An Applescript to connect bluetooth devices, such as Airpods. Nice when paired with an alfred trigger.

Connect Airpods.applescript

# Taken from https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/i4czgu/big_sur_airpods_script/gck3gz3/
# by https://github.com/smithumble

use framework "IOBluetooth"
use scripting additions

set AirPodsName to "AirPods"

on getFirstMatchingDevice(deviceName)
	repeat with device in (current application's IOBluetoothDevice's pairedDevices() as list)
		if (device's nameOrAddress as string) contains deviceName then return device
	end repeat
end getFirstMatchingDevice

on toggleDevice(device)
	if not (device's isConnected as boolean) then
		device's openConnection()
		return "Connecting " & (device's nameOrAddress as string)
	else
		device's closeConnection()
		return "Disconnecting " & (device's nameOrAddress as string)
	end if
end toggleDevice

return toggleDevice(getFirstMatchingDevice(AirPodsName))

yes. Here is my code

Great! I can connect to my specific Bluetooth headset. And to disconnect one specific Bluetooth device, you can use the script:

use framework "IOBluetooth"
use scripting additions

set AirPodsName to "HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro"

on getFirstMatchingDevice(deviceName)
	repeat with device in (current application's IOBluetoothDevice's pairedDevices() as list)
		if (device's nameOrAddress as string) contains deviceName then return device
	end repeat
end getFirstMatchingDevice

on disconnectDevice(device)
	set quotedDeviceName to quoted form of (device's nameOrAddress as string)
	if (device's isConnected as boolean) then
		with timeout of 30 seconds
			set deviceValueInAudioSource to ""
			repeat while deviceValueInAudioSource = ""
				set deviceValueInAudioSource to do shell script "/usr/local/bin/SwitchAudioSource -a | grep -m1 " & quotedDeviceName
			end repeat
			
			set currentDeviceName to do shell script "/usr/local/bin/SwitchAudioSource -c"
			if currentDeviceName contains quotedDeviceName then
				do shell script "/usr/local/bin/SwitchAudioSource -n"
			end if
			
			device's closeConnection()
			return "Disconnecting " & (device's nameOrAddress as string)
		end timeout
	end if
end disconnectDevice

set matchingDevice to getFirstMatchingDevice(AirPodsName)
if matchingDevice is not equal to missing value then
	return disconnectDevice(matchingDevice)
else
	return "Device not found"
end if

I've tested it on my Mac osx 13.3.1, it's working well.

yes. Here is my code

got the same error info here, and it turns out my device name is wrong. After I corrected the device name, the shortcut worked well

What a beauty @penn201500 ! Thanks !

On Ventura 13.4, the installation folder of SwitchAudioSource is /opt/homebrew/Cellar/switchaudio-osx/1.2.2/bin/SwitchAudioSource, so adjust that path

Nice one, thanks!

I want to run the applescript code @penn201500 posted from the dock as a shortcut but I get an error:

Any idea how to fix this?