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AirBar — Connect to your AirPods in a click
I use my AirPods with my iPhone and Mac extensively but was always disappointed that the "seamless switching" would not automatically pick the audio source to use with my AirPods. To ease the pain of manually switching bluetooth devices on Mac I created this small utility to allow to force connect to my AirPods on my Mac from a tap on the menubar.
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Tom Bielecki
Brilliant. But I'm not on Mojave yet, so I wish it supported older OSs
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@joshuapinter Haha, I thought the same thing, this is the method I currently use. Also cool, my initials are JP and I named my airpods the same thing 😂
@johnwpeele Ha! You've got good taste. Unfortunately, my mother, brother and sister all have the initials "JP" so the Bluetooth menu can be super confusing at family reunions. :)
@andrewwarner @westerwitten Where is this? I can't find it..latest iOS, iPhone 8. I built an automator app for the Mac that does what AirBar does, but I want the same thing on the phone. I switch back and forth a LOT.
@andrewwarner @westerwitten i found it...you have to go into the audio card "Music" then click the device picker (concentric circles / triangle icon). Still buried but better than having to open bluetooth settings. This should be surfaced directly on control center as an option (audio source).
Just a headsup @tiivik: "AirBar.dmg is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous"
Man, I want to love it, but every time I install it shows up and disappears. Tried to reach out for support but no luck. 😕
This sounds awesome, but I can't seem to get it to work. I'm on 10.14. It launched, shows up in the menu bar, then goes away after a few seconds.
This is amazing. If you use airpods and have a mac, you should download it.
Pros:This was sorely needed and it works great!
Cons:Dark menubar (Mojave dark mode) shows rough edges of icon
I was just seething about this the other day. Looking forward to trying it out. Thanks for making it!
Hi @tiivik Are you aware of this issue? I get this message on my MacBook Pro
`You have macOS 10.13.6. The application requires macOS 10.14 or later.`
?makers - Does not seem to work properly on 11.2.3 - icon disappears from menu bar when clicking on it?
