Since the update to Seqouia 15.1 Chromecast is not working anymore. I tried everything. giving permission through security, reinstall chrome. Everything in the book but still it is not working.
Can somebody please help me getting chrome cast back to work.
through my iPhone it still works, only when I use my MacBook or iMac, it doesn't want to cast.
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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.1
Hello, you are not losing your mind. There is absolutely a problem with chromecast and Sequoia 15.1.1.
There are several components and I will try to walk through each one.
Problem one. The error message that tells you to go to system settings and you can't see your chromecasts in the menu.
First you will want to make sure your sync is on for all your chrome browser identities so they can restore after the first thing you will need to do.
Go to sytem settings and under privacy and security go to screen and system audio recording. Turn off google chrome in both screen and audio. Then highlight it and use the minus key to delete it.
Now uninstall Google Chrome from your computer.
Go to system settings and a new privacy and security setting called local networks. If google chrome is still there and there may be a bunch of them which is part of this problem turn it off.
Restart.
Download Google Chrome and follow the prompts yes for screen recording yes for local network sharing. If you do not get these questions go into system settings and add google chrome to screen recording and add it to local networks. Each time it asks you to restart chrome do so.
Restart your computer. Restart your router. Restart your chromecasts. Just a power cycle not a factory reset.
Open google chrome and try to cast a tab. The dreaded see system settings should be gone and your trusty chromecasts should be there.
But they still won't work.
Last step. In google chrome go to settings then system. You will see "Use graphics acceleration when available". Uncheck that to off. Quit Google Chrome and re-open. Try to cast a tab and try to cast a screen and everything should finally be back to good ole normal. Best news it's one and done and has been stable for two weeks and with sync on Google Chrome all my profiles loaded as if it had never been uninstalled.
I know this seems like a lot of steps but if you are like me you've had chromecast for a while and you've always liked it, you want to continue to use it.
Last tip, if you have been experiencing sputtering go into your router's priority preference and designate your chromecasts to the top positions. You won't notice on anything else running from the router but you will have seamless casting.
Thast's it for me and happy casting!
Hello, you are not losing your mind. There is absolutely a problem with chromecast and Sequoia 15.1.1.
There are several components and I will try to walk through each one.
Problem one. The error message that tells you to go to system settings and you can't see your chromecasts in the menu.
First you will want to make sure your sync is on for all your chrome browser identities so they can restore after the first thing you will need to do.
Go to sytem settings and under privacy and security go to screen and system audio recording. Turn off google chrome in both screen and audio. Then highlight it and use the minus key to delete it.
Now uninstall Google Chrome from your computer.
Go to system settings and a new privacy and security setting called local networks. If google chrome is still there and there may be a bunch of them which is part of this problem turn it off.
Restart.
Download Google Chrome and follow the prompts yes for screen recording yes for local network sharing. If you do not get these questions go into system settings and add google chrome to screen recording and add it to local networks. Each time it asks you to restart chrome do so.
Restart your computer. Restart your router. Restart your chromecasts. Just a power cycle not a factory reset.
Open google chrome and try to cast a tab. The dreaded see system settings should be gone and your trusty chromecasts should be there.
But they still won't work.
Last step. In google chrome go to settings then system. You will see "Use graphics acceleration when available". Uncheck that to off. Quit Google Chrome and re-open. Try to cast a tab and try to cast a screen and everything should finally be back to good ole normal. Best news it's one and done and has been stable for two weeks and with sync on Google Chrome all my profiles loaded as if it had never been uninstalled.
I know this seems like a lot of steps but if you are like me you've had chromecast for a while and you've always liked it, you want to continue to use it.
Last tip, if you have been experiencing sputtering go into your router's priority preference and designate your chromecasts to the top positions. You won't notice on anything else running from the router but you will have seamless casting.
Thast's it for me and happy casting!
I got mine working today after a ton of searching and reaching out to apple support that didn't get to a solution. We only got to the step of see if it works in safe mode.
I went into the app store on my mac and downloaded an app called TV Cast for Smart TV. I found it when looking for the google home app (which i didn't find lol). Once it was open and in my menu on the bottom of my mac the extension in chrome recognized all my streaming devices again!! Hope it continues to work and hope this helps everyone else!
type in chrome browser address bar : chrome://flags/
then: reset all
it's worked for me
I had the problem that I could cast a tab to Chromecast with Google TV (HD version), but not the entire screen. I use the Brave browser, which is Chrome for the purposes of this problem. I found that the "Last step" mentioned by ScotLA10 above was all I needed to do; i.e., go to Settings > System in Brave and turn off hardware acceleration. Voila! I can now cast both a tab and the entire screen.
I have the same problem. BTW after resetting the chromecast to factory settings, i can (but not always) find the chromecast but only cast tabs from chrome, not the entire screen.
Have tried quite some things before contacting google support. Got the answer that it is a Sequoia 15.1 issue (not the first issue i have with 15.1 since my reset update :(. )
Hi I did all of this and I still cannot cast. The chromecast button in chrome gives me the option of "cast tab// cast screen" and it now says "available for specific video sites", but it will not cast anything through my macbook anymore. Chromecast only works with my phone now. any ideas?
Well done ScottLA10. Your article is well written and well detailed. Followed it carefully and completely resolved my casting problem.
You should be commended.
regards Casper
My solution stopped working after a couple days.
I tried yours step by step and couldn't get it to work. My Mac would let me turn off all the googles in my local networks.
Unfortunately, these steps did not work for me. However, thank you for your insight.
Chromecast not working after macOS Sequoia 15.1 update
