Apple TV 3 automatically plays music from my imac - can i stop this ?

Hi
When I select computers from the apple tv menu it automatically starts playing music from my imac. I press pause but then as soon as i select something else it starts playing again - is this the default setting or can I stop this ?

No it's not the default - have you accidentally enabled Airplay of audio to AppleTV in iTunes rather than to the Computer speakers?

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