Contributor I

Sonos App not working in MacOS Golden Gate Beta

Forum|Forum|3 months ago
June 12, 2026
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Since installing the MacOS Golden Gate Beta, the Sonos app will not find the system.

Firewall is off, so the only help in the Sonos app about that is of no effect.

I know the app is vintage anyway, but has anyone worked out how to get out working?

I know everyone will say use the web app, but it’s crap. I want the app and its native experience with notifications etc.

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BoomerangThree

Contributor I

If you have a Unifi system, and aren’t using the Apple Beta OS, you should refer to https://github.com/IngmarStein/unifi-sonos-doc

I gone through those steps multiple times over the years, as some releases don’t work and I attempt to solve it. Thanks though.

5xPlay1, 1xPlay5 Gen 1, 1xPlay5 Gen 2, 1xPlayBar, 3xOne

controlav

Lead Maestro

Apple DTS have finally admitted that there are “all sorts of local network privacy problems” in beta 4, and beta 5 might have some fixes.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

Airgetlam

DTS stands for?

Bruce

controlav

Lead Maestro

DTS stands for?

Developer Technical Support

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

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shadowyman

Lyricist III

There’s a solution: Launch sonos app from terminal to connect to existing system.

open Terminal and run:

defaults read /Applications/Sonos.app/Contents/Info CFBundleExecutable

That tells us the exact executable name rather than guessing it.

If it returns something like:

Sonos

then run:

"/Applications/Sonos.app/Contents/MacOS/Sonos"

Keep that Terminal window open and see Connect to Existing System suddenly finds your Sonos setup.

Later you can launch the app from terminal like this and close the terminal:

nohup "/Applications/Sonos.app/Contents/MacOS/Sonos" >/dev/null 2>&1 & disown

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endeler

Lyricist I

The Sonos App actually works fine on my Mac with MacOS 27 Public Beta 3 (and 4) installed. I just had to start it a couple of times and suddenly MacOS asked for permission for Network access. I use the app every day without any issues. It will be the last MacOS with support for Rosetta, so we’ll see what we can do next year.

Its ThornyAuthor

Contributor I

WTF can’t Sonos fix this in the mac app?? Makes me want to change my entire 12 sonos device expensive audio systems next time I need to add or upgrade something

Its ThornyAuthor

Contributor I

There’s a solution: Launch sonos app from terminal to connect to existing system.

open Terminal and run:

defaults read /Applications/Sonos.app/Contents/Info CFBundleExecutable

That tells us the exact executable name rather than guessing it.

If it returns something like:

Sonos

then run:

"/Applications/Sonos.app/Contents/MacOS/Sonos"

Keep that Terminal window open and see Connect to Existing System suddenly finds your Sonos setup.

Later you can launch the app from terminal like this and close the terminal:

nohup "/Applications/Sonos.app/Contents/MacOS/Sonos" >/dev/null 2>&1 & disown

Thanks for the workaround!!

Airgetlam

The Mac app was ‘retired’ from active development, a long time ago. You should also refer to this FAQ:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/supported-features-in-the-sonos-desktop-app

Bruce

Its ThornyAuthor

Contributor I

Yep, aware of that, but they still offer it as a download and should at least do a maintenance update for Golden Gate issues. It works fine and looks fine, so no huge development needed, if it would only open in GoldenGate without the terminal workaround to find the network. They recently did one fro Apple Silicone to get rid of Rosetta, so they could easily fix this.

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