the bluetooth app says the airpods are connected but the audio still comes out of the macbook air speakers - the M1 Macbook air cant producce sound through the airpods (says its connected) or even plugin earphones... how can I get some audio device to connect???
They may be connected but not selected as a sound output device.
They may be connected but not selected as a sound output device.
In this case we tried plugin ear phones and airpods - nothing - we were listening to a ZOOM webinar - as you say - the output device in ZOOM needs to be selected - it seems to ignore the Macbook setting for audio output - thanks for your reply!
It's not supposed to be this difficult. Did you try simply restarting your Mac? You ought to be able to select an output device as described in Change the sound output settings as I wrote, in which case every sound that normally goes to the built-in speakers goes to the selected device instead.
I'm afraid I don't know anything about the ZOOM app. Ignore it for now. For troubleshooting purposes use the Music app or some other native Mac app that makes noise. Make that work with the AirPods, then find out why ZOOM isn't working.
the bluetooth app says the airpods are connected but the audio still comes out of the macbook air speakers
