Best Practices for your MacBook, Router, and Devices

Here is a list of best practices that we’ve compiled throughout development. It covers tips for better running your system, Wi-Fi router, and devices. Do you have any tips or tricks we need to know about? Share them on our Audiofusion facebook page and your tips and trick could be featured here in the future!!

MacBook running SoundCaster

MacBook and WiFi configuration

Run your Macbook on A/C power if possible. Running on battery power can throttle your CPU and limit performance.

Wireless Router

Networking best practices

Configure your router to use unused WiFi channels to avoid interference. Not sure how? Check out Apple’s support article on checking for wi-fi issues on your mac or this handy article walking you through how to use Apple’s Wireless Diagnostics.
Use 5GHz WiFi channels for best performance. Why? There’s more non-overlapping channels at the higher frequency making it less likely you’ll experience interference from other devices.
Connect your MacBook via Ethernet and turn off WiFi. You can also set your MacBook networking to configure automatically. Go to System Preferences->Network->Select Ethernet (or Thunderbolt, etc.) interface->Advanced->Hardware->Configure: Automatically.
Don’t make MacBook WiFi/network settings changes while SoundCaster is streaming! Changes while the system is running can disrupt audio streaming to any connected devices.

iPhone Control Panel

Device configuration

Turn off iCloud access by disabling Find my iPhone/iPad, iCloud Drive, iCloud Backup as well as individual apps that use iCloud.. If you don’t turn this off, your device will try to connect every 5 seconds!
Minimize network usage by your device further by setting location services to “off”. Access location services by going to: Settings->Privacy->Location Services
And last, but not least, put the device in airplane mode and turn Wi-Fi back on.