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Hi Mary, Yeah, I just checked the pricing, and it appears to run about $600. So no, not cheap. But of all the Sonos products we've purchased, it was by far the most worthwhile purchase. We purchased ours back in 2018, and have never had a minute of trouble. My only complaint about it is that like all the Sonos products, it’s prone to dropping out of the system. However, that happens less frequently than it used to, and when it does, it’s easy to reconnect it in Control Center. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 30, 2024, at 11:18 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Hi Donna, > Well good for you keeping those speakers. I think I’ve heard of Sonos amps, > and I imagine they’re pretty pricey. I still have my old Adcom power amp and > a preamp that dates from Gali sometime in the 80s maybe. A long time ago. It > sounds great. But there’s no Bluetooth or anything anywhere, hence the > HomePods. Like you, I used to have a giant collection of albums and then CDs. > The albums are gone as is my beloved B and O turntable, and I ripped all the > CDs into whatever lossless codec was at the time back when I had a Mac. > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 30, 2024, at 6:46 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi Mary, >> >> I wish I knew for sure. I think some of my trouble was created by me. I >> had the “clever” idea Thursday night that if I could pair it with my old >> iPhone 7, which I still keep around as a music player, it wouldn’t connect >> to our home, but should be able to connect to our wireless network. My hope >> was that that would allow it to update, which would then allow me to reset >> it, and set it up again using my iPhone 14 pro. But, and I don’t totally >> understand this, when you reset a HomePod, it still holds on to some of your >> settings. So when I connected it to my Mac, it downloaded software version >> 17.2, which, though not the current version was current enough for it to >> connect with our home. But, it still seemed to have had stuff from the >> earlier pairing, so instead of updating, somehow it seems to have downgraded >> our Home software, which meant that nothing worked. I do know that something >> like that happened because after I finally got it to work yesterday, I was >> prompted again to upgrade everything to the new home infrastructure. At >> that point it was late, and I was tired, so I reset the HomePod and went to >> bed, leaving the Mini unplugged overnight and all the next morning. When I >> finally had time to get back to it, the setup worked. It got setup in our >> home, and then immediately updated. >> >> By the way, re your stereo, we solved that problem by buying a Sonos amp. >> My husband built a pair of speakers when he was in college, and to this day >> I think they’re some of the best speakers I’ve heard. So, even though we >> wanted to go to a wireless system, there was no way we were giving up those >> speakers. I don’t remember the price of the amp, but it works very well, >> and gives us the option of having my husband’s speakers in our Home setup. >> Just thought I’d let you know that’s an option, in case it’s of interest. 😊 >> Cheers, >> Donna >>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 11:18 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >>> >>> So how did you get your problem resolved, Donna? I know they finally >>> figured out a way to charge iPhones in the store which is a good thing, >>> since that caused a big mess. I don’t think they’ve done that with >>> HomePods. So how did you get yours done? I still have my pair of old >>> HomePods connected in the front room. I love old-fashioned stereo, and the >>> HomePods don’t compare with my big fat great stereo speakers. The only >>> problem is, they don’t make equipment that connects like that anymore >>> unless you want to spend we big bucks. So, we’re stuck with all this >>> wireless crap. This is not progress, but what can you do? >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> > On Mar 29, 2024, at 7:45 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods may not be your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod mini, we had no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think apples quality control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just the latest example of that, unfortunately. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen > wrote: > > Donna, > I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. > I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what > the Homepods provide for you. > Hopefully others will provi
Re: More on the HomePod from hell
hi Mary, You might be surprised what is available, and inexpensively, to insure your stereo equipment can connect to other things. Part of my professional life is as a radio producer. Often those working in broadcasting need to connect their standard equipment to these new toys, so smaller adapters exist that make this easy..and once you buy it, it lasts forever. I may be easing into off topic territory however. Still, depending on where you live, finding the toolscan be done. Kare On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, Mary Otten wrote: So how did you get your problem resolved, Donna? I know they finally figured out a way to charge iPhones in the store which is a good thing, since that caused a big mess. I don’t think they’ve done that with HomePods. So how did you get yours done? I still have my pair of old HomePods connected in the front room. I love old-fashioned stereo, and the HomePods don’t compare with my big fat great stereo speakers. The only problem is, they don’t make equipment that connects like that anymore unless you want to spend we big bucks. So, we’re stuck with all this wireless crap. This is not progress, but what can you do? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 29, 2024, at 7:45 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods may not be your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod mini, we had no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think apples quality control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just the latest example of that, unfortunately. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Donna, I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what the Homepods provide for you. Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure everything from scratch. Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. Karen On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized HomePod. Donna On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Ah, an understandable reason. Thanks for sharing. Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work though? Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the process all together smiles. but hey I sill play my music on a stereo. On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our primary hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the kitchen we could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move the kitchen HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. Donna On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: ,Donna, I have a question. what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction leading to your needing a new option? Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. Kare On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi again all, So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more current software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. However, for reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, instead of 17.4, which is what the rest of my Home is running. I have my HomePods set to update automatically, so I figured I’d just set it up, and it would update automatically overnight. But apparently that was too much to hope for. Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the Home app. I have devices that have had multiple names, as I have moved them to different rooms. All those devices reverted back to an older name. And none of my accessories, other than the HomePods are responding. Does anyone have an idea what happened or thoughts on a possible fix? I’d really love to avoid deleting my Home and setting it up from scratch. TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor.
