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Effective date: May 2, 2021

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Thanks! I have not upgraded to Tahoe yet, but I do have that CalDigit TB3 dock, so it should be easy to test.

The reason I track and use the uid and not the name of the device is because I had a user who had two identical Dell monitors and wanted to use the speakers of one, but not the other.

Best hunch I have: the uid is no longer stable through time like it used to be, and is meant to be unique only at that point in time.

Yes, probably that's the case. But the problem was reported on the previous versions of MacOS (I did upgrade only the last night), so it looks like the behavior was updated by Apple earlier.

Correct. I was mistracking it as an issue only with some devices instead of a more general issue.

I suspect name-based identification is the only correct path for most users. I'm not sure how workable it is to let users fallback to what the current model is. Okay if I pass beta builds along to you all once I have something to test?

Yes, I am happy to help with issue.

I would also be happy to beta test, though I'll be on travel through most of the next two weeks so it may be a while before I can provide feedback.

Here's a beta build: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SnKqSm9cXXR5avtKcLJPBBWqzL9youaA/view?usp=sharing

Be sure to hit the download icon in the toolbar instead of browsing through the archive.

You'll want to delete all of your preferred input/output devices before testing it. To do that, hit delete/backspace on a device in the list. After deleting all of them, quit the app and run it again. This will give you a fresh start. If testing goes well I will add a button to do this automatically.

The big change is that it tries to use the device name to differentiate devices whenever possible (e.g. when there aren't duplicates). If there are duplicates, then it tries to use the model identifier, if any, and only then does it fall back to the UID it uses currently. I'm convinced there's a regression to part of macOS sometime in the last year that broke audio device UIDs being stable. I have little faith it'll be remedied anytime soon, hence this new approach.

Downloaded and installed the new version yesterday. So far, none of the activities that would cause the duplicate devices to appear are causing any issues.

I like the idea of a button to clear the list and relaunch the app, though, in case any weird behaviors arise in the future.

Thanks for trying it out! I've pushed a new version, 1.5. It's in review but should be up within the next few days. Let me know if you run into any more issues.

Hey, somehow I missed the letter in my mail, sorry. I've been testing the app in the last 24 hours, so far so good, no issues. Thanks for the great work! The app really is a lifesaver for those who use bluetooth headphones with the mac. Cheers!

Hi. I've been loving AudioWrangler. Today I upgraded to 1.5.0 and now it won't start.
When I run the binary from terminal it says:

