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Q: Is it possible to hear a Bluetooth speaker and the internal speakers at the same time on the iMac with OSX 10.11.2 ?

Is it possible to hear a Bluetooth speaker and the internal speakers at the same time on the iMac with OSX 10.11.2 ?
I only can have either my Bluetooth speaker on or my internal speakers on in my Sound System Preferences output.
Is there a way to have both of them on at the same time?
Thank you for your patient

Posted on Feb 4, 2016 3:57 PM

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Q: Is it possible to hear a Bluetooth speaker and the internal speakers at the same time on the iMac with OSX 10.11.2 ?

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  • by Barry Hemphill,

    Barry Hemphill Barry Hemphill Feb 5, 2016 3:01 PM in response to Global Beat
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    Feb 5, 2016 3:01 PM in response to Global Beat

    To my knowledge, no.

     

    Barry

  • by RoninRR3,

    RoninRR3 RoninRR3 Apr 6, 2016 5:54 AM in response to Global Beat
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    Apr 6, 2016 5:54 AM in response to Global Beat

    This worked for me you might want to give it a try.:

     

    First go to Utilities and open "Audio MIDI Setup"

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    It should bring up this window listing all your audio devices listed in the column on the left.

     

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    Click on the + in the lower left and choose "Create Multi-Output Device" and check the boxes for the speakers you want to use.

     

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    Next open "System Preferences"  And click on  "Sound"

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    Goto "Output" and choose "Multi-Output Device"

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    and that should be it.

     

    Good Luck

     

    R3

     

    One thing, when I use the Multi-Output device I can't change the volume, it keeps the volume settings of each speaker from before the Multi-Output was activated. So you might want to set your desired volume on each speaker before you select the Multi-Output device. Once you switch back to a single device you'll be able to change the volume again. Hope this this helped

  • by thompsrr,

    thompsrr thompsrr Jul 14, 2016 11:07 AM in response to RoninRR3
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jul 14, 2016 11:07 AM in response to RoninRR3

    Thanks - this solved my problem! I wished the master volume could be controlled from the Mac however. Any one find a solution for that?