Re: More on the HomePod from hell
Hi Donna, Well good for you keeping those speakers. I think I’ve heard of Sonos amps, and I imagine they’re pretty pricey. I still have my old Adcom power amp and a preamp that dates from Gali sometime in the 80s maybe. A long time ago. It sounds great. But there’s no Bluetooth or anything anywhere, hence the HomePods. Like you, I used to have a giant collection of albums and then CDs. The albums are gone as is my beloved B and O turntable, and I ripped all the CDs into whatever lossless codec was at the time back when I had a Mac. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 30, 2024, at 6:46 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > I wish I knew for sure. I think some of my trouble was created by me. I had > the “clever” idea Thursday night that if I could pair it with my old iPhone > 7, which I still keep around as a music player, it wouldn’t connect to our > home, but should be able to connect to our wireless network. My hope was > that that would allow it to update, which would then allow me to reset it, > and set it up again using my iPhone 14 pro. But, and I don’t totally > understand this, when you reset a HomePod, it still holds on to some of your > settings. So when I connected it to my Mac, it downloaded software version > 17.2, which, though not the current version was current enough for it to > connect with our home. But, it still seemed to have had stuff from the > earlier pairing, so instead of updating, somehow it seems to have downgraded > our Home software, which meant that nothing worked. I do know that something > like that happened because after I finally got it to work yesterday, I was > prompted again to upgrade everything to the new home infrastructure. At that > point it was late, and I was tired, so I reset the HomePod and went to bed, > leaving the Mini unplugged overnight and all the next morning. When I > finally had time to get back to it, the setup worked. It got setup in our > home, and then immediately updated. > > By the way, re your stereo, we solved that problem by buying a Sonos amp. My > husband built a pair of speakers when he was in college, and to this day I > think they’re some of the best speakers I’ve heard. So, even though we > wanted to go to a wireless system, there was no way we were giving up those > speakers. I don’t remember the price of the amp, but it works very well, and > gives us the option of having my husband’s speakers in our Home setup. Just > thought I’d let you know that’s an option, in case it’s of interest. 😊 > Cheers, > Donna >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 11:18 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> So how did you get your problem resolved, Donna? I know they finally figured >> out a way to charge iPhones in the store which is a good thing, since that >> caused a big mess. I don’t think they’ve done that with HomePods. So how did >> you get yours done? I still have my pair of old HomePods connected in the >> front room. I love old-fashioned stereo, and the HomePods don’t compare with >> my big fat great stereo speakers. The only problem is, they don’t make >> equipment that connects like that anymore unless you want to spend we big >> bucks. So, we’re stuck with all this wireless crap. This is not progress, >> but what can you do? >> Sent from my iPhone >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 7:45 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to >>> continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I >>> can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the >>> technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods >>> may not be your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod >>> mini, we had no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think >>> apples quality control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just >>> the latest example of that, unfortunately. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Donna, I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what the Homepods provide for you. Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure everything from scratch. Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. Karen >> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > > First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the > problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were > mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing > other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized > HomePod. > Donna > >>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen >
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Thanks, Mark. Yeah, it was beyond ridiculous, but at least the ending was a happy one. :) Cheers, Donna > On Mar 30, 2024, at 9:26 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > I've been following this thread and I am so glad you got everything up and > running. What a chore. > > Mark > > > -Original Message- > From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2024 6:46 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: More on the HomePod from hell > > Hi Mary, > > I wish I knew for sure. I think some of my trouble was created by me. I had > the “clever” idea Thursday night that if I could pair it with my old iPhone > 7, which I still keep around as a music player, it wouldn’t connect to our > home, but should be able to connect to our wireless network. My hope was > that that would allow it to update, which would then allow me to reset it, > and set it up again using my iPhone 14 pro. But, and I don’t totally > understand this, when you reset a HomePod, it still holds on to some of your > settings. So when I connected it to my Mac, it downloaded software version > 17.2, which, though not the current version was current enough for it to > connect with our home. But, it still seemed to have had stuff from the > earlier pairing, so instead of updating, somehow it seems to have downgraded > our Home software, which meant that nothing worked. I do know that something > like that happened because after I finally got it to work yesterday, I was > prompted again to upgrade everything to the new home infrastructure. At that > point it was late, and I was tired, so I reset the HomePod and went to bed, > leaving the Mini unplugged overnight and all the next morning. When I > finally had time to get back to it, the setup worked. It got setup in our > home, and then immediately updated. > > By the way, re your stereo, we solved that problem by buying a Sonos amp. My > husband built a pair of speakers when he was in college, and to this day I > think they’re some of the best speakers I’ve heard. So, even though we > wanted to go to a wireless system, there was no way we were giving up those > speakers. I don’t remember the price of the amp, but it works very well, and > gives us the option of having my husband’s speakers in our Home setup. Just > thought I’d let you know that’s an option, in case it’s of interest. 