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error 913 when I try to add my music library after buying a new laptop with macOS Tahoe

  • November 19, 2025
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About 1 month ago, I set up a new MacBook Pro using macOS Tahoe and my Sonos system worked but I could not add my music library (yet again!!!). I used Sonos support by phone 3 times in one week. The last call was 3 hours long without any success. My only option, according to Sonos, was to allow customer support that enters my laptop and they try to add the music library for me. I have done this before but I really do not like giving anyone access to my machine. I gave access and 2 hours later still no music library and I was told that the customer support person had to leave me because they had so many other people to help. I have not heard from Sonos again. 

 

Last week I sat down and tried the 3 options available for adding the music library and amazingly it loaded! I did not do anything different than what myself and customer service had tried the few weeks prior but for whatever reason it worked this time. Maybe Sonos finally corrected the cause of error 913. What makes me frustrated is all the time I have wasted, not just now but over the years. If Sonos is working to correct this problem, let us know, don’t make us sit through frustrating and lengthly customer support sessions when you know you can’t fix it. Tell us Sonos is working on it and when we should try again with the hope of success.

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Corry P
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  • Sonos Staff
  • November 20, 2025

Hi ​@musicalexplorer 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Sorry to hear about the issue you had with adding your Music Library to your Sonos system, but we did not “fix 913”. Error 913 is produced when the system finds a version of SMB (Windows’ network file sharing protocol) that it will not connect to, i.e. SMBv1. That you are not seeing it anymore must mean that your MacOS installation is no longer providing SMBv1 to the Sonos system, for whatever reason (I suspect that the agent did in fact fix the configuration of the Mac, but for some reason it did not work until later. Perhaps it was a reboot of the Mac that did it?).

I am glad to hear that it is now working for you, and I assure you we did not keep information about known issues from you.

I hope this helps.


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  • Contributor I
  • November 21, 2025

The “fix” came more than 2 weeks after the agent was unable to help, me even after a reboot. I think it has more to do with “for whatever reason”.

I am not new to Sonos (started with speakers in 2011) but the music library issue with macOS has been terminal for the past few years. After a system update you never know if your music library will reappear or not. I can see why your customers are looking to other companies’ equipment for a more reliable way to maintain their music libraries.


Corry P
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  • Sonos Staff
  • November 26, 2025

Hi ​@musicalexplorer 

The “fix” came more than 2 weeks after the agent was unable to help, me even after a reboot. I think it has more to do with “for whatever reason”.

Understood. Yeah, that is a little harder to puzzle-out.

I can’t really comment - my own experience with my Music Library being hosted by a Raspberry Pi running Linux has been flawless. In my own personal experience when it comes to supporting customers, it does seem very strange to me that every time macOS goes through an update, certain important settings such as the computer’s network name and SMB settings can be altered. I have no idea why this is, but it is certainly frustrating - for me and the affected customers.

I do understand that we are currently looking into improving matters when it comes to macOS-hosted SMB shares, however.

There are also multiple ways to get your own music collection to play on Sonos speakers - Music Library hosted by a local device is only one. You can also upload your Music Library to Apple Music, YouTube Music, iBroadcast.com or Astiga, then add the corresponding service to Sonos, just as a few examples.

I hope this helps.


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  • Prodigy I
  • November 26, 2025

The “fix” came more than 2 weeks after the agent was unable to help, me even after a reboot. I think it has more to do with “for whatever reason”.

I am not new to Sonos (started with speakers in 2011) but the music library issue with macOS has been terminal for the past few years. After a system update you never know if your music library will reappear or not. I can see why your customers are looking to other companies’ equipment for a more reliable way to maintain their music libraries.

In the past I had problems, like you are having when I had my music library on my personal computer. Windows security updates and Mac OS security updates sometimes broke the connection. One solution was to have a static IP for my PC and reserved IPs for my Sonos speakers. But then I needed more storage because I began to purchase more FLAC files. 
I ended up purchasing a NAS for all my digital media and have not had a problem since.

While it may not be for everyone, if your music is important to you like it is to me, change the way you store your music. It’s a lot less frustrating.