Using The Desktop Controller For Macintosh - Sonos Multi-Room Music System User Manual

Chapter 4: Managing and Playing Music
Scheduling music index updates
You can set your music system to automatically update your music index at the same
time each day.
From the Music menu, select Schedule Music Index Updates.
1.
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
From the Music menu, select Set Up Music Library.
1.
The shared music folders that are currently available to your Sonos Multi-Room
Music System appear.
Select Add.
2.
• 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 net-
worked device such as a network-attached storage (NAS) device on my net-
work, 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 anony-
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