alfred-airpods-selector

Use Alfred to Switch Between AirPods and Default Audio Sources on macOS

deps

Install Alfred.

Install switchaudio-osx:

$ brew install switchaudio-osx

setup and configuration

1. Import the Alfred alfred-airpods-selector workflow by double-clicking the workflow file after downloading it.

2. Find your audio device names:

    $ SwitchAudioSource -a
   

3. In the Alfred workflow tab update the bash script (2nd block in workflow) with the names of your audio devices from step #2 as well as the path to where SwitchAudioSource was installed:

    switch="/usr/local/bin/SwitchAudioSource"
    airpods="Paul’s AirPods"
    mic="Built-in Microphone"
    output="Built-in Output"
   

Warning: Sometimes curly apostrophes or curly double quotes can get you into trouble

usage

In Alfred type the following:

To Enable AirPods: airpods or airpods on or airpods blah

To Disable AirPods: airpods off

Note: You can type anything after 'airpods' except 'off' to enable the AirPods audio source.