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Avid Contributor I
December 1, 2022
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Sonos was unable to add the music folder

  • December 1, 2022
  • 19 replies
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  1. Manage drop down menu: Choose Music Library Settings: Press +
  2. Choose “another folder or drive connected to my computer” (as my music is not in “My Music Folder”) 
  3. Browse: choose folder where my music is : Users/MYNAME/ Dropbox/iTunes 
  4. Next → SONOS WAS UNABLE TO ADD THE MUSIC FOLDER, ACCESS TO THE SHARED FOLDER IS DENIED - CHECK THE USERNAME AND/OR PASSWORD 

I read some other posts about this problem, so I already did the following two possible fixes: 

  • System Settings: Sharing: and I turned ON File Sharing and Media Sharing 
  • System Settings: Privacy & Security: Full Disk Access: +. and I added Sonos, so that it can access data on my Mac. Then I restarted Sonos.  Still doesn’t work 

I'm not sure what to do next.   

DETAILS OF MY SYSTEM

iMac 2019
macOS Ventura 13.0.1 

Sonos Controller for Mac
Sonos OS : S2
Version 14.19

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Best answer by Jamie A

Hi @HeatherChloe,

For Music Library errors, and specifically access denied errors, it would be best to reach out to our support team. They have the tools necessary to troubleshoot and resolve the issue with you.

I hope this helps!

19 replies

Airgetlam
December 1, 2022

Since I’m not an expert in this area, I’ve got only one question, which may or may not be useful. 
 

The path indicates the name ‘dropbox’ in it. Is this data you’re attempting to access stored on your computer itself, or in the Dropbox ‘cloud’?

Bruce
Avid Contributor I
December 13, 2022

It is a folder on the computer itself.   

It used to work before, so I don’t think that can be the problem. 

Jamie A
Jamie AAnswer
Sonos Staff
December 15, 2022

Hi @HeatherChloe,

For Music Library errors, and specifically access denied errors, it would be best to reach out to our support team. They have the tools necessary to troubleshoot and resolve the issue with you.

I hope this helps!

Trending Lyricist I
May 26, 2024

Getting this after the updated Sonos app.  Companies that update software that destroys a working system should pay US money.  This was the last straw, I just clicked “uninstall” and will sell all my gear.  Cannot even express how angry I am - I had a system that just worked and in seconds Sonos destroyed it.

Lyricist III
June 1, 2024

My system just did an automatic update and now everything is gone. When I try to add the music folder I just get a 913 error message. What is happening? I need the system today, I have spent hours making a playlist this week for a family party today.

Lyricist I
June 1, 2024

I installed the update a couple of days ago and lost all of my playlists.  I can no longer “Add” my playlists back using Mnnage/User Library Settings/Add, as I have always done with success since I first statrted using the SONOS App.  When I try to add back my music and playlists, I get an error message “Sonos was unable to add the music folder.  Reason: Unable to add the shared folder...”.  So frustrating!!!  I have tried multiple solutions, as suggested onlne, without sucess.  So myu Sonos system is simply used as TV spekers now…..

Lyricist I
June 1, 2024

So Sonos took away our ability to play local files from our phones (at least on android) a while ago, and now they have deleted my local library from a mac mini I use as a home media server, and I can no longer add it back to the app, as it says it is unable to add the music folder, despite file sharing and full disk access being on.

Would Sonos like to buy the 11 speakers and 2 amps back from me since you’re taking away my main method of listening to music.

Also, this new app is a complete joke.

Lyricist I
June 4, 2024

My system just did an automatic update and now everything is gone. When I try to add the music folder I just get a 913 error message. What is happening? I need the system today, I have spent hours making a playlist this week for a family party today.

EXACTLY the same here, did the “update” and now can no longer add Music Library to the system … ERROR 913 ….. this is ridiculous !!

Lyricist III
June 5, 2024

Same issue here: Everything worked fine on my PC until I updated the PC app. Is there a way to install an older app? I seem to have 16.2 now. Even with updating the app I see a fake error message (“something went wrong with the update” or so. Can this joke of a company get anything right?

Having mp3 files stored on my PC was my main method to play music through my SONOS Move 2 speakers. This is now completely gone. I don’t care for the multitude of SONOS radio channels that suddenly appeared. These do not contain the music that I collected over decades and that I had paid for. 

Lyricist III
June 6, 2024

I got on a chat with SONOS support and after 15 minutes waiting was able to reach a support person. He claimed that the issue is with SONOS now requiring SMBv2 or SMBv3, and that SMBv1 and http are no longer supported for folder access. He had me try to change a setting in Windows Control Panel. The checkboxes he said to uncheck (by SMB 1.0/CIFS) in ‘Applications’ already were unchecked by default. No resolution here…

I confirmed later that Windows 10 and 11 systems have long abandoned SMBv1 anyway, so this whole story was a red herring. 

I was advised to call phone support. I am seeing 60 minutes to 90 minutes wait times...