I am trying to add an exFAT formatted external drive with all my Music as a Music Folder on the Sonos Mac App to access my local library.

**INITIAL SETUP STEPS (Standard SMB Configuration):**

1. **Enabled File Sharing** in macOS System Setting>General
2. **Added Samsung T5 to Shared Folders:**
   * Added `/Volumes/Samsung_T5/All Music` to Shared Folders list
   * Set "Everyone" permissions to "Read Only"
3. **Enabled SMB Protocol**
4. **Attempted to connect from Sonos:**
   * Added Samsung\_T5 as Folder.
   * **Result: No Paths could be added as a share**
   * Network Path tried: `\\<my mac name>\Samsung_T5\All Music`
   * **Result: Error "Access to the shared folder is denied, check username and/or password"**

**Workaround tried:**

* Created a new folder in my Home/Music/SonosLibrary Folder and added an alias to `/Volumes/Samsung_T5/All Music`.
* Now the Sonos app accepts the \~/Music/SonosLibrary path and adds successfully. But even after triggering a Music Library update, no media actually shows up.

**Running "smbutil statshares -a" on the Terminal doesnt show any SMB shares.**

* **SMB daemon is running** ✓
* **SMB is configured correctly** ✓
* **Folders are marked as shared** ✓
* **But SMB cannot actually serve files** ✗

Adding External HDD to Music Library Folder on Sonos macOS App - SMB Sharing not working. Anyone has this working?