#Sonos for mac controller full#
#Sonos for mac controller software#

We've been playing with the new software on both the PC and the Mac for a while on two separate systems, one on the PC with two zones (one by the time the screenshots were taken, because of spring cleaning), and one on the Mac with five zones. It sounds like we are picking faults for picking faults' sake, but is it really hard to let us set an alarm to play the music for the time you want rather than set incremental times? Although you still don't get the chance to set the length of time you want your alarm to go on. It is simple but clever.Īlso drastically improved is the ability to access both the Sleep Timer and Alarms from the main window without having to go hunting for them in the menu settings. The new controller also brings instant volume control and a one-touch Party Mode that lets you set the volume in your grouped rooms simultaneously. Find the track you want, drag it to the queue, move on. The top bar is all about the player controls, volume and search, while the middle rest of the interface is broken down into three columns: rooms, now playing and music.Įverything, as you would imagine, is now drag and dropable, and managing your queue is considerably easier.

#Sonos for mac controller full#

While we aren't sure it works with some apps, having your music full screen here somehow does: maybe it's all about reminding us of the ease of use the iPad app offers.Īs iPad users will tell you, the benefit of having a larger workspace is that it is so much easier to manage and control everything.Īlso like the iPad app, the interface is broken down into a number of tiles and columns regardless of whether you are using it on the PC or the Mac. Likewise, the move to full-screen mode isn't compulsory, but is welcomed if you like that kind of thing on the Mac. The addition of the album cover is a nice touch and still lets you enjoy cover art - which has almost been lost with the move to a constant flow of digital tunes out of our speakers. You can then have it hovering in a spare space on your desktop rather than giving you a stack of information you don't need.

The new Mini Controller is just as it sounds and, like iTunes, you can now shrink the app down to just an album cover.