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Sonos Employee
Jan 13, 2014 8:10 PM UTC

Control Sonos Volume from OS X Menu Bar

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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      tsmith
      Lyricist I
      Dec 15, 2015 9:01 PM UTC
      Yes, please! I swear that, at some point, I was able to control the volume via volume controls on my keyboard. It was force of habit and I remember thinking it wasn't possible. I haven't been able to do it again. This would be an extremely helpful feature.
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      petersw
      Contributor I
      Dec 29, 2015 2:46 AM UTC
      +1 Yes Yes Yes!!!
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      Fofer
      Collaborator II
      Feb 23, 2016 3:12 PM UTC
      2 years later, adding to the chorus:

      YES, PLEASE
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        craightonberman
        Lyricist I
        Mar 14, 2016 9:14 PM UTC
        +1 SO MUCH
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        Ken_Griffiths
        Ken_Griffiths
        Mar 15, 2016 7:54 AM UTC
        Yes +1 and also from the iPad / iPhone hardware buttons, when the app is running in the background.
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        Tom_64
        Lyricist I
        Sep 26, 2016 4:19 PM UTC
        +1

        Yes please!
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        Alan Clark
        Contributor I
        Oct 4, 2016 1:28 PM UTC
        bottom line is i'm looking for a way to QUICKLY mute the audio when a call comes in; 
        The Play / Pause / Skip buttons map to the Sonos controller. You can always hit Pause.
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        ryan2
        Lyricist III
        Oct 10, 2016 2:00 AM UTC
        Yes, I want to be able to control the volume from the mac keyboard please! A hot key perhaps. A modifier key and the volume keys perhaps? Please!
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        Alan Clark
        Contributor I
        Oct 10, 2016 7:15 AM UTC
        That's what I'm saying. Hit pause on your keyboard. The Sonos controller will pause the music.
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        Alan Clark
        Contributor I
        Oct 10, 2016 10:41 AM UTC
        Oops - I misread that last reply and thought it was from who I was responding to - ignore 🙂 I agree with the general thread here - wish there was a way to do this out of the box.
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