That’s a limitation of how tvOS apps work that Rogue Amoeba can’t avoid. The downside of the Airfoil Satellite TV solution is that you can’t switch to a different app without ending the audio stream because Airfoil Satellite TV must be running in the foreground. With the setup out of the way, my Apple TVs showed up as audio destinations in Airfoil on my Mac, and streaming worked flawlessly.Īirfoil Satellite TV waiting for me to start an audio stream. The problem may have been a glitch in my home network and was easily fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling Airfoil Satellite TV. I did have a setup issue with one of my Apple TVs that wouldn’t show up in Airfoil on my Mac initially. I tested Airfoil Satellite TV on two fourth-generation Apple TVs, and it works as advertised. ’ Pick that destination and music starts streaming from your Mac to your Apple TV. When you open Airfoil Satellite TV on your Apple TV, a new audio destination appears in Airfoil on your Mac named ‘Airfoil Satellite on. The app, which can receive an audio stream from Airfoil for macOS, is available as a free download on the Apple TV App Store. The first is Airfoil Satellite TV, a tvOS app that was released earlier this week. Since tvOS 10.2 was released about a month ago, Rogue Amoeba has been working on two solutions for customers. That update broke Airfoil streaming to Apple TVs that updated to the latest version of tvOS.
The downside is that changes to Apple’s OSes can break Airfoil, which is what happened when Apple released tvOS 10.2. The upside is Airfoil is a remarkable audio hub for anyone who wants to stream audio to virtually any connected device. Rogue Amoeba has done some impressive reverse engineering of Apple’s OSes to make Airfoil work. I reviewed version 5 of Airfoil last year, and was impressed with its ability to stream audio to every device I could find in my home and keep them in perfect sync. Airfoil by Rogue Amoeba is a Mac app that lets you stream audio from a Mac to multiple connected devices using technologies like Bluetooth and AirPlay.
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