Sharing system audio in Teams from a Mac

mandavaR
Copper Contributor
Dec 02, 2021
HiChrisHoardMVP

Thanks for the update. Here is my problem:
I use macOS Sierra. I am unable to switch on the Include computer sound button.
Please advice. Thanks in advance.
- ChrisHoardMVP
  MVP
  Dec 18, 2021
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/share-sound-from-your-computer-in-a-teams-meeting-or-live-event-dddede9f-e3d0-4330-873a-fa061a0d8e3b
  
  On a Mac, you will need to install a driver the first time you include computer audio in a Teams meeting. Just follow the simple wizard and click Install or Update. It takes about 10 seconds for the installation to complete.
tkvar
Copper Contributor
Oct 21, 2021
It would be great to be able to share just audio without sharing screen. Then someone on the team could add background music to the call.
neosville
Copper Contributor
Aug 04, 2021
hi, I'm a student using ms teams to study and the share system audio checkbox pops up but somehow I can't click it and it's starting to frustrate me because we have to share our audio with the teacher during music class. do you maybe know the reason behind this?
jimtolman
Copper Contributor
Dec 17, 2020
This needs to be prioritised, It's important to share system audio during Corona
- rick_harrison
  Copper Contributor
  Dec 21, 2020
  jimtolman
  another work around is: watch2gether https://w2g.tv/?lang=en
  
  Joining is free, it works with teams. People can share many different video formats, youtube, vimeo etc etc. Its simple, works with VPN or firewalls.
  Each person can also control the video, stop it etc etc. I find it good for teaching.
  
  There is always something to screw you up however and lower levels of MS Internet Explorer may not support it. Otherwise its great.
Petrisz
Copper Contributor
Dec 08, 2020
It's december, CY20Q3 is long gone and Q4 is almost over. I see that this has been pushed back to Jan 2021.
- HatingTEAMs
  Copper Contributor
  Dec 09, 2020
  Petrisz Right? This is pathetic.
davidhinse
Copper Contributor
Nov 24, 2020
ChrisHoardMVP

Please ! Is there any update for the Sharing audio button ? We had it in March and June but it disappeared when working on a MAC.

Can you fix it quickly please ?

Thank you,

David Hinse
Teacher
- Jesse_Ash
  Copper Contributor
  Dec 03, 2020
  davidhinse indeed this is absolute garbage.
  
  We are forced into using TEAMS by our administration and its underwhelming at best, and grossly impedes our work at worst.
  
  This is an example in the "grossly impedes" category. You can't even do simple presentation from a mac with audio.
  
  TEAMS should not even be released if its not fully functional with what is, let's be honest the basics. The issues we have had with Microsoft Teams have caused so much time and so many lost opportunities that would NOT have been had we been able to use a proper software that was tried and tested, not this half baked 'product'.
  
  Profiteering on the part of Microsoft during a critical time when people need REAL meeting/screen sharing solutions pretending they had a functional product...why am I not surprised? Lest we forget the anti trust lawsuit brought against Microsoft not so long ago...i'd say pretending they have a functional online meeting/screensharing solution included in their suite is akin to making it difficult for competitors software to be used/installed/available on machines running their suite/institutions with suite buy in...and yes, that's what they were sued for by the US gov (and lost) in the 90's.
  
  I've worked on many international projects prior to teaching and have used plenty of solutions like Go To Meeting and Zoom that actually work. I literally just had to give my students admin passwords i'm not supposed to have to install zoom (the FREE version) on school computers for this to work. Last week I was all set to present an Audio in Adobe Premiere Workshop on my mac and was forced after finding out the audio wouldn't share to do it from my PC laptop which can barely run premiere and has a tiny screen and that's in the past 7 days...
  
  Quit messing with inane features like together view and just make the basics work already.
  - Martin_Gerup
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 17, 2021
    We here in Denmark can fully understand the frustration. From our above administration we musicteachers are forced to use Teams. Musicbusinees people like me use Mac. And what exactly is impossible to share with my musicstudents? Music! Zoom can share computersound. Meet can do it. Discord can do it. And for the record some of us Danish teachers luckily for our health and our students have a very loose relationship to regulations that make no educational sense.
    I totally agree with the Microsoft anger. I have had it for years, and the non-finished Teams platform just push my limits once more. The thing that bothers me is 1) My students need to explore, find out, combine 2) The administration need to save money on software solutions. 3) Microsoft Teams is a shell. Not a platform.
AislingBCFE
Copper Contributor
Oct 16, 2020
ChrisHoardMVP

Hi is there any update on this?

It's a huge inconvenience in a teaching setting not being able to share audio with my students.
- soham_s_m
  Copper Contributor
  Feb 10, 2021
  Hey AislingBCFE you can unmute yourself. For me I unmuted myself and the mic caught the audio that was playing.
- Steve_Burholt
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 17, 2020
  AislingBCFE A good proprietary solution is Rogue Amoeba's Loopback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IosA17Popss
  - daintz_05
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 06, 2021
    Thanks for your tutorial. It was very helpful! I purchased the app as well. Hope it won't give me any issues when I start my class tonight!

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