😊 > Cheers, > Donna >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 11:18 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> So how did you get your problem resolved, Donna? I know they finally figured >> out a way to charge iPhones in the store which is a good thing, since that >> caused a big mess. I don’t think they’ve done that with HomePods. So how did >> you get yours done? I still have my pair of old HomePods connected in the >> front room. I love old-fashioned stereo, and the HomePods don’t compare with >> my big fat great stereo speakers. The only problem is, they don’t make >> equipment that connects like that anymore unless you want to spend we big >> bucks. So, we’re stuck with all this wireless crap. This is not progress, >> but what can you do? >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 7:45 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to >>> continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I >>> can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the >>> technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods >>> may not be your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod >>> mini, we had no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think >>> apples quality control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just >>> the latest example of that, unfortunately. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Donna, >>>> I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. >>>> I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what >>>> the Homepods provide for you. >>>> Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure >>>> everything from scratch. >>>> Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. >>>> Karen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVi
RE: More on the HomePod from hell
Hello Donna, I've been following this thread and I am so glad you got everything up and running. What a chore. Mark -Original Message- From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2024 6:46 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: More on the HomePod from hell Hi Mary, I wish I knew for sure. I think some of my trouble was created by me. I had the “clever” idea Thursday night that if I could pair it with my old iPhone 7, which I still keep around as a music player, it wouldn’t connect to our home, but should be able to connect to our wireless network. My hope was that that would allow it to update, which would then allow me to reset it, and set it up again using my iPhone 14 pro. But, and I don’t totally understand this, when you reset a HomePod, it still holds on to some of your settings. So when I connected it to my Mac, it downloaded software version 17.2, which, though not the current version was current enough for it to connect with our home. But, it still seemed to have had stuff from the earlier pairing, so instead of updating, somehow it seems to have downgraded our Home software, which meant that nothing worked. I do know that something like that happened because after I finally got it to work yesterday, I was prompted again to upgrade everything to the new home infrastructure. At that point it was late, and I was tired, so I reset the HomePod and went to bed, leaving the Mini unplugged overnight and all the next morning. When I finally had time to get back to it, the setup worked. It got setup in our home, and then immediately updated. By the way, re your stereo, we solved that problem by buying a Sonos amp. My husband built a pair of speakers when he was in college, and to this day I think they’re some of the best speakers I’ve heard. So, even though we wanted to go to a wireless system, there was no way we were giving up those speakers. I don’t remember the price of the amp, but it works very well, and gives us the option of having my husband’s speakers in our Home setup. Just thought I’d let you know that’s an option, in case it’s of interest. 😊 Cheers, Donna > On Mar 29, 2024, at 11:18 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > So how did you get your problem resolved, Donna? I know they finally figured > out a way to charge iPhones in the store which is a good thing, since that > caused a big mess. I don’t think they’ve done that with HomePods. So how did > you get yours done? I still have my pair of old HomePods connected in the > front room. I love old-fashioned stereo, and the HomePods don’t compare with > my big fat great stereo speakers. The only problem is, they don’t make > equipment that connects like that anymore unless you want to spend we big > bucks. So, we’re stuck with all this wireless crap. This is not progress, but > what can you do? > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 7:45 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to >> continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I >> can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the >> technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods >> may not be your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod >> mini, we had no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think apples >> quality control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just the latest >> example of that, unfortunately. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen >>> wrote: >>> >>> Donna, >>> I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. >>> I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what >>> the Homepods provide for you. >>> Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure >>> everything from scratch. >>> Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. >>> Karen >>> >>> >>> >>>>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>>> >>>> First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the >>>> problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were >>>> mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing >>>> other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized >>>> HomePod. >>>> Donna >>>> >>>>>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen
