4.1 Adding a Device
First, make sure that your AirPods or other Bluetooth device is paired using the Bluetooth pane in System Settings or System Preferences.
To begin using a Bluetooth device with ToothFairy, click the + button in the Settings window. This will open the Bluetooth selector:
Click on the desired device and then click Select. Now your device will appear in the list at the left side of ToothFairy’s settings:
Manually Adding a Device
In rare cases, macOS may incorrectly show the Select button as disabled, but you can add the device to ToothFairy by manually entering its Bluetooth address:
- To find the address:
- On macOS 13 and macOS 14, go to System Settings ‣ Control Center and make sure that Bluetooth is set to Show in Menu Bar.
- On macOS 11 and macOS 12, go to System Preferences ‣ Dock & Menu Bar ‣ Bluetooth and make sure that Show in Menu Bar is checked.
- On earlier versions of macOS, go to System Preferences ‣ Bluetooth and make sure that Show Bluetooth in menu bar is checked.
- Then Option-click the macOS Bluetooth menu at the top of the screen and look for the address under the device. You may want to take a screenshot of the menu so that you can still see the address after closing it.
- Option-click the + button in ToothFairy and enter the device’s Bluetooth address.
Devices added in this way may have limited functionality; the device name and battery status may not be available to ToothFairy.