4.3 Show battery status in the menu bar
With this option enabled, ToothFairy will show a battery gauge next to the device’s icon in the menu bar:
This can help you see when it’s time to charge the battery, so that it doesn’t run out at an unexpected time.
You can see the precise battery percentage (including separate levels for left and right AirPods) by hovering over the icon to show the tooltip or by Control-clicking the icon to show the menu.
Why don’t I see the battery level?
You should see the battery level for any Bluetooth device that’s fully supported by macOS. macOS can read the battery level of popular Bluetooth devices such as AirPods, Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and many common third-party audio and input devices.
Some devices report the battery level in a different way that doesn’t show up even though iOS (which supports more devices than macOS) may be able to show it:
- All devices that show the battery level in System Preferences ‣ Bluetooth on macOS 12 or earlier should also show the battery level in ToothFairy. (System Settings ‣ Bluetooth on macOS 13 and later works differently and is not as reliable an indicator of support that will work with ToothFairy.)
- Most devices that show the battery level in the Bluetooth menu on macOS 12 and earlier will also show the battery level in ToothFairy.
- If the macOS Bluetooth menu does not show the battery level, ToothFairy won’t, either.
- In rare cases, macOS will show the battery level, but the Select button when trying to add the device to a third-party app such as ToothFairy may be disabled. In this case, you can add the device manually, however the device’s name and battery level may or may not be available to ToothFairy. This can happen for devices that only support Bluetooth Low Energy.
If you have an unsupported device, please contact us and let us know which device are you using. We may add direct support for popular devices in a future version of ToothFairy.