This is a Mac OS issue.
Has anyone else seen this? It has long worked under Sequoia and before with no issues whatsoever.
Under Sequoia, when I wake the machine and go to Apple Music , the Airplay speakers are shown as connected but when I play the music selected, it plays through the iMac speakers even though they are not shown as selected. In order to get it to work, I have to deselect the Airplay speakers, reselect the iMac and then select the Airplay devices I want to use again. I have tried with and without the Sonos speakers and all HomePods are on the latest release. I complained about this in the beta and it has not been fixed. The behavior is identical on any of my MacBook Pros and Mac Mini M4 Pro. The problem does not occur on my iPhone or iPads. This is a Mac OS issue.
Has anyone else seen this? It has long worked under Sequoia and before with no issues whatsoever.