I upgraded to Mac OS Tahoe and Roon App won't start on my laptop anymore. I uninstalled and reinstalled the latest version from the site and same issue. The application won't start at all.
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This is not a network issue, the app won't even start. Roon works fine from my older laptop with the previous MacOS and everything plays fine.
Maybe helpful: On a MacBook Pro “M4 Pro” and Tahoe 26.0 Roon crashes the second I start the app from the dock (macOS app indicator briefly appears, then disappears). However, when I then try it another time, it usually starts. Sometimes I need a few tries.
Thank you @Mr.Flibble. I have checked all that. But now I had to start Roon 5 times before it kept alive.
Roon (maybe the Mono framework) has problems with Tahoe.
Two weeks now Roon crashes on macOS computers. It is a shame, the problem isn’t fixed!
It is not a free application and I think we deserve a better support.
In my experience the issue also happens from time to time when switching from album to album. In particular when switching from a Qobuz album to an one hosted on one’s own server. It must have to do with the interaction between Roon and the Core audio component of MACos
The underlying issue is that Roon frontend is built with Mono, a .NET framework. Essentially, it’s a quick and dirty solution, as one source code base is sufficient for Windows, macOS, and Linux. In the short term, this saves a developer on costs (but needing over 1 gigabyte for an application like this isn’t really a benefit for the user.).
However, the downside is that you become heavily dependent on the Mono project. Its last major release was in July 2019, with a final patch released in February 2024.
Probably, this is the reason why it’s taking so long to fix the Roon crashing issue for macOS Tahoe: it is a Mono issue.
We have a just released a bugfix for this issue in our Early Access branch:
If you are impacted and would be willing to give Early Access a try, we would be eager to know if it helps resolve the issue on your end. Otherwise, the fix should roll out to production/regular Roon after testing is completed. More information regarding Early Access can be found here:
