Sony HAP-Z1ES + MacBookPro


Love my HAP-Z1ES.  Used it to feed analog into my pre-amp; now using its digital USB output to feed my Devialet 200.  Truly happy with it.
Alas: this week, with my latest MacBookPro software upgrade (MacOS 11.3.1, an update to Big Sur) I can no longer transfer files (using the HAP Music Transfer app) from the laptop to the Sony.  I get error messages, either "Some files are failed in transferring. Please check the transferred file list." or "Transfer cannot start because the device has not been ready for it."  (I've never gotten either of these before.) 

I pinged Sony via Twitter but don't really expect an answer.

Everything else (playing existing files; using the HAP app on my phone as a remote) works fine.

Thanks in advance for any Audiogoner who has advice, diagnostics, workaround.
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From the Sony ES unit, here's a workaround:

#1, on your HAP-Z1ES unit, press the Power and Home buttons simultaneously.

#2, select change SMB address, dial to select SMB version 1.0.

#3, scroll down and select Restart.

#4, power unit on and then start the HAP Music Transfer app on your Mac computer.

#5, be aware that file transfers will now take longer.

#6, watch the Sony HAP-Z1ES support page for an update in the next few weeks.

Do note:

The transfer was a bit slower but not much slower than usual - 5+ minutes for ~700mb

*The unit should be off when you first start the steps outlined in JDAWG's post. And you should release the Power & Home button when you see the SONY come up. If you hold it too long it'll just power up and power down.

*The workaround seems to continue working after you power down, so, at least in my case, I didn't need to repeat these steps each time I wanted to transfer after turning the unit on.

(With large thanks to Shawn of Sony ES, and the various discussants in the Sony Community HAP-Z1ES thread, notably JDAWG and User1623339705956324586
I had this problem and found that if you got the IP/Mac address thingy of the Sony then you could do the "connect to server" from Finder in Mac and then I could drag and drop no problem. This was about a year ago, but I believe it was related to when Apple OS switched to 64 bit (and it killed my Harmony Universal Remote App on my Mac as well)

Anyway - you might be a different problem with a more recent OS update, but just wanted to share that.
hrodman
Thanks for passing the tip along.  It works!  I mindlessly updated to Big Sur & I had Catalina flashbacks of a couple of years ago when I tried transferring files this afternoon.
Sony does what Sony does.  Produces a great product but let it die on the vine after a few years. 

Thanks again! 
@babyseaotter99 - Logitech discontinued the Harmony Mac App and went to a web version only. Apple didn’t breaks the Harmony app. Also, Apple’s 64-bit kernel was introduced in 10.6, and the 32-bit kernel was removed in 10.8.
Fantastic....thanks alot.  Works 100%.  I'm transferring via wifi which is not blazing fast anyway but i haven't noticed that its any slower than previously.  Cheers !!!!!