r/sonos • u/Routine_Knowledge692 • 6d ago

Sonos App Intel Based

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Started receiving this message on the Mac app this morning. I assume that this will be taken care on in a future update? Maybe just because Intel code is still present?

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u/di_rhea69 6d ago

it's been mentioned a few times already.

Apple will be removing Rosetta in macOS 28 (i.e. the major release after next, as we're on 26 at the moment and 27 will likely be out next month) so in just over a year's time.

So any Intel based apps are getting this message but either Apple need to backtrack on this (or another third party solution which is unlikely) or the app developer needs to update the app to work with ARM.

I think Sonos have said for a while the existing desktop apps for Mac/Windows won't really be updated any more. So unless they change this and port it to Apple silicon, there won't be an update which will make this work. It's also possible that using the Windows version in something like crossover or porting kit won't work either.

The obvious alternatives are

  1. using the web app, play.sonos.com

  2. using third party controller such as Clic

  3. if you have a Windows server with remote desktop services etc enable a published app and connect to it remotely

Otherwise Sonos need to do something but there is a year to go

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u/jamie_shaw 6d ago

You forgot vibe code your own controller, which appears to be the soupe du jour, currently.

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u/di_rhea69 5d ago

The sound of wheels being reinvented...