ToothFairy Press

January 2024 - Konstantin Dokuchaev recommends ToothFairy (translated from Russian):

Owners of modern headphones know how easy it is to connect them to the iPhone. You just take them out of the case and the phone independently detects the new device and connects to them. However, even AirPods cannot be connected to a computer running macOS as easily.

In fact, it is possible, and for this we need the ToothFairy application, which allows you to literally connect and disconnect any Bluetooth devices with just one click.
August 2023 - ToothFairy is one of Derek Seaman’s Top macOS App picks, and he uses it in his Steamdeck setup:

ToothFairy is an app that lets you connect (or disconnect) your AirPods, or any bluetooth device, with one click in the menu bar. It can show the battery level of the connected device, and works great with a Streamdeck via assignable keyboard shortcuts. It has a huge device icon library including AirPods 3, AirPods Pro 2, Beats Fit Pro, Beats Studio Buds, Galaxy Buds Live, AfterShokz Aeropex, Sony WF-1000XM4 and more.
May 2023 - Indie Watch recommends ToothFairy and interviews its developer:

I’ll often use my AirPods with both my Mac and my iPhone. However, it can be difficult to tell at a glance whether the audio will play on the Mac’s built-in speaker or the AirPods without peeking around in the Bluetooth menu.

ToothFairy has completely solved this problem for me and makes toggling my connection to my AirPods and other Bluetooth peripherals so convenient.

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Now, I can have my Magic Keyboard, Trackpad, AirPods, and other peripherals all easily accessible in my Menu Bar with their own respective battery status indicators.
July 2022 - Mac O’Clock’s 7 One-Off Paid macOS Apps Actually Worth Paying For recommends ToothFairy:

Just link your headphones with ToothFairy, and set a custom icon for them. It will appear on the menubar. And you can quickly connect to them by clicking on it anytime.

What’s cool: you can assign custom keyboard shortcut to connect quicker.

What’s cooler: you can find battery icons just beside all of your headphones’ icons which indicate the current charge level of the devices.
April 2022 - The MacBreak Weekly podcast recommends ToothFairy.
February 2022 - MobileSyrup recommends ToothFairy as one of “15 next level Mac utilities you should download”:

For example, as a Mac user with a Magic Keyboard, Trackpad, AirPods, and Beats—I can have all four items appear in my Mac’s menubar with a battery status indicator. ToothFairy allows you to pick which Bluetooth accessories you want in your menubar and select a unique icon to represent the accessory.

Lastly, ToothFairy can be used as a simple one-click connect and disconnect tool to manage those Bluetooth devices.
December 2021 - The Mac O’Clock writes:

If you own an AirPod or a Bluetooth headset, then don’t miss ToothFairy. It does one thing and does it right.

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It saves me frustration from connecting my headphones to my Mac, and I love it for reducing the friction of connecting my Bluetooth devices.
September 2021 - Kim Koh selects ToothFairy as one of “27 Best Mac Apps That I Can’t Live Without.”
August 2021 - The Code Completion podcast mentions ToothFairy in its Indie App Spotlight.
July 2021 - 9to5Mac mentions ToothFairy and its inclusion in the Yac remote work pack (video).
May 2021 - VVMac 031 recommends ToothFairy (French):

ToothFairy est un petit outil de l’éditeur C-command auquel on doit aussi SpamSieve, DropDMG et EagleFiler. La connexion Bluetooth, même des appareils Apple, constitue un point faible des Mac et de macOS. Il faut lui donner un coup de main ! ToothFairy ne se contente pas d’activer la connexion d’un clic des AirPods sur le Mac, il gère un grand nombre d’accessoires de tous types – et pas forcément signés Apple. Une fois un périphérique Bluetooth ajouté, il apparaît dans la barre des menus, avec sa propre icône et son indicateur de charge. On dispose d’un bon choix d’icônes dans les Préférences. Il suffit de cliquer l’icône pour « forcer » avec 100 % de succès la connexion/déconnexion ; l’icône change pour indiquer clairement que l’accessoire est bien en service. On peut aussi se servir du clavier et d’un raccourci d’activation.
March 2021 - Headphonesty recommends ToothFairy.
November 2020 - The Mac Observer recommends ToothFairy.
September 2020 - How to Set Up Your Mac for Maximum Productivity recommends ToothFairy.
August 2020 - Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus recommends ToothFairy:

I use my AirPods Pro with my Mac more than any other headphones or earbuds. And although they already pair easily with my Mac, ToothFairy makes it faster and easier by letting me connect or disconnect with a single click or keystroke. That may not sound like much, but if you connect and disconnect as many times a day as I do, you’ll appreciate how much time and effort ToothFairy can save you.

