Help with HomePod pairing and errors
I have had a pair of HomePod Minis for about a year. These have been set up
as a stereo pair on my iMac, and working fine up until a couple days ago. I was
no longer able to select them from the Sound settings on the Mac. I would get a
not available message.
I went to the Home app, and looked for updates, which oddly, one of the two
said there was an update for (why not both?). So, I tried updating. It took a
half an hour to install, which again was odd. Still no connection.
I decided to tap the top of each HomePod to see what would happen. One
started playing some music from exactly where I left off on my iPhone hours
earlier, and the other started playing random songs from Apple Music that I
have on my iMac. Both happening t the same time.
I unplugged each for 2 minutes. Plugging in did not change things. So, I
tried to reset from the Home app. This is when things got weirder...
Now in my sound settings the room I have set up (Entertainment Room) has
doubled to two of the same name. In addition, only one of the two speakers let
me reinstall (add accessory). The other one will not show up on the Home app...
but seems to still be installed. If I tap it, even though it was removed from
both my Mac and my iPhone, it is still playing music from Apple Music. I can't
seem to reset it.
Additional information to what is above...
When I go to the Sound settings for speakers, like I mentioned there are two
items for "Entertainment Room". The first one shows an icon for a
single HomePod mini and seems to work when I go to Apple Music on my Mac. This
is the HomePod that I was able to reinstall.
The other "Entertainment Room" selection shows an icon with a PAIR
of HomePod mini speakers (like it did before all this trouble started) but I
can't connect to it with my Mac or iPhone. However, when I tap on it, it is
playing random music from my collection - but it is not the same
"currently playing" song on either device, so I don't know where it
is picking it up from. My iPad is powered off, so it can't be that.
I've done all the restart stuff on all devices, and all of my operating
systems are kept up to date.
Thoughts on what to try next? Thanks!
HomePod mini