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ToothFairy

3.42 • 50 Ratings

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Connect AirPods (or other Bluetooth headphones) to your Mac with a single click or keypress. AirPods are great, but they don’t work quite as smoothly with Macs as they do iPhones. You can’t tell at a glance whether audio will play from the AirPods or your Mac’s built-in speaker, you have to dig into a Bluetooth submenu to connect, and then you have to go back to the menu to see when the AirPods are ready for use. ToothFairy streamlines this: just click an icon in the menu bar (or press a hotkey) to switch to the AirPods, and the icon always shows whether they’re connected. - Works with AirPods, as well as any Bluetooth device that you can connect to your Mac: headphones, speakers, headsets, game pad controllers, keyboards, mice, etc. (HomePod is not supported, as it is not a Bluetooth audio device.) - Click the hollow AirPods icon in the menu bar to switch to AirPods. It fills in to show they are connected and can also display a battery indicator. Now you know that it’s safe to start playing music; it won’t blast from your Mac’s internal speaker. - Supports multiple Bluetooth audio devices; you can choose a different icon and hotkey for each. - Get the best audio quality. macOS will normally use the SCO codec if it thinks you’re going to use the microphone. ToothFairy can ensure that it uses the higher quality AAC codec when you only care about audio output: listening to music or video or playing a game. - Disconnect a Bluetooth device by clicking the icon (or pressing the hotkey) again, so that you can switch back to your phone. AirPods and Beats devices with an Apple W1 chip do not need to be manually disconnected, and you can set them to avoid accidental disconnections when pressing the hotkey multiple times. - ToothFairy automatically launches at login, so it’s always there when you need it. - Optionally hide the Dock icon so it only appears in the menu bar. With the Dock icon hidden, you can right-click (or Control-click) the menu bar icon to access the settings. - Run a shell script when the AirPods are connected or disconnected, for example to notify you or to launch or quit another app. ToothFairy itself is also AppleScriptable, so you can control your devices from other apps (like Lacona) and automations. - Use with your Magic Mouse or Magic Keyboard to make sure the battery level doesn’t get too low, or to quickly reconnect them after charging or if they get disconnected. Note: ToothFairy works with devices that can be connected via the macOS Bluetooth menu. Please make sure the devices you want to connect have been paired to your Mac before using them with ToothFairy. Switching Bluetooth devices between multiple Macs requires that the Bluetooth device can be paired with more than one computer/phone at a time; this is not supported by the current-generation Apple Magic Keyboard/Mouse/Trackpad. The battery indicator works with devices that can show their battery level in the Bluetooth pane of System Preferences. “The ultimate ‘saved you a click’ app” —Dieter Bohn, The Verge “Ideal for AirPods” —Matt Bolton, Mac|Life “A must for Mac or MacBook owners” —Mike Peterson, AppleToolBox
What’s New
- Added new device icons for AirPods 3, AirPods Pro 2, Beats Fit Pro, Beats Studio Buds, Galaxy Buds Live, AfterShokz Aeropex, Sony WF-1000XM4, and Sony WH-1000XM4. - Organized the device icons in the pop-up menu into groups and added tooltips. - Worked around some macOS issues that could prevent a Bluetooth device from being set as the current sound output device in various circumstances, such as if it was already connected to an iPhone. - Updated the menu titles from “Preferences…“ to “Settings…“. - Made various code modernizations, including the way keyboard shortcuts are saved to the preferences file. - ToothFairy now requires macOS 10.13 or later. - There is now a “RunConnectionScriptWhenSettingAudioOutput” esoteric preference for the “Run shell script after connecting/disconnecting” option.
Version 2.8.2
Version History