As a bonus, ToothFairy allows you to enable macOS’s higher quality AAC codec, which sends higher-quality audio (than usual) to your earphones or speakers.
August 2020 - The techpool Podcast recommends ToothFairy (audio starting at 01:13:17).
July 2020 - TJ Luoma writes:

I highly recommend ToothFairy for quickly connecting AirPods to a Mac. For $5 you can’t go wrong.
July 2020 - ToothFairy is one of Ellane W’s 10 Mac apps that can simplify your life.
May 2020 - Derek Seaman recommends ToothFairy:

ToothFairy is a must-have app for quickly connecting and disconnecting Bluetooth devices, such as AirPods (or nearly any BT device). Assignable hotkeys for quick connect/disconnect.
May 2020 - Command Control Power recommends ToothFairy.
May 2020 - Chris Johnson recommends ToothFairy.
April 2020 - The AppleInsider Podcast recommends ToothFairy.
April 2020 - Appleosophy writes:

We highly recommend the app, especially for the users out there who uses their bluetooth headphones a lot on their Mac and iPhone.
March 2020 - The Sweet Bits recommends ToothFairy, writing “There’s a lot to love in this little app….”
February 2020 - AppleInsider recommends ToothFairy.
February 2020 - 9to5Mac recommends ToothFairy.
January 2020 - MacOSWorld recommends ToothFairy as one of the best Mac apps (Russian).
November 2019 - Bicycle Mind recommends ToothFairy.
November 2019 - Cult of Mac recommends ToothFairy.
September 2019 - iPhoneBlog.de recommends ToothFairy (German).
July 2019 - Apple featured ToothFairy in the Mac App Store:

[Switching] the active audio connection from one device to another usually requires heading into settings. ToothFairy lets you do it with a single click or tap.

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If you remember the old days of Bluetooth headphones, ToothFairy may feel like magic. But it’s no myth.
June 2019 - Krystal Lora recommends ToothFairy (video starting at 2:09).
June 2019 - The Upgrade podcast mentions ToothFairy.
April 2019 - The Maccast podcast recommends ToothFairy:

It’s a great menubar app that you just click and it will connect to your Bluetooth headphones.
April 2019 - DailyTekk recommends ToothFairy as one of the “10 Next-Level Mac Apps You Didn’t See Coming,” saying it’s “Super simple, super awesome” (video starting at 17:36).
April 2019 - John Gruber mentions on the The Talk Show that he has ToothFairy in his menu bar (audio starting at 10:16).
April 2019 - 9to5Mac covers the release of ToothFairy 2.5.
April 2019 - Michael Kummer names ToothFairy one of the best Mac productivity apps:

If you have ever tried using Bluetooth headphones with your Mac, you probably understand what hassle it is, especially with Apple’s own AirPods.

ToothFairy makes connecting your headphones to your Mac via Bluetooth as simple as pressing a keyboard shortcut.

I love my Plantronics Savi 745 wireless headset while I’m in the office, but while traveling, I usually rely on my AirPods. That’s why I have installed ToothFairy on my MacBook Pro.
April 2019 - The Bits und so podcast (German) recommends ToothFairy.
April 2019 - The Heise Online (German) recommends ToothFairy.
March 2019 - The Sweet Setup recommends ToothFairy:

One of my daily drivers for audio is the BeatsX, and ToothFairy is an easy way for me to connect my earphones to my Macs from the menu bar with the click of a button.
February 2019 - Apple featured ToothFairy in the Mac App Store:

For power users, the top right corner of your Mac’s screen can be command central. With menu bar apps, productive shortcuts and tools are always a click away. Get started with a few of our favorites.
January 2019 - macosworld recommends ToothFairy (Russian).
January 2019 - c|net recommends ToothFairy:

It’s all very straightforward and easy.

And it’s not just for AirPods; you can use ToothFairy to manage other Bluetooth devices in range of your Mac.
January 2019 - Business Insider writes:

Thanks to the ToothFairy app, pairing AirPods to any of my various Apple devices is just a single click away.
January 2019 - AppleTalk writes:

ToothFairy received some positive press over the holiday break for being a super-simple Mac utility to connect Bluetooth headphones to your Mac via a single keypress or click. It even works with AirPods, solving a number of problems that makes them that much nicer to use with a Mac.
January 2019 - 9to5Mac writes:

AirPods almost always automatically connect to your preferred device, but their reliability on macOS is a bit buggy.

Thankfully, there’s an excellent third-party app called ‘ToothFairy’ that dramatically improves the experience of using AirPods on macOS.
December 2018 - The Verge names ToothFairy one of “The first 11 apps to install on your new Mac”:

If you own Apple’s Airpods and tend to connect them frequently to both your iPhone and your Mac, ToothFairy is a must-buy accessory.
December 2018 - AppleToolBox writes:

For example, if you frequently switch between various Macs and iOS devices with a single pair of AirPods, those additional and arguably unnecessary clicks can quickly add up.

Luckily, there’s an app called ToothFairy — by independent developer Michael Tsai — that streamlines and simplifies the process.
December 2018 - The Maccast podcast recommends ToothFairy.
October 2018 - The Mac Power Users podcast picks ToothFairy as one of their favorite 30 apps under $30.
October 2018 - Mac&Egg recommends ToothFairy.
October 2018 - iMagazin recommends ToothFairy (Hungarian).
October 2018 - The Met Nerds om Tafel podcast recommends ToothFairy (Dutch).
October 2018 - MacLife recommends ToothFairy (German).
October 2018 - HappyBuddha says ToothFairy is “smart” and “clever” (German).
September 2018 - MacStories mentions ToothFairy’s support for Dark Mode.
August 2018 - The AppStories podcast “Show Me Your Mac Menu Bar Apps” recommends ToothFairy (audio starting at 19:09).
August 2018 - MacThai recommends ToothFairy (Thai).
August 2018 - The Bits und so podcast recommends ToothFairy (German).
August 2018 - Notes from MWhite recommends ToothFairy:

Do you have AirPods? I do and quite like them. But sometimes using them with my Mac is not super smooth. There are a few more clicks that there should be. If that is a problem for you, here is a solution.
August 2018 - AppleInsider writes:

Plus when you’re used to how quickly you can go between iPhone and iPad, it’s oddly slow going to the Mac. There is a workaround, though: a $2.99 menubar app called ToothFairy sorts it out. With a click on the menubar icon or the press of a keystroke, ToothFairy connects your AirPods to the Mac immediately.
August 2018 - A View from the Park writes:

What I love about using ToothFairy is that I only have to click on the icon in the menu bar and I know that my AirPods will be connected and audio will be routed through them. […] It’s no secret that I love my AirPods so I found the app really useful. Even if you any other Bluetooth headphones, and use them regularly with your Mac, ToothFairy is a good investment.
July 2018 - Donanimgunlugu recommends ToothFairy (Turkish).
July 2018 - The Mac Geek Gab podcast recommends ToothFairy (audio starting at 5:52).
June 2018 - The Connected podcast recommends ToothFairy (audio starting at 1:06:10).
June 2018 - The Verge recommends ToothFairy:

The ultimate “saved you a click” app, it toggles connections to Bluetooth headphones and also shows you their connection status right in the menu bar. If you’ve bought a pair of Bluetooth headphones because you don’t have a headphone jack on your phone, this app makes it much easier to use them with your computer. Happily, this app is under new management after a brief hiatus of being unavailable.
June 2018 - ifun.de (German) recommends ToothFairy.
November 2017 - Tera Talks reviews ToothFairy:

If ever there was a technology we need but don’t really want to use, it’s Bluetooth. You know about Bluetooth, right? It’s that strange wireless technology that sends and receives data over short distances between various devices. Various? Every major Apple product has Bluetooth and it’s so painful to use that Apple designed and built its own chips to make it work better.

Yes, I’m talking about AirPods and the little chip Apple uses to make syncing them to your Mac or iPhone an easier and more pleasant proposition. Mostly, and unlike Bluetooth itself, it just works. Mac users have an option you won’t find on iPhones. Yet. It’s called Tooth Fairy; a little utility that makes it less painful to switch connections on Bluetooth devices, including AirPods.
April 2017 - Mac360 reviews ToothFairy:

Every now and again someone comes up with an idea that is a little ahead of its time, but keeps plugging along, and when the time arrives, it’s a hit. That’s the case with the Tooth Fairy app. The time is now.

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I use Tooth Fairy at work and at home, and like one reviewer, I’m constantly bouncing back and forth between different Macs (home and work) and iPhone. Click and my AirPods get moved to a different Mac. That’s how God intended Bluetooth to work. Pairing is so 1999.
April 2017 - MacLife recommends ToothFairy, calling it “ideal for AirPods.”
February 2017 - The Verge writes:

Three clicks. In the annals of First World Problems, this is pretty near the top. Even so, I wanted to fix it. And if this were an iPhone or an iPad, I would simply have to accept that that’s the way things are. But no, this is a Mac, and on a Mac we have options for fixing these small problems. I have solved dozens of these little UI hassles on Mac and Windows PCs with little tools and scripts — all of which I’ve cobbled together with Googling, not with actual programming skill. In this particular case, [an] app called Tooth Fairy solved my problem by giving me an easy way to connect and disconnect from the Beats X headphones.
January 2017 - MacStories writes:

And while one of the best parts of AirPods is that they are already set up on all your iCloud devices after the first pairing, the need to dive into the Bluetooth menus to connect them on the Mac can waste a frustrating few seconds. For a much quicker and more convenient switching process, I’ve been using Tooth Fairy on the Mac.
January 2017 - Alex W. writes:

Auto-switch among different sources was another story, while there were a lot of complaints that it was not working as announced in the Keynote, I felt like having total control of what I was listening. To simplify the workflow, I bought Tooth Fairy which enables the user to assign a global hot key on Mac to quickly switch from other sources.