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Sonos Employee
January 13, 2014

Control Sonos Volume from OS X Menu Bar

  • January 13, 2014
  • 82 replies
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We received a request for a new feature that would allow you to control the Sonos volume via the menu bar in OS X.

Let us know your thoughts on this and add a +1 if you'd like to see this feature on Sonos.
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      erik.husby@gmail.com
      Lyricist II
      February 13, 2014
      Plus basic controls such as advance to next song.
        Josh_19
        Lyricist I
        March 7, 2014
        Plus basic controls such as advance to next song.
        Volume, next, back, play, pause would all be great. Please check out a great app the allows toolbar control for iTunes, called Tune Instructor (http://www.tune-instructor.com/com/). There's way more than necessary for Sonos, but it will give you some good thoughts/ideas on an elegant app. The main feature that would be nice is to not have to have the full Sonos app running.
          teladog01
          Lyricist III
          May 23, 2014
          Another great example is Skip Tunes...elegant, functional simplicity. Please provide this functionality for Macs.
            mslum
            Lyricist III
            November 2, 2014
            +1. Great idea. Similar to iTunes toolbars like Synergy. This would add a lot of value.
              mdekauwe
              Avid Contributor I
              December 20, 2014
              +1 for sure.
              David_312
              Lyricist II
              December 27, 2014
              Using the keyboard audio control would also be amazing. On my Mac Pro F7 to F12 are dedicated to sound. It would be great if they worked with Sonos. I believe they are functional in other 3rd party apps like Spotify. 
                Justin_43
                Lyricist II
                January 5, 2015
                +1, definitely; need easy access without having to pull up the app
                Tom_79
                Contributor I
                January 5, 2015
                +1!!! Would love it! Was just thinking about it today..
                Justin_43
                Lyricist II
                January 5, 2015
                alternatively, why can't the controller use the volume keys on apple's wireless keyboard?  perhaps that's an apple issue, and therefore more difficult than an icon in the menu bar
                  Justin_43
                  Lyricist II
                  January 5, 2015
                  bottom line is i'm looking for a way to QUICKLY mute the audio when a call comes in; 
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