How to play songs from a folder of a music library (since app update)

Thanks a lot.

Despite the update I didn’t saw the change after closing and reopening the app it works.

In the latest app 'fix', you can play all files in a folder but the app won't add any files in any sub folders. So, for example, if you have a folder for an artist and then sub folders for albums you can't select the artist folder and play or shuffle play all the albums. 

Nor can you select a folder and add it to the queue. So again, for example, if you wanted to play 2 albums back to back, you can't add both albums to the queue. You have to play 1 album, wait until that's finished playing, than play the second album.

In other words, IT'S FOOBARRED! 

Customer comments tell me that the new Sonos mobile application does not connect with personal iTunes collections. It is unclear if Sonos plans to reinstall this functionality or expects people to use streaming services. It does not appear that the company conducted market research or customer surveys. 

I do not understand SMB v2 or v3. “ Sonos by manually sharing your music folder using SMBv2 or SMBv3, then adding it back to your system using the Sonos app for macOS” means nothing to me. So how do now get Sonos to play files in my music folder. Error 913 is all I get despite trying various things.

My music library is stored on a hard drive attached yo my computer. It s not a NAS drive.

Many thanks to jgatie who found this Mac / Sonos music library work around.  It worked for me!

It’s too bad that Sonos can’t even recommend this simple workaround...

Thank you, thank you. I’ve restored my system. Why on earth Sonos couldn’t advise these settings is beyond me!

Some background and context for folks to better understand this snafu …

A few days ago, I explained this disconnect between Normal People who think Sophos is going to ‘fix’ music library sharing and You & Me who know better. Bear with me, I’m going to explain this step-by-step so others can follow along.

Six some odd years ago, Sonos implemented proprietary local music sharing (using http) in the Windows and Mac desktop clients. Credit where credit is due, they made this click-click simple and it required zero knowledge of file permissions, user accounts, or sharing protocol.

Fast forward to May 2024: Sonos sends an email to some users advising that SMBv1 and http sharing will no longer be supported “in a few months.” Unfortunately, that email—and nearly all subsequent communication—failed to connect the dots for Normal People (who don’t know SMBv1 or http sharing from Adam) that this meant “the Sonos local music mechanism that we built into the Windows and Mac desktop clients.” Even more unfortunately, a “few months” turned out to be “oh, 10 days” and SMBv1/http sharing vanished with the arrival of the v16.2 firmware in mid-May.

Thus began the “Sonos took away my local music” poop-hiting-fan barrage here on the forums, including but not limited to “Error 913.” Silicon Valley At Its Finest: rather than popping up, “Hi there, your Sonos system no longer supports the file sharing we built into the Windows and Mac desktop clients, please click here for instructions on what to do now,” someone decided “Error 913” was all users needed to suss this out.

Here’s the thing that we “advanced users” missed: when Sonos said words to the effect of “local library music will be improved in mid-June,” what tons of Normal People heard was “Sonos is going to fix the local music built into the Windows and Mac desktop apps.” In a cruel failure, Sonos has never removed the local music wizard (first two choices in the screen shot above) from the desktop clients, leaving the APPEARANCE that it was temporarily broken rather than forever eliminated.

Some background and context for folks to better understand this snafu …

A few days ago, I explained this disconnect between Normal People who think Sophos is going to ‘fix’ music library sharing and You & Me who know better. Bear with me, I’m going to explain this step-by-step so others can follow along.

Six some odd years ago, Sonos implemented proprietary local music sharing (using http) in the Windows and Mac desktop clients. Credit where credit is due, they made this click-click simple and it required zero knowledge of file permissions, user accounts, or sharing protocol.

Fast forward to May 2024: Sonos sends an email to some users advising that SMBv1 and http sharing will no longer be supported “in a few months.” Unfortunately, that email—and nearly all subsequent communication—failed to connect the dots for Normal People (who don’t know SMBv1 or http sharing from Adam) that this meant “the Sonos local music mechanism that we built into the Windows and Mac desktop clients.” Even more unfortunately, a “few months” turned out to be “oh, 10 days” and SMBv1/http sharing vanished with the arrival of the v16.2 firmware in mid-May.

Thus began the “Sonos took away my local music” poop-hiting-fan barrage here on the forums, including but not limited to “Error 913.” Silicon Valley At Its Finest: rather than popping up, “Hi there, your Sonos system no longer supports the file sharing we built into the Windows and Mac desktop clients, please click here for instructions on what to do now,” someone decided “Error 913” was all users needed to suss this out.

Here’s the thing that we “advanced users” missed: when Sonos said words to the effect of “local library music will be improved in mid-June,” what tons of Normal People heard was “Sonos is going to fix the local music built into the Windows and Mac desktop apps.” In a cruel failure, Sonos has never removed the local music wizard (first two choices in the screen shot above) from the desktop clients, leaving the APPEARANCE that it was temporarily broken rather than forever eliminated.

So where does that leave us? Forever unable to play the music files stored on my Mac?

That is not what the poster said, and you can still play files stored on your Mac  You need to share the folder on your Mac, then add it using the “Networked device” button instead of the “My Music folder” button.  Here’s a video detailing the steps: