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My personal experience with AirPods used on a MacBook was so bad I gave up and went to a wired headset. Always having to fiddle to make it.. you know, make soun

My personal experience with AirPods used on a MacBook was so bad I gave up and went to a wired headset. Always having to fiddle to make it.. you know, make sound, the most basic of its functions. The same company building both devices and the OS, what a shame.

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
Interesting. I assumed this would be a problem, and was astounded at how well the new wireless buds work (using Pixel Buds, but I imagine if they're any better than AirPods, it's not much).
razemio 5y ago
What happened? Never had issues with basic AirPods. Works for me on the iPhone, iPad, MacBook and on a Windows PC with basically zero configuration.
smoldesu 5y ago
Bluetooth on desktop OSes has been extremely hit or miss with me. On Windows, none of my headsets or controllers would automatically connect, most of the time requiring me to pair them manually every time. On Mac, pairing would generally stay remembered but I'd typically need to manually select the device I want to connect to in the Bluetooth menu. On Linux, prior to Pipewire, I had to close all of my audio apps to connect Bluetooth headphones. Now with Pipewire, the connection is so "sticky" that I have to turn off Bluetooth on my desktop if I want to use it on any of my other devices, since it always steals the connection.
faeriechangling 5y ago
The AirPods on MacBook are definitely fiddly but switching sound output to AirPods always fixes all problems if switching audio doesn’t work for any reason, and the ability they have to sync to watch (for workouts), iPhone, iPad, Mac, and AppleTV at the same time is totally bonkers even if the end result is somewhat flaky. I also appreciate that Apple leaves a highly amplified headphone jack on their MacBook pros because there’s tons of Pro applications where Bluetooth headphones just don’t work due to latency.
DocTomoe 5y ago
If you wanted to give wireless bluetooth headphones another try... In my experience, the better Airpods are made by Xiaomi (their top-of-the-line 'Airbuds 3 Pro' work out of the box, are relatively comfortable to wear, and are inexpensive, coming in at around 50 dollars).

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago

Interesting. I assumed this would be a problem, and was astounded at how well the new wireless buds work (using Pixel Buds, but I imagine if they're any better than AirPods, it's not much).

razemio 5y ago

What happened? Never had issues with basic AirPods. Works for me on the iPhone, iPad, MacBook and on a Windows PC with basically zero configuration.

smoldesu 5y ago

Bluetooth on desktop OSes has been extremely hit or miss with me. On Windows, none of my headsets or controllers would automatically connect, most of the time requiring me to pair them manually every time. On Mac, pairing would generally stay remembered but I'd typically need to manually select the device I want to connect to in the Bluetooth menu. On Linux, prior to Pipewire, I had to close all of my audio apps to connect Bluetooth headphones. Now with Pipewire, the connection is so "sticky" that I have to turn off Bluetooth on my desktop if I want to use it on any of my other devices, since it always steals the connection.

faeriechangling 5y ago

The AirPods on MacBook are definitely fiddly but switching sound output to AirPods always fixes all problems if switching audio doesn’t work for any reason, and the ability they have to sync to watch (for workouts), iPhone, iPad, Mac, and AppleTV at the same time is totally bonkers even if the end result is somewhat flaky. I also appreciate that Apple leaves a highly amplified headphone jack on their MacBook pros because there’s tons of Pro applications where Bluetooth headphones just don’t work due to latency.

DocTomoe 5y ago

If you wanted to give wireless bluetooth headphones another try... In my experience, the better Airpods are made by Xiaomi (their top-of-the-line 'Airbuds 3 Pro' work out of the box, are relatively comfortable to wear, and are inexpensive, coming in at around 50 dollars).