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Using the desktop controller for macintosh, Using the desktop controller for macintosh -5 – Sonos Multi-Room Music System User Manual

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Chapter 4: Managing and Playing Music

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1.

From the Music menu, select Schedule Music Index Updates.

Select the time you would like your music index to automatically update, and click OK.

Using the Desktop Controller for Macintosh

Depending upon where your music is stored, you may be asked to provide an
administrator name and password to allow access to your music folders.

If your Macintosh computer does not have Windows Sharing enabled, the Desktop
Controller software will guide you through the process of enabling it. Your music files
are never copied from their current locations - your folders are simply shared so they
can be accessed by your Sonos Multi-Room Music System.

Adding a shared folder

1.

From the Music menu, select Set Up Music Library.

The shared music folders that are currently available to your Sonos Multi-Room Music
System appear.

2.

Select Add.

Removing a shared folder

1.

From the Music menu, choose Set Up Music Library.

To add music stored in your Music folder, select In my Music folder, and select Continue.
Click the Lock icon to enter your administrator password. If your computer does not
currently allow Windows Sharing, you will be prompted to enable it.
If you have used iTunes Preferences to change where you store iTunes music, this option
will appear as In my iTunes Music folder instead.

To add music stored elsewhere on your computer, select On my computer or an external
drive connected to my computer, and select Continue. Select Browse to choose a folder,
and then select Continue.

To add music stored on a different computer or a NAS device, select On a networked
device such as a network-attached storage (NAS) device on my network, and select
Continue. Type the path name (\\Name\Sharename
, where Name is the network name
for your computer or NAS device, and Sharename
is the name of the top level shared
folder.) If this folder is not shared anonymously, type the user name and password of a
user with rights to access this music folder.