OSX 26.3.1: Roon won't launch, SWOD on connect (ref#DUYM5S)

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Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?

· Roon is slow, freezing or won’t start

Roon is slow, freezing or won’t start

· Roon won’t start up at all

Tell us what's going on

· OSX 26.3.1: Roon won't launch, on Connect to Your Roon Server it says "this Mac" is Ready, but when I hit connect I get SWOD. RAATServer is accepting inbound connections through the Firewall.

I tried doing a clean uninstall and reinstall, same problem. Oddly, I do not get the option to setup a local server when Roon starts, so I'm guessing there's some code I didn't clean still there?

Tell us about your home network

· This is our business lan, we use an EERO Max 7 router

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Hello @Dan_Clark

Since you’re running macOS, the behavior you’re seeing is consistent with the newer, stricter Local Network permission controls in the recent macOS releases. Even using the local server, Roon still relies on the localhost loopback

Please try the following steps:

  1. Open macOS System Settings → Privacy & Security → Local Network
  2. Make sure Roon and Roon Server are both enabled
  3. Even if they are already enabled, please toggle them off and back on
  4. Fully quit Roon Server from the macOS menu bar / task bar
  5. Reboot your Mac
  6. After reboot, launch Roon again and check if the devices is avaliable again.

Once these permissions are refreshed and the system restarted, your Server should reappear.

Please let us know if the issue persists after these steps, and we’ll continue from there.