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                                  Airfoil 5.12

   Agen Schmitz

   Rogue Amoeba has released its wireless audio broadcasting app
   [1]Airfoil 5.12 with a new Audio Routing Kit (ARK) audio capture
   backend and a warning for those who use the System Audio source (which
   has been renamed System-Wide Audio). Due to an issue with macOS 14.4
   Sonoma, use of this source may [2]lead to audio dropouts, and users may
   want to delay updating Airfoil until fixes come in a forthcoming update
   to macOS. You can also work around this bug by selecting a specific
   application as your source.

   The ARK audio capture backend can be set up quickly on a new Mac with
   no restarts or passwords required, and the Permissions window has been
   updated with a new System Audio Access option that enables you to
   record audio from applications you specify. Airfoil now allows standard
   macOS user accounts (not just administrators) to stream audio, banishes
   the erroneous orange microphone-in-use indicator, updates the Sources
   menu to alphabetize using the on-disk name, and now requires macOS 14.4
   Sonoma or higher. ($35 new, free update, 39.7 MB, [3]release notes,
   macOS 14.4+)

References

   1. https://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/
   2. https://rogueamoeba.com/support/knowledgebase/?showArticle=Misc-System-Wide-Audio-Warning&product=Airfoil+for+Mac
   3. http://www.rogueamoeba.com/piezo/releasenotes.php

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