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Jo Wyns
Contributor I
March 20, 2013

Mac volume buttons to control Sonos volume (via desktop controller app)

  • March 20, 2013
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I would like to control the volume of my Sonos (controller) by pushing the standard volume buttons of my Mac. Similar to what you do with the Android volume button (or the iOS volume buttons, I assume)
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      Nick_65
      Contributor I
      October 8, 2013
      Me too. I've now used BetterTouchTool to simulate this by mapping Fn-F11/-F12 globally to Up/Down in the Sonos Desktop Controller.
        April Bryan
        Contributor I
        December 18, 2014
        I have better touch tool and started setting up shortcut, but don't know what or how to put what I need in the Trigger Defined Action part...any help letting me know how to do this would be much appreciated. Can't believe mac doesn't enable the volume buttons to control music on songs when iTunes is shut.
        Zach Inglis
        Lyricist I
        March 25, 2015
        If you map it, does it stop it working on other apps?
        Fred_22
        Lyricist I
        June 11, 2015
        that would also be highly interesting for me. how do i map this in bettertouchtool?
          User254000
          Lyricist I
          June 16, 2015
          hey - can someone help me configure bettertouch? I've tried adding vol up and vol down globally using F11 and F12 but it's not working, can't find a tutorial anywhere. Many thanks
            Nick Hibma
            Lyricist I
            June 16, 2015
            You need to set Global shortcuts, and I am not sure whether F11 and F12 actually do work normally. I used Ctrl-F11 and Ctrl-F12 instead.



            This works for me.
              The_1
              Lyricist II
              November 3, 2015
              +1 here....
              Controlling sonos volume through keyboard shortcuts would be huge for me!
              Desired Keyboard Shortcuts are:
              - Volume Up
              - Volume Down
              - Mute
                HumZ
                Lyricist I
                May 29, 2016
                +1 – I am so used to using Media Controls on my Macbook Pro and would love to be able to use them in Sonos Controller. Mapping of [F11], [F12] in BTT doesn't work because I use the media keys without modifier
                ryan2
                Lyricist III
                October 10, 2016
                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!
                BrianHMB
                Lyricist I
                October 16, 2016
                Agreed. I'm new to Sonos but this has been the biggest usability hurdle. My family and I are used to using the keyboard volume to control Spotify but now we have to fiddle with Sonos volume bar to change the volume which is less accurate and more evasive. Only problem I can think of is if I crank up my Sonos with my Mac and then lower it with my phone. What happens to my Mac volume? Does it go down? It can't. Maybe add the ability to create a keyboard shortcut for volume up/down for each room in the Sonos app preferences? Great product!
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