MacOS 12.7.6

> defaults read io.mattgreen.AudioWrangler
{
    "KeyboardShortcuts_toggleGlobalMicMute" = "{\\"carbonModifiers\\":2560,\\"carbonKeyCode\\":0}";
    "NSStatusItem Preferred Position Item-0" = 6357;
    "NSStatusItem Visible Item-1" = 0;
    "NSWindow Frame com.sindresorhus.Preferences.FrameAutosaveName" = "1277 876 453 435 0 0 3008 1667 ";
    firstRun = 0;
    inputDevices = "[{\\"name\\":\\"JBL Quantum350 Wireless\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:JBL:JBL Quantum350 Wireless:14200000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Soundcore 30 Blue\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:E8-EE-CC-25-59-E8:input\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"JBL Quantum350 Wireless\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:JBL:JBL Quantum350 Wireless:14100000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Earbuds White P2 Mini\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:5C-56-A4-84-75-73:input\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"JBL Quantum350 Wireless\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:JBL:JBL Quantum350 Wireless:14130000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"JBL Quantum350 Wireless\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:JBL:JBL Quantum350 Wireless:14133000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samson Q2U Microphone\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Samson Technologies:Samson Q2U Microphone:14110000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samson Q2U Microphone\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Samson Technologies:Samson Q2U Microphone:14240000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samson Q2U Microphone\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Samson Technologies:Samson Q2U Microphone:14140000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samson Q2U Microphone\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Samson Technologies:Samson Q2U Microphone:14200000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"USBAudio1.0 (2)\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Jieli Technology:USB Composite Device:4250315632333715:1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"USBAudio1.0\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Jieli Technology:USB Composite Device:4250315431353309:1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Built-in Microphone\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleHDAEngineInput:1B,0,1,0:1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"HD Pro Webcam C920\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Unknown Manufacturer:HD Pro Webcam C920:BA99E25F:3\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"ZoomAudioDevice\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:zoom.us.zoomaudiodevice.001\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Telestream Audio Capture Aggregate\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:net.telestream.audio-capture-aggregate\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Microsoft Teams Audio\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:MSLoopbackDriverDevice_UID\\"}]";
    muteInternalSpeakersOnSwitch = 0;
    notifyChanged = 1;
    outputDevices = "[{\\"name\\":\\"JBL Quantum350 Wireless\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:JBL:JBL Quantum350 Wireless:14200000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"JBL Quantum350 Wireless\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:JBL:JBL Quantum350 Wireless:14100000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Soundcore 30 Blue\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:E8-EE-CC-25-59-E8:output\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Earbuds White P2 Mini\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:5C-56-A4-84-75-73:output\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"JBL Quantum350 Wireless\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:JBL:JBL Quantum350 Wireless:14133000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"JBL Quantum350 Wireless\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:JBL:JBL Quantum350 Wireless:14130000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Built-in Output\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,1:0\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Telestream Audio Capture\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:A3A29DFE-3257-44A5-9F4D-C10FA66CAC34\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"HDMI\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:0,1,0,1,0:0:{2D4C-0F13-01000E00}\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"DisplayPort\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:0,1,0,1,2:0:{0C41-08E1-00000028}\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samson Q2U Microphone\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Samson Technologies:Samson Q2U Microphone:14110000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samsung CU8200 85 TV\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:68:FC:CA:17:F9:6D-266241836322-screen\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samsung CU8200 85 TV\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:68:FC:CA:17:F9:6D-929666973132-screen\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samson Q2U Microphone\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Samson Technologies:Samson Q2U Microphone:14240000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samson Q2U Microphone\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Samson Technologies:Samson Q2U Microphone:14200000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Samson Q2U Microphone\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleUSBAudioEngine:Samson Technologies:Samson Q2U Microphone:14140000:2,1\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"DisplayPort\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:0,1,0,1,4:1:{0C41-08E1-00000028}\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"HDMI\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:0,1,0,1,0:0:{0E17-0000-00000000}\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"HDMI\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:0,1,0,1,0:0:{2D4C-091B-5A345242}\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"DisplayPort\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:0,1,0,1,2:1:{0C41-08E1-00000028}\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"DisplayPort\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:0,1,0,1,4:0:{0C41-08E1-00000028}\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"ZoomAudioDevice\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:zoom.us.zoomaudiodevice.001\\"},{\\"name\\":\\"Microsoft Teams Audio\\",\\"uid\\":\\"V2:MSLoopbackDriverDevice_UID\\"}]";
    prependNewDevices = 0;
    showInputMuteStatus = 0;
}

Hi @drbyte, thanks for reporting. I think I've narrowed down what causes this, oversight on my part in the new matching code.

1.5.1 should remedy it. It's waiting for review currently but hoping it gets out tomorrow. Hope that resolves it for you!

1.5.1 is live in the US App Store as of an hour ago. Thank you so much for the updates!

@mattgreen Yes 1.5.1 fixed that problem.
Thanks!

Cheers!

Hey @mattgreen.

I am on 1.5.1 and I am a big advocate at work for your tool to anyone having issue with their Audio Priorities.
Unfortunately, 2 of us are still having the duplication issues.

Any way we could collaborate on getting this fixed?

Thanks,

Hi,
Thank you for the utility, it does what it say.
Just a comment; on my MacOS I have a Jabra 390 dongle plugged in. As the dongle is always active the Mac does not detect the disconnect of the headset.
I use your App to switch back to the MacOS devices after disconnecting the headset but an extra two buttons that allow you to switch next or previous would really speed things up in changing devices.

Thanks