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Hi Karen, I *love vinyl, but boy I don’t miss storing all that. :). I had a *huge* album collection back in the day, which was later replaced by a pretty sizable CD collection. Although they’re smaller, the storage was starting to get on my nerves. I’ve kept some of my favorite cds, mostly because our internet goes out frequently. When that happens, we have an AB switch connected to the speakers my husband built, that switches between the Sonos amp—connected to our home system—and a CD player. So in a way we have the best of both worlds. :) Cheers, Donna > On Mar 29, 2024, at 9:59 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > YOu are welcome Donna, > I do resonate with your feelings about apple quality control. > These devices are not personally options for me just now, a secondary > disability experience making them unsafe to use. > Still, I have my cozy stereo near my sofa, where music is, for me a physical > experience holding album covers and cd cases rich with memories, and hours > of both songwriting and music making..and you have your voice control smiles. > Glad there was a solution in the end. > Karen > > > On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to >> continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I >> can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the >> technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods >> may not be your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod >> mini, we had no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think apples >> quality control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just the latest >> example of that, unfortunately. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen >>> wrote: >>> >>> Donna, >>> I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. >>> I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what >>> the Homepods provide for you. >>> Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure >>> everything from scratch. >>> Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. >>> Karen >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized HomePod. Donna >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen >> wrote: > > Ah, an understandable reason. > Thanks for sharing. > Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work > though? > Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not > sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the > process all together smiles. > but hey I sill play my music on a stereo. > > > >> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our >> primary hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the >> kitchen we could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move >> the kitchen HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. >> Donna >> >>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen >>> wrote: >>> >>> ,Donna, >>> I have a question. >>> what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? >>> What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction >>> leading to your needing a new option? >>> Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. >>> Kare >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>> Hi again all, So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more current software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. However, for reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, instead of 17.4, which is what the rest of my Home is running. I have my HomePods set to update automatically, so I figured I’d just set it up, and it would update automatically overnight. But apparently that was too much to hope for. Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the Home app. I have devices that have had multiple names, as I have moved them to different rooms. All those devices reverted back to an older name. And none of my accessories, other than the HomePods are responding. Does anyone have an idea what happened or thoughts on a >
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Hi Mary, I wish I knew for sure. I think some of my trouble was created by me. I had the “clever” idea Thursday night that if I could pair it with my old iPhone 7, which I still keep around as a music player, it wouldn’t connect to our home, but should be able to connect to our wireless network. My hope was that that would allow it to update, which would then allow me to reset it, and set it up again using my iPhone 14 pro. But, and I don’t totally understand this, when you reset a HomePod, it still holds on to some of your settings. So when I connected it to my Mac, it downloaded software version 17.2, which, though not the current version was current enough for it to connect with our home. But, it still seemed to have had stuff from the earlier pairing, so instead of updating, somehow it seems to have downgraded our Home software, which meant that nothing worked. I do know that something like that happened because after I finally got it to work yesterday, I was prompted again to upgrade everything to the new home infrastructure. At that point it was late, and I was tired, so I reset the HomePod and went to bed, leaving the Mini unplugged overnight and all the next morning. When I finally had time to get back to it, the setup worked. It got setup in our home, and then immediately updated. By the way, re your stereo, we solved that problem by buying a Sonos amp. My husband built a pair of speakers when he was in college, and to this day I think they’re some of the best speakers I’ve heard. So, even though we wanted to go to a wireless system, there was no way we were giving up those speakers. I don’t remember the price of the amp, but it works very well, and gives us the option of having my husband’s speakers in our Home setup. Just thought I’d let you know that’s an option, in case it’s of interest. 😊 Cheers, Donna > On Mar 29, 2024, at 11:18 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > So how did you get your problem resolved, Donna? I know they finally figured > out a way to charge iPhones in the store which is a good thing, since that > caused a big mess. I don’t think they’ve done that with HomePods. So how did > you get yours done? I still have my pair of old HomePods connected in the > front room. I love old-fashioned stereo, and the HomePods don’t compare with > my big fat great stereo speakers. The only problem is, they don’t make > equipment that connects like that anymore unless you want to spend we big > bucks. So, we’re stuck with all this wireless crap. This is not progress, but > what can you do? > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 7:45 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to >> continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I >> can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the >> technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods >> may not be your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod >> mini, we had no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think apples >> quality control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just the latest >> example of that, unfortunately. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen >>> wrote: >>> >>> Donna, >>> I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. >>> I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what >>> the Homepods provide for you. >>> Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure >>> everything from scratch. >>> Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. >>> Karen >>> >>> >>> > On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized HomePod. Donna >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen >> wrote: > > Ah, an understandable reason. > Thanks for sharing. > Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work > though? > Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not > sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the > process all together smiles. > but hey I sill play my music on a stereo. > > > >> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our >> primary hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the >> kitchen we could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move >> the ki
