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Can I pair the HomePod with my MacBook Pro?

Can I pair the HomePod with my MacBook Pro?

Posted on Feb 9, 2018 5:34 PM

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Posted on Feb 9, 2018 6:49 PM

You can connect the HomePod to a Mac two ways:


1:

Connect it to iTunes Via iTunes (Airplay Menu) This way you can also connect more then 1 HomePod up to it and play the same song with them is no lag (still in mono mode tho (not stereo)


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The second way is via the volume icon the on top bar on the computer and just select the HomePod and a audio output. Tho with the current "Airplay 1" There is a bit of a audio delay (lag) doing it this way since if you would open safari and play youtube videos the sound will lag about a second (or more) and not be in time with the video along with if you pause a video then sound is take a couple of seconds to finally stop. (this should be fixed with Airplay 2)


User uploaded file

Or via "System Preferences" > "Sound" > "Output"


User uploaded file


Hope this helps and have a great day.

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Feb 9, 2018 6:49 PM in response to MichaelSean5916

You can connect the HomePod to a Mac two ways:


1:

Connect it to iTunes Via iTunes (Airplay Menu) This way you can also connect more then 1 HomePod up to it and play the same song with them is no lag (still in mono mode tho (not stereo)


User uploaded file


2:


The second way is via the volume icon the on top bar on the computer and just select the HomePod and a audio output. Tho with the current "Airplay 1" There is a bit of a audio delay (lag) doing it this way since if you would open safari and play youtube videos the sound will lag about a second (or more) and not be in time with the video along with if you pause a video then sound is take a couple of seconds to finally stop. (this should be fixed with Airplay 2)


User uploaded file

Or via "System Preferences" > "Sound" > "Output"


User uploaded file


Hope this helps and have a great day.

Can I pair the HomePod with my MacBook Pro?

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