macOS controller and Apple Silicon

Music doesn’t flow through it but all interactions with it are over the internet. There is no album art. There is no search. The index has no quick jump letters. It’s slow scrolling forever to reach letters later in the alphabet. Have you tried it?

I take the “no search” back. When you click in search, it shows your services and sonos radio. But not the music library. When you actually search, the music library does get included and re-appears. I’m not sure when that was added.

Sonos has been moving away from the computer based OS app for years. It first started when they took away setup functionality which you can now only do with your phone or tablet (iOS or Android). That move upset customers to no end; but hey…I got over it and moved on. I’m to the point now that I’ve forgotten it. In fact I don’t use the computer based app even today.

Full disclosure I’m Apple everything. Which includes four computers. Haven’t even thought about using the MacOS app. My phone and tablet do everything. There’s nothing that the MacOS app does differently nor better.

OK…so you’ve got all your music stored on your Mac. All you need is a path to that location which is to create a Music library via your phone or tablet that will also be available via the Web app. Frankly, you’d be better served with a NAS solution.

I like someone else has said l’m not trying to rile you up (although I’ve been guilty of such) 😂. However, the bottom-line is that companies (including Sonos) have to make decisions  as to what they will continue to support in terms of software development. Supporting multiple platforms creates cost regarding development and paid tech support personnel (unlike myself and others in this community). BTW we are not tech support in the strict sense of the term. We’re just people who volunteer our time to help for the love of the Sonos product which isn’t always perfect. But…what product is 🤔

I know what I’ve expressed in this post isn’t going to change the minds of those that are furious with Sonos not supporting Apple Silicon. Hopefully some will think again about what they perceive as a loss.

I have no problem with the desktop apps going away. I have a problem pretending the web app is a replacement for a program running locally on your computer sending/receiving data directly to devices on your local network. Just like when the big S2 “rewrite” was having volume changes sent to the cloud and back. Causing all sorts of issues with volume controls lagging/not in sync or just not working. Eventually fixed to send volume changes locally to devices. Well, the web app volume control over the internet is just as bad.