“We’ve got a great update for Airfoil for Mac today which enables it to once again send audio directly to all versions of the Apple TV,” Paul Kafasis writes for Rogue Amoeba.
“Airfoil for Mac 5.6 is a free update, available immediately by selecting ‘Check for Update’ from the Airfoil menu,” Kafasis writes. “We strongly encourage all users to move up to Airfoil 5.6 immediately.”
Airfoil for Mac lets you stream any audio from your Mac all around your network. Send music services like Spotify or web-based audio like Pandora wirelessly to all sorts of devices, including the Apple TV, Google Chromecast, and Bluetooth speakers. You can even send to iOS devices and other computers. Any audio on your Mac can now be heard throughout your house.
MacDailyNews Take: Airfoil users, rejoice!
I use other Rogue Amoeba software, but not this. What is the great advantage to it?
one benefit is you have much more control via your iOS device. you can walk around the house and adjust the volumes of each zone separately, with your iPhone. you can add or remove zones, even add your own iPhone as a zone, all on the fly, without going back to the computer that’s broadcasting and twiddling the settings there
You can do all these things with a Mac running iTunes audio. Apple has a Remote app (not the AppleTV remote app) that does everything you described. It also works from the Apple Watch.
“iTunes audio” isn’t the same as “any audio.”