· I have Roon running on my MacBook Pro as Control, and I'm connecting to Server on my Mac Mini. I'm trying to play music through the MacBook Pro's local audio, but there's no option for that under Audio.
I understand that the "This Mac" option is for the Mac mini, but aside from an Airplay option, there’s no option for my MBP's System Output. Can I play audio locally on another computer using Roon for MacOS?
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· Using a Deco mesh network - Roon iOS works fine and I have ARC running perfectly using Tailscale.
Since you’re running macOS, the behavior you’re seeing is consistent with the newer, stricter Local Network permission controls in the recent macOS releases.
Please try the following steps:
Open macOS System Settings → Privacy & Security → Local Network
Make sure Roon and Roon Server are both enabled
Even if they are already enabled, please toggle them off and back on
Fully quit Roon Server from the macOS menu bar / task bar
Reboot your Mac
After reboot, launch Roon again and check if the devices is avaliable again.
Once these permissions are refreshed and the system restarted, your audio devices should reappear.
Please let us know if the issue persists after these steps, and we’ll continue from there.
Just checking in on this. Were you able to review the macOS Local Network permission settings for both Roon and Roon Server, toggle them off and back on, then quit Roon Server, reboot the Mac, and launch Roon again to see whether the missing device reappeared? If it is still not showing up, let us know what you found and we can keep going from there.
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