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AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem

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1424 points moonleay | 6 comments | 16 Nov 25 00:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.609s | source | bottom
1. t1234s ◴[16 Nov 25 01:21 UTC] No.45941946[source]▶
This excellent.. there needs to be a macos version as well. Using Mavericks I was unable to adjust any settings on my airpods pro 2
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2. Wowfunhappy ◴[16 Nov 25 02:26 UTC] No.45942242[source]▶
I can’t get my Airpods Pro 2 to connect to Mavericks at all for any length of time, this has been driving me nuts for years! They’ll connect and play audio for a few seconds, then cut out, and I’ll have to re-pair to get any audio again.

Did you have to do anything special?

3. itsnoone ◴[16 Nov 25 03:33 UTC] No.45942540[source]▶
i don't think macos allows l2cap connections (the protocol that airpods use), at least pybluez doesn't support that on macos which would've made making a simple script a lot simpler.
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4. varenc ◴[16 Nov 25 03:45 UTC] No.45942594[source]▶
Check out AirBuddy for something that provides similar control in macOS. Closed source and costs money though. It doesn't need to rely on the reverse engineered protocol, and instead just calls out to macOS APIs to manipulate the Airpods. (I presume)
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5. krackers ◴[16 Nov 25 06:48 UTC] No.45943268[source]▶
Does this not do what you want? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/iobluetooth/ioblue...
6. Wowfunhappy ◴[16 Nov 25 12:14 UTC] No.45944531[source]▶
Not going to help on Mavericks, which doesn’t have those APIs.