macOS iTunes app + Airplay2 HomePods : it is not working
I've seen many reactions to this subject. But the result is always the same: there are numerous issues when playing music from your Mac (macOS Mojave) to your HomePods. My Mac is wired connected to the network, and my HomePods are on the Wifi. But I checked: I put my Mac also on (the same) Wifi, and the result is always the same: it takes numerous attempts to connect to a HomePod pair and play Airplay2 stereo music. Over and over, either the HomePods are "not ready", "not available" or what have you. I rebooted Mac, rebooted HomePods, ask HomePods to play Beats1, then connect Mac, etc. - you name it. The conclusion is that the connection is very buggy: most often it doesn't work. -- This is in sharp contrast to iOS devices. My iPhoneX with iOS 12.2 has nob issues whatsoever. Hence my conclusion: Apple is purposely creating issues on macOS, so people don't use HomePods from their Macs. I think this is unfortunate, and would please appeal with Apple to improve iTunes.app, so it works as flawlessly as it does on iOS. Thank you so much.
HomePod, iOS 12