One of the things that I really about Mac is being able to seamlessly select a Sonos speaker from Control Center to enjoy better audio than my MacBook Pro provides. That has worked well until yesterday.
Now when I select a Sonos speaker (in this case an Era 100), audio works for 1-2 seconds and then it stops. The speaker still appears in Control Center and I can adjust the volume slider, but there’s no audio.
I think I’ve narrowed down the issue. Yesterday I installed a Sonnet 10GbE Thunderbolt adapter. When that’s plugged in, I run into the issue with audio to the Sonos cutting off. If I unplug the adapter, the audio works as expected.
What’s the solution?
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Airplay stops working after 1-2 seconds on Mac
Hard to tell, I’m most familiar with Sonos devices, and not really ever heard of a Sonnet Thunderbolt adapter. I’d certainly be tempted to cycle the power on all network devices, just to clear up any lingering potential network issues. That includes the Mac, the router, the adapter (if it is powered), and the Sonos devices. Once everything is powered back on, do your testing.
It is possible that there’s an issue in the Sonos (although honestly, a slim chance), so you might submit a system diagnostic and call Sonos, but honestly, I’d be pinging the folks who made the new device you’ve introduced.
It’s just a Thunderbolt network adapter that gives my 2024 M4 MacBook Pro 10 gigabit ethernet. This is this adapter.
I’ll try power recycling all the devices again and see if that helps.
Though I just found this thread from 3 years ago that makes it sound like this is a long-standing issue.
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