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Airplay Apple Music from iPhone to Mac

Hi,


I have a question about Apple Music.

On my iPhone I can't choose my Mac as an airplay device. Meaning I can't control music on my iPhone and stream it to my Mac, which is connected to my speakers. I've tried getting around the problem with iTunes remote ( this only lets my go through songs already in the queue ) as well as some third party tools to use my Mac as an airplay server. So far it isn't working.


Why isn't this a feature? It works with Spotify, shouldn't it be really easy to implement? Or is this just a problem for me? If this really doesn't work it would be a deal breaker for me and I would switch back to Spotify, it's just much more convenient to be able to control music not sitting at my desk.


I appreciate any help to the problem


(Macbook 2017 on Big Sur & iPhone 13 mini with newest ios)

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Mar 5, 2022 4:50 AM

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Posted on Mar 6, 2022 12:17 AM

In order to have a Mac acting as an AirPlay receiver, macOS Monterey is needed.


On this Apple's page you find which devices are compatible (specifically, footnote 7):


macOS Monterey - New Features - Apple


Third party solutions like AirServer or, if you're familiar with terminal commands, Shairport Sync should also work.

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Mar 6, 2022 12:17 AM in response to leadfreesolder

In order to have a Mac acting as an AirPlay receiver, macOS Monterey is needed.


On this Apple's page you find which devices are compatible (specifically, footnote 7):


macOS Monterey - New Features - Apple


Third party solutions like AirServer or, if you're familiar with terminal commands, Shairport Sync should also work.

Airplay Apple Music from iPhone to Mac

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