Over time, I became something of an audio agnostic when it comes to my Mac. Sometimes I use my Airpods Pro, but when I want to listen to music or take a zoom meeting, I switch to Sony XM5S, mostly due to comfort and better audio quality. While I am writing, I like to play background music on my JBL Flip 6 on Spotify. This means that I spend a lot of time to connect Bluetooth devices, switch sound outputs and disconnect them, when Macos essentially experiences connectivity issues.
This dance of adding the device using the first Bluetooth menu and then switching to the sound output from the control center takes a long time. I went in search of a trusted McOS Indie Utility that would definitely fix my issue – and I found one tooth Fairy,
How to use toothfare to connect to equipment in one click
Toothfare is a one-click Bluetooth utility that adds a dedicated button to each Bluetooth device for your menu bar. Click once, and the device will connect (until it operates around you and you). Click again, to disconnect. This may not be simple. The menu is not required to hunt.
And it is not limited to audio devices only – it also works with Bluetooth keyboard, mice and other accessories.
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To start, open and click toothfare app Plus To add a new device. Choose a device that you have already connected using the Bluetooth menu. Then, customize the menu bar icon. If, like me, you will use this app for three different devices, make sure that you are also using different icons for them. Next, you can also choose to see the battery status for the device (only when the device supports this feature). At any time, you can right-click the device icon to see the battery position.
Click Record shortcut To record a shortcut that will quickly connect or disconnect to the device.
Finally, the toothfary bash supports automation as a script, which you can execute by connecting or disconnecting your device. As soon as the device is connected, you can use the following command to open any app. When I use this feature to open a spotify when I connect my JBL Flip 6 (but no other device).
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Click advanced Enable the run shell script after button and connecting. Then enter the following code in the text box, replace the “app name” part with the exact name of the app you want to open.
Open -e “app name
Then, click OK. The time to connect the device, the app of your choice will open automatically.
Once a device is added, this menu will appear automatically in the bar. Each device appears in the menu bar, so if you feel that your menu bar is disorganized, try to use the menu bar management app like snow Or Barbie,
Available from toothfare app Store For a time fee of $ 6.99; It is also part of Setap membership,
