My AirPods will connect with my iPhone but not my mac. It just keeps saying my connection failed. What do I do?

My AirPods will connect with my iPhone but not my mac. It just keeps saying my connection failed. What do I do?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Aug 25, 2020 8:52 AM

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Aug 25, 2020 1:20 PM in response to Matt_Canfield

Undoubtedly your MacOS is too outdated to support your AirPods.

You haven’t told us which generation AirPods you have.

First generation AirPods require MacOS Sierra or later.
Second generation AirPods require MacOS Mojave 10.14.4 or later.
AirPods Pro require MacOS Catalina 10.15.1 or later.

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