An Applescript to connect bluetooth devices, such as Airpods. Nice when paired with an alfred trigger.

Connect Airpods.applescript

# Don't use this script, use this one instead:
# https://gist.github.com/ieatfood/814b065964492f71f728da59a47413bc

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "ControlCenter"
		set bt to (first menu bar item whose title is "Bluetooth") of menu bar 1
		click bt
		set btCheckbox to checkbox 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of window "Control Center" whose title contains "AirPods Pro"
		set btCheckboxValue to value of btCheckbox
		tell btCheckbox to click
		tell bt to click
	end tell
end tell

hi !

when i run script, I got error "System Events got an error: Can’t get menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1 of process \"ControlCenter\" whose title = \"Bluetooth\". Invalid index." number -1719erorr. Could you help me. Thanks

Hi @drsnn, I can only guess it's because you don't have the bluetooth icon/menu enabled at the top right of your mac screen. There is probably some way to hide/display it in system preferences.

Hi @drsnn, @siroger is correct, under System Preferences > Bluetooth, check the "Show Bluetooth in menu bar" and then the script should work.

Thanks for this gem! A tiny little thing, if you are from UK or Australia, then just change Control Center to Control Centre when using this line set btCheckbox to checkbox 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of window "Control Center" whose title contains "AirPