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May 2019 iMac 3.6GH Quad-Core Intel Core i3 8GB memory Sequoia 15.0 with paired HomePods.
When playing YouTube music vids and music stored on my iMac instances of music juddering and sticking in a loop. Have to log off, switch off and reboot, then it's OK, for a while.
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iMac 21.5″, macOS 15.0
Are you running any VPN, Anti-Virus, or Cleaning apps?
We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...
Using EtreCheck - Apple Community
EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info. Give it Full Disk Access.
Give etrecheck Full Disk Access before running.
Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…
Slow iMac 2017 - Apple Community
For a test you couldtry disabling the Firewall.
There are a number of reasons why this could be happening.
Here are a few of them:
FWIW, I'm running macOS Sequoia on two of my Macs (2020 MacBook Pro & a 2024 Mac mini). With either I'm not having any issues streaming to AirPlay-enabled devices. However I do not have an Apple HomePod to test with, so I can't exactly duplicate what you are seeing.
Hopefully someone else here will chime in with their experience. Good luck!
Spoken to a tech person from my internet service provider and asked if my router settings might need changing, but he said there haven't been any other clients of TalkTalk in the UK who have experienced the problem I'm having. Tried downloading EtreCheck again, but once again it's not allowing me to select a full disk check. I have a pair of Apple HomePod Minis, I'll install them and see if the sound problem occurs with them. Thank you all for your advice, I'll keep trying to solve the conundrum. By-the-way, I've tried turning off all my digital hardware which have Bluetooth capabilities just incase they are contributing to the sound problems, but that hasn't had any beneficial effect.
Ok, but have you reviewed my list of things that may be causing this (besides just updating macOS) to verify that none of those could be the reason?
Don't accuse yourself of ineptitude, it's all quite convoluted underneath.:)
Best of luck my friend,, do let us know if stumble on any more clues.
Good to hear so far, Open Activity Monitor, Show:>All Processes, sort on CPU%, see if anything using too much CPU%. anything using lots of CPU%?
No VPN, Anti-Virus or Cleaning App. Downloaded EtreCheck, ran it and it didn't come up with anything. I then realised I hadn't given it full disk permission so tried again. Unfortunately it wouldn't let me select full disk access but ran the original check again. Feeling frustrated I dragged the EtreCheck installation files to the Bin and deleted them. I'll attempt another install and post report later. For added info. music now cuts out completely occasionally, also the volume is so low sometimes that on sliding the volume bar to the right I have to go to max, volume catches up after a few seconds then it's full blast. Sliding bar to the left I have to go to the minimum before volume decreases. I apologise for my ineptitude, I'm not computer illiterate but as I age my patience runs out a lot quicker than it did just a few years ago.
Reset HomePod pair and reinstalled. Now playing a CD as I write, ocassional juddering, no, it's not the music! Still having problems adjusting the volume, there is a lag when using the task bar icon slider.
Still trying to resolve my problem. I'm now thinking that it is interference from nearby electronic devices. I've switched off all devices but that hasn't worked so I will contact Apple Support to see if they have a solution.
Now here's a thing - when checking what Bluetooth hardware was connected to my in-house network, listed was an LG TV, which I thought was odd as my TV is a Panasonic. On some digging via Google I found that LG makes TV components for Panasonic and other TV manufacturers. I removed the LG item from the Bluetooth list, reset both of my HomePods and so far, a couple of days on, the sound via the HomePods is judder free. Long may it continue. Thanks for all your advice community users.
Thank you for your swift reply. My problem didn't occur until I downloaded the latest update to the Apple operating software.
Yes I have. As I said, the problem didn't occur before I installed the new OS. A coincidence I suppose but might it be the new OS, has anybody else had a similar problem?
Why is music in iMac getting stuck in a loop?