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Ratings and Reviews

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3.42
out of 5
50 Ratings
  • ToddHagler, 04.11.2022
    Does not work for me
    I purchased ToothFairy twice, once for my work mac and the other for my personal mac. My intent was to speed the use of switching the wireless mac keyboard and trackpad from machine to machine. Thinking I would be able to simply click them off on one machine, wait a moment, and then click them on for the other machine. ToothFairy may work well for connecting earpods, but for other bluetooth devices, at least in my experience, it simply does not work. Show more
  • Meecho Weeso, 09.10.2022
    Finickey and obtrusive
    The app is unable to hide from the dock. It's always there despite everything I've done to hide it. And then, it doesn't always connect my airpods. Half the time, i have to go into bluetooth settings and manually connect them. I'm about to delete it. The limited functionality isn't worth it working some of the time. Show more
  • webslog, 23.09.2022
    Does in app form what Mac should do by itself.
    If I'm looking at my laptop and I put my Beats in, the laptop should simply say "Okay Beats that are 2 feet away from me, connect to me and .. Mind. My. AUTHORITAH." Toothfairy makes it happen. Until Apple pulls its corprorate head out of its pocket and realizes that NFC (pick up my headphones, touch them anywhere on the device and they connect) is worthwhile, I'll continue to use Toothfairy. And likely after as well. :) Show more
  • barista brian, 31.08.2022
    Worse than useless
    To be honest, I can NOT remember every actually gettng this app to work … conveniently. They have a trouble-shooting matrix or chart that is almost 20 steps long and takes over an hour to try EVERYTHING they suggest. I finally uninstalled, started from scratch. Still, the alleged functionality of this app is NO better and NO more convenient that APPLE’s built-in functionality with their Menubar-accessible Bluetooth capabilities. Actually, with my Jabra headphones, Jabra earbuds, Apple AirPods Pro, Soundcoure speaker, and Bose Resolve speaker, MERELY turning ANY of them on gets them connected. Come to think of it, I can’t remember WHY I ever even wasted my money on this application/utility. Oh, someone recommended it to me. I respected them as one of the few tech “influencers” I actually listen to. Well, I am no tech influencer, but, seriously? This app seems nothing more than a “solution in search of a problem.” IF I could post screen shots of all the issues and the logs from my Mac, I would. SAVE YOURSELF some money. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. Apple’s own Bluetooth module with menubar access is PERFECTLY adequate. It is NOT broken. It just works. Show more
  • wouda thought that, 03.08.2022
    doesn't do the only feature I bought it for
    The "Disabling audio input from device" does not actually do anything. Apps still automatically select my bluetooth devices as an input device and I still have to manually change it back in System Preferences, so this app does absolutely nothing for me. Show more
  • Sethangavel, 14.06.2022
    Not Consistent
    I have two Macs, was looking for an app that can help to connect [ keyboard and trackpad ] seamlessly between them. Unless I disconnect from one Mac, it is not helping to connect the other. You get a nice little icon on the menu bar otherwise, An overrated app!!! Show more
  • aramis1250, 17.01.2022
    Excellent utility
    Unobtrusive, sitting in the menu bar just waiting for me to click and tell it to connect my various Bluetooth devices. Click, connect, done. Click, disonnect, done. They even (recently) added a battery indicator for my headphones, something even Apple's Bluetooth prefs pane can't tell me. Very worthwhile utility app. Show more
  • ninershowjoe, 15.01.2022
    great bluetooth resolution
    Even with the W1 chip you still need this app to keep your sanity. I have 3 W1 devices that I use on a daily basis, this is the only way to manage all thes tooth's of blue. Keep up the great work C-Command, I just ask for bigger icon library. Thank you. Show more
  • Ded Yegor, 11.01.2022
    Doesn't disable my AirPods Max Mic
    I wish the app worked. When I tried to disable AirPods Max Mic to improve sound quality - the main reason I bought this app - it didn't really do anything. I'll keep trying to make it work, but I wished it worked "right out of the box". Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    5.99 USD
  • Size
    8.84 MB
  • Provider
    C-Command Software, LLC
Languages
Dutch, English, France, German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese
Copyright
© 2004-2024 C-Command Software, LLC. All rights reserved.