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I have a new Sonos setup (2 x Era 100 speakers with a Sub Mini).  It works perfectly with my iPhone 16 over Airplay 2, and on my mac mini it works fine using the Sonos App.

However, my mac mini refuses to connect to it via the system “sound” settings.  I can see the Sonos, but when I try to connect it just fails.  I also cannot cast any audio using the Apple Music app, or any third party all for that matter.

I have tried restarting both the Mac and Sonos system to no avail.  Ideally, I want to use the Sonos speakers as my Mac speakers, for all music/musics, etc.  I cannot be restricted to use within the Sonos app.

They are both on the same network, so that is not the issue.  

Any ideas?

‘The same network’ means what? Is your Mac wired to the router, or do you have some sort of mesh network, where the Mac may be connected to a different ‘node’ than your iPhone?

Which version of the OS are you running on your Mac Mini? I’m assuming you’re using the Sonos S2 client, since you’re running Era 100s. Is the Sonos ‘native’ client installed on your Mac, or are you using the Web client?

Have you, from inside the Sonos client, submitted a system diagnostic within 10 minutes of experiencing this problem, and called Sonos Support to discuss it? Don’t post the resulting diagnostic number here, they get sensitive about GDPR.

There may be information included in the diagnostic that will help Sonos pinpoint the issue and help you find a solution.

When you speak directly to the Support staff, they have tools at their disposal that will allow them to give you advice specific to your network and Sonos system.

Also, note that there is an entire section of this forum devoted to using Sonos as computer speakers, which you appear to want. It’s possible there may be an answer in there, too.

https://en.community.sonos.com/groups/sonos-products-as-pc-speakers-229137

 

 

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