How To Pair Your Apple AirPods To Your Mac Laptop
AirPods are among the most popular wireless earphones around the world. They are designed to function seamlessly with all Apple products, including iPhones, iPads, and Mac laptops. When pairing the AirPods with an iPhone, the iPhone automatically senses the presence of the earbuds around and connects. Similarly, setting up the AirPods with an iPad is a fun experience too. However, when it comes to MacBooks, you must take care of certain things, including compatibility and the Apple ID signed in on the MacBook.
AirPod headphones (2nd generation) are compatible with macOS Mojave 10.14.4 or later. Similarly, the AirPods (3rd generation) pair with macOS Monterey or later. As forAirPods Pro (1st generation)andAirPods Pro (2nd generation), the macOS versions that support them are macOS Catalina 10.15.1 or above and macOS Ventura, respectively. Hence, depending on your AirPods model, you need to check whether your MacBook has the required macOS version.
If you purchased a MacBook released in 2022, your device supports the latest macOS Ventura, which can pair with all the AirPods. With that said, let’s get to the steps involved in pairing your AirPods with your Mac laptop. Before beginning, ensure that your AirPods are charged and that you know where the physical button on your AirPods is, as we’ll use it to enable pairing mode.
Follow these steps to pair AirPods with Mac
As perApple’s official support page, if you’ve used the same Apple ID on your iPhone and Mac and already set up your AirPods with the iPhone, the AirPods might be ready to use with the Mac. This is because Apple syncs connected devices on other devices signed in to the same Apple ID.
If your AirPods don’t appear in the list of connected devices, don’t worry. You can easily pair your AirPods with your MacBook like any other Bluetooth device. Follow the steps given below to pair your AirPods with your Mac manually.
These AirPods settings should be handy
You can change when your AirPods connect to your Mac from the Settings section, especially if you use your AirPods with multiple Apple devices (viaApple).
If you have the AirPods (3rd generation), the AirPods Pro, or the AirPods Max. In that case,you may enable Spatial Audio for supported appson your Mac (available on Macs with Apple Silicon). Spatial Audio creates an immersive surround sound profile to elevate your listening experience.
If you use AirPods Pro or the AirPods Max, you might want to toggle between the noise cancellation modes.
