'connect' dialog doesn't show AirPods' name

[holamau]

Hello,

do you know why the AirPods name wouldn't show in the 'connect' dialog?

Funny thing is that it works just fine on a second Mac I have.

[holamau]

oh, looks like if the AirPods' name starts with 'AirPods' it doesn't show the name... Maybe would be good to add an extra Note or Caveat about it.

[godbout]

@holamau does this Workflow actually still works? i haven't been able to use it properly on Ventura, and i think Monterey too. no?

regarding the name issue, possible. i'm lazy and build first for myself, update when people want more stuff or discover bugs. i can work on that rather than adding a caveat. so i reopen.

[godbout]

works here when name starts with AirPods. gonna make a release tho that fixes a couple of issues.

[holamau]

@godbout yes, it works... I would say partially but does the job for me:

the Bluetooth Connector is definitely not working for anything other than 'Connect'. Disconnecting doesn't work at all, but I am happy that it Connects, that's all I care about, I have two side-by-side Macs and I switch between them back and forth. As long as I can just Connect to either with Alfred, I am perfectly happy with it.

And yeah, I am not sure what's up with the name. I'm just going to leave it alone as it works for me.

Thanks for responding.

[godbout]

@holamau sorry, i'm getting confused. have you tried the new v4? should connect and disconnect. it's using an integrated bluetooth utility now. much better.

[godbout]

in case you really want to debug the name thing i can send you a couple of commands to run through the Terminal :D

[godbout]

actually that could be fun to check. can you run this system_profiler SPBluetoothDataType 2>/dev/null on the failing Mac and paste the result? thanks.

[holamau]

😆 I just read your release notes. I will do that this week at some point. Is this the BlueUtil you are referring to now? https://github.com/toy/blueutil

Thanks for the follow up.

[holamau]

You can close this now as I will probably update and if I run into issues, I will let you know.

[godbout]

😆 I just read your release notes.

oh so you're the one who does this.

Is this the BlueUtil you are referring to now? https://github.com/toy/blueutil

correct. this one works properly. it's included in the Workflow, both for arm64 and i386 CPUs.

[godbout]

You can close this now as I will probably update and if I run into issues, I will let you know.

ok. but i'm very curious about the name missing. i misunderstood your first post actually, i thought the whole thing wasn't working. sure you don't want to figure this out? if no then you can close the issue, yeah. else we can debug.

[holamau]

Sorry it took me almost two months to upgrade to v4. Now I have blueutil running and v4. It works like a charm. Before I couldn't disconnect the AirPods, which wasn't a real issue. but now I can do either.

Thank you so much!

[godbout]

no worries. nice. btw blueutil is packed in the Workflow. both versions, for arm and Intel.