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Audio Priority Bar
Your Mac always uses the audio device you would pick
macOS switches audio to whatever connected last. Audio Priority Bar keeps one ranked list each for headphones, speakers and mics and always uses the highest one connected. When macOS or AirPods grab a device on their own, it switches back. New monitor outputs start hidden, a Jabra headset that's off is skipped, Option-Shift-M mutes your mic from any app, and AirPods show their battery. Free, native Swift, MIT licensed, no telemetry.
Hi Product Hunt, I'm Camille.
macOS switches audio to whatever connected last, so my dock kept sending sound to my monitor and my Jabra headset kept "playing" while switched off. Tobi had written a small open source app for this, but it went quiet, so I forked it and kept going.
You rank headphones, speakers and mics once, and the app always uses the highest one connected. When macOS or AirPods take a device on their own, it switches back. Option-Shift-M mutes your mic from any app, and a reminder shows if an app records while you're muted. Most of 2.7 came from Dave Smith, who sent eight pull requests.
Native Swift, no telemetry, MIT. It isn't notarized yet, so the first launch needs Open Anyway in Privacy & Security. Questions and odd hardware reports are very welcome.
About Audio Priority Bar on Product Hunt
“Your Mac always uses the audio device you would pick”
Audio Priority Bar was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #78 on the daily leaderboard. macOS switches audio to whatever connected last. Audio Priority Bar keeps one ranked list each for headphones, speakers and mics and always uses the highest one connected. When macOS or AirPods grab a device on their own, it switches back. New monitor outputs start hidden, a Jabra headset that's off is skipped, Option-Shift-M mutes your mic from any app, and AirPods show their battery. Free, native Swift, MIT licensed, no telemetry.
On the analytics side, Audio Priority Bar competes within Productivity, Open Source, GitHub and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 786.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Audio Priority Bar performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Audio Priority Bar?
Audio Priority Bar was hunted by Camille Guillory. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Camille Guillory