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

Connect Airpods.applescript

# Don't use this script, use this one instead:
# https://gist.github.com/ieatfood/814b065964492f71f728da59a47413bc

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "ControlCenter"
		set bt to (first menu bar item whose title is "Bluetooth") of menu bar 1
		click bt
		set btCheckbox to checkbox 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of window "Control Center" whose title contains "AirPods Pro"
		set btCheckboxValue to value of btCheckbox
		tell btCheckbox to click
		tell bt to click
	end tell
end tell

Doesn't seem to work on Big Sur anymore. Do you have an update perhaps?

@verheyenkoen I find myself using this less on Big Sur since the menu itself is better, but updated above for you. Change "Airpods Pro" to just "Airpods" or to your device name as you require.

@jaredmoody Great thanks! The problem is that my iPhone regularly "steals" the AirPod connection from the Mac so I'd like an easy shortcut to reconnect. In the menu above you have to switch to MacBook speakers first and then Airpods again. Still a few very specific clicks that I'd like to eliminate.

hi !

when i run script, I got error "System Events got an error: Can’t get menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1 of process \"ControlCenter\" whose title = \"Bluetooth\". Invalid index." number -1719erorr. Could you help me. Thanks

Hi @drsnn, I can only guess it's because you don't have the bluetooth icon/menu enabled at the top right of your mac screen. There is probably some way to hide/display it in system preferences.

Hi @drsnn, @siroger is correct, under System Preferences > Bluetooth, check the "Show Bluetooth in menu bar" and then the script should work.

Thanks for this gem! A tiny little thing, if you are from UK or Australia, then just change Control Center to Control Centre when using this line set btCheckbox to checkbox 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of window "Control Center" whose title contains "AirPods Pro"

My pleasure - thanks for the tip!

I found a more elegant script, using IOBluetooth framework instead of menu clicks, so it should work in other languages or if Apple updates the menus.

https://gist.github.com/ieatfood/814b065964492f71f728da59a47413bc

by https://github.com/smithumble

Yep, that one is better, thanks!

Brilliant! Thanks!