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So how did you get your problem resolved, Donna? I know they finally figured out a way to charge iPhones in the store which is a good thing, since that caused a big mess. I don’t think they’ve done that with HomePods. So how did you get yours done? I still have my pair of old HomePods connected in the front room. I love old-fashioned stereo, and the HomePods don’t compare with my big fat great stereo speakers. The only problem is, they don’t make equipment that connects like that anymore unless you want to spend we big bucks. So, we’re stuck with all this wireless crap. This is not progress, but what can you do? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2024, at 7:45 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to > continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I > can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the technology > that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods may not be > your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod mini, we had > no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think apples quality > control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just the latest example > of that, unfortunately. > Cheers, > Donna > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> >> Donna, >> I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. >> I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what >> the Homepods provide for you. >> Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure >> everything from scratch. >> Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. >> Karen >> >> >> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>> >>> First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the >>> problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were >>> mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing >>> other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized >>> HomePod. >>> Donna >>> > On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen > wrote: Ah, an understandable reason. Thanks for sharing. Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work though? Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the process all together smiles. but hey I sill play my music on a stereo. > On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our primary > hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the kitchen we > could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move the kitchen > HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. > Donna > >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen >> wrote: >> >> ,Donna, >> I have a question. >> what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? >> What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction >> leading to your needing a new option? >> Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. >> Kare >> >> >> >> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> >>> Hi again all, >>> >>> So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more >>> current software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. >>> However, for reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, >>> instead of 17.4, which is what the rest of my Home is running. I have >>> my HomePods set to update automatically, so I figured I’d just set it >>> up, and it would update automatically overnight. But apparently that >>> was too much to hope for. Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the >>> Home app. I have devices that have had multiple names, as I have moved >>> them to different rooms. All those devices reverted back to an older >>> name. And none of my accessories, other than the HomePods are >>> responding. Does anyone have an idea what happened or thoughts on a >>> possible fix? I’d really love to avoid deleting my Home and setting it >>> up from scratch. >>> TIA, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >>> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >>> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list >>> itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Ma
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YOu are welcome Donna, I do resonate with your feelings about apple quality control. These devices are not personally options for me just now, a secondary disability experience making them unsafe to use. Still, I have my cozy stereo near my sofa, where music is, for me a physical experience holding album covers and cd cases rich with memories, and hours of both songwriting and music making..and you have your voice control smiles. Glad there was a solution in the end. Karen On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods may not be your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod mini, we had no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think apples quality control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just the latest example of that, unfortunately. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Donna, I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what the Homepods provide for you. Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure everything from scratch. Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. Karen On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized HomePod. Donna On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Ah, an understandable reason. Thanks for sharing. Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work though? Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the process all together smiles. but hey I sill play my music on a stereo. On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our primary hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the kitchen we could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move the kitchen HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. Donna On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: ,Donna, I have a question. what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction leading to your needing a new option? Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. Kare On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi again all, So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more current software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. However, for reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, instead of 17.4, which is what the rest of my Home is running. I have my HomePods set to update automatically, so I figured I’d just set it up, and it would update automatically overnight. But apparently that was too much to hope for. Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the Home app. I have devices that have had multiple names, as I have moved them to different rooms. All those devices reverted back to an older name. And none of my accessories, other than the HomePods are responding. Does anyone have an idea what happened or thoughts on a possible fix? I’d really love to avoid deleting my Home and setting it up from scratch. TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8850C819-0148-4D84-BDB4-2627936676EE%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any que
