Aggregated device with bluetooth
Running a Mac mini 1.66 intel core duo with OS X 10.6.8.
I just bougth a Creative D200 bluetooth speaker and i want to run my regular speakers at the same time as this one. I have made them into an aggregated device but it wont work. I have played around with the settings. But nothing happends. They still work fine separately.
This is actually not a bug. To put it simply, what you want to do isn't supported. Not just by Apple, but more so by the software you're using (ie: Spotify).
By checking off both devices, you are effectively creating a single device with 4 outputs: L and R on Mac, L and R on Airplay.
This issue is in telling which audio streams to go to which output, and that level of audio routing is not something that is built into most software. Spotify will just go off of your system default, which will just route the audio to the first 2 outputs it finds (L and R on your Mac in this case).
Even if you could route the audio within Spotify itself, this wouldn't help your issue, because essentially what you're asking for is your 1 stereo audio stream to be copied to all possible outputs. This too is not a supported feature.
You may be wondering at this point "Then what good is this aggregate device option?!"
It's really designed for audio engineers that have several different audio streams and several audio devices connected to their computer. They may want to route audio streams to several different locations, which is why you'll notice that "Configure Speakers" button in your screenshot. Apps like Logic have native support for this and you can do all sorts of routing within it. Setting up an aggregate device allows me to have several pieces of hardware connected to my computer, and instead of having to switch between which one I'm using, I can use all of them at once, and chose different audio to come out of different places (ie: surround sound).
Soundflower is your best bet, as it can easily achieve what you're looking for.
Hope this helps, and if you have any Soundflower questions, let me know.
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