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More MacOS Controller Pain - Initially undiscoverable system - Workaround!

  • May 29, 2025
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So what appears to be a common issue I experience is that if I quit the Sonos app on my MacBook Air (Sequoia 15.5), it is a roll of the dice if I can reopen the app and for it to reconnect to my system (2 x Symfonisk speakers in other rooms).

It turns out the workaround is to go into System Settings, Privacy & Security, Local Area Network and then to toggle off the setting assigned to Sonos then turn it back on.  THEN it will let me use the controller of my system.  I know it’s not the speakers themselves as they work perfectly well via the app on my phone.

Is anyone else experiencing this and why isnt Sonos fixing this?  I sent a diagnostics report to Technical support and the response was that everything is ok.

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  • Lead Maestro
  • May 29, 2025

This dumb option (‘local network’) is Apple’s problem. It was poorly implemented on iOS and it’s recently poorly implemented on MacOS.


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  • Avid Contributor I
  • May 29, 2025

It’s been like this for a few months.  My “workaround” is just to reset the controller every time I change from home to work systems.


  • Lyricist II
  • June 24, 2025

Thank you. :-)