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Thanks, Karen. It all worked out in the end. Well I respect your choice to continue using your stereo, personally I love voice control. I love that I can use it to do things and get more stuff done. We all choose the technology that is most comfortable for us. Well I recognize that HomePods may not be your choice, they were mine. And when we purchased this HomePod mini, we had no expectation of the trials that awaited us. I do think apples quality control has gone downhill a lot, and I think this is just the latest example of that, unfortunately. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Donna, > I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. > I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what the > Homepods provide for you. > Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure > everything from scratch. > Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. > Karen > > > >> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> >> First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the >> problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were >> mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing >> other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized >> HomePod. >> Donna >> On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >>> >>> Ah, an understandable reason. >>> Thanks for sharing. >>> Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work >>> though? >>> Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not >>> sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the >>> process all together smiles. >>> but hey I sill play my music on a stereo. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>> We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our primary hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the kitchen we could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move the kitchen HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. Donna > On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen > wrote: > > ,Donna, > I have a question. > what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? > What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction > leading to your needing a new option? > Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. > Kare > > > > On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> Hi again all, >> >> So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more current >> software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. However, >> for reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, instead of >> 17.4, which is what the rest of my Home is running. I have my HomePods >> set to update automatically, so I figured I’d just set it up, and it >> would update automatically overnight. But apparently that was too much >> to hope for. Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the Home app. I >> have devices that have had multiple names, as I have moved them to >> different rooms. All those devices reverted back to an older name. And >> none of my accessories, other than the HomePods are responding. Does >> anyone have an idea what happened or thoughts on a possible fix? I’d >> really love to avoid deleting my Home and setting it up from scratch. >> TIA, >> Donna >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark >> at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8850C819-0148-4D84-BDB4-2627936676EE%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about
Re: More on the HomePod from hell
Donna, I am deeply sorry this situation is so frustrating. I also respect your personal choices for your personal enjoyment of what the Homepods provide for you. Hopefully others will provide a path not requiring you to reconfigure everything from scratch. Downloading an older edition of the software seems odd indeed. Karen On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized HomePod. Donna On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Ah, an understandable reason. Thanks for sharing. Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work though? Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the process all together smiles. but hey I sill play my music on a stereo. On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our primary hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the kitchen we could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move the kitchen HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. Donna On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: ,Donna, I have a question. what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction leading to your needing a new option? Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. Kare On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi again all, So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more current software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. However, for reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, instead of 17.4, which is what the rest of my Home is running. I have my HomePods set to update automatically, so I figured I’d just set it up, and it would update automatically overnight. But apparently that was too much to hope for. Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the Home app. I have devices that have had multiple names, as I have moved them to different rooms. All those devices reverted back to an older name. And none of my accessories, other than the HomePods are responding. Does anyone have an idea what happened or thoughts on a possible fix? I’d really love to avoid deleting my Home and setting it up from scratch. TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8850C819-0148-4D84-BDB4-2627936676EE%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8A6C881E-3447-46AA-A104-27D7F0A4CEAD%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor.
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First of all, it appears that getting a full-sized one wouldn’t solve the problem. In the discussions I saw on the internet, both devices were mentioned. Second, when we’re in the kitchen, we’re usually also doing other things, so there’s no real need to spend the money for full-sized HomePod. Donna > On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Ah, an understandable reason. > Thanks for sharing. > Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work > though? > Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not > sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the > process all together smiles. > but hey I sill play my music on a stereo. > > > > On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our primary >> hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the kitchen we >> could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move the kitchen >> HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. >> Donna >> >>> On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen >>> wrote: >>> >>> ,Donna, >>> I have a question. >>> what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? >>> What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction >>> leading to your needing a new option? >>> Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. >>> Kare >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>> Hi again all, So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more current software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. However, for reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, instead of 17.4, which is what the rest of my Home is running. I have my HomePods set to update automatically, so I figured I’d just set it up, and it would update automatically overnight. But apparently that was too much to hope for. Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the Home app. I have devices that have had multiple names, as I have moved them to different rooms. All those devices reverted back to an older name. And none of my accessories, other than the HomePods are responding. Does anyone have an idea what happened or thoughts on a possible fix? I’d really love to avoid deleting my Home and setting it up from scratch. TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8850C819-0148-4D84-BDB4-2627936676EE%40me.com. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8A6C881E-3447-46AA-A104-27D7F0A4CEAD%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.
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Ah, an understandable reason. Thanks for sharing. Curious why not simply getting a second full sized homepod would not work though? Speaking personally if I ever reach that level of need, that they are not sold in pairs automatically will either insure I get them, or skip the process all together smiles. but hey I sill play my music on a stereo. On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our primary hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the kitchen we could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move the kitchen HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. Donna On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: ,Donna, I have a question. what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction leading to your needing a new option? Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. Kare On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi again all, So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more current software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. However, for reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, instead of 17.4, which is what the rest of my Home is running. I have my HomePods set to update automatically, so I figured I’d just set it up, and it would update automatically overnight. But apparently that was too much to hope for. Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the Home app. I have devices that have had multiple names, as I have moved them to different rooms. All those devices reverted back to an older name. And none of my accessories, other than the HomePods are responding. Does anyone have an idea what happened or thoughts on a possible fix? I’d really love to avoid deleting my Home and setting it up from scratch. TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8850C819-0148-4D84-BDB4-2627936676EE%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8A6C881E-3447-46AA-A104-27D7F0A4CEAD%40me.com.
Re: More on the HomePod from hell
We had one full-sized HomePod in the kitchen, which served as our primary hub, and another in the family room. We decided that in the kitchen we could do with just a mini, and that would allow us to move the kitchen HomePod to the Family room and create a stereo pair. Donna > On Mar 29, 2024, at 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > ,Donna, > I have a question. > what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? > What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction > leading to your needing a new option? > Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. > Kare > > > > On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> Hi again all, >> >> So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more current >> software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. However, for >> reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, instead of 17.4, which >> is what the rest of my Home is running. I have my HomePods set to update >> automatically, so I figured I’d just set it up, and it would update >> automatically overnight. But apparently that was too much to hope for. >> Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the Home app. I have devices that >> have had multiple names, as I have moved them to different rooms. All those >> devices reverted back to an older name. And none of my accessories, other >> than the HomePods are responding. Does anyone have an idea what happened or >> thoughts on a possible fix? I’d really love to avoid deleting my Home and >> setting it up from scratch. >> TIA, >> Donna >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8850C819-0148-4D84-BDB4-2627936676EE%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8A6C881E-3447-46AA-A104-27D7F0A4CEAD%40me.com.
Re: More on the HomePod from hell
,Donna, I have a question. what need motivated your adding this new homepod in the first place? What in your current set up was no longer working to your satisfaction leading to your needing a new option? Just curious, especially given this latest chapter. Kare On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi again all, So, late last night I finally got my new Mini to download a more current software version by connecting it to My Mac and using Finder. However, for reasons I can’t begin to fathom, it downloaded 17.2, instead of 17.4, which is what the rest of my Home is running. I have my HomePods set to update automatically, so I figured I’d just set it up, and it would update automatically overnight. But apparently that was too much to hope for. Instead, it made a wreck of my home in the Home app. I have devices that have had multiple names, as I have moved them to different rooms. All those devices reverted back to an older name. And none of my accessories, other than the HomePods are responding. Does anyone have an idea what happened or thoughts on a possible fix? I’d really love to avoid deleting my Home and setting it up from scratch. TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8850C819-0148-4D84-BDB4-2627936676EE%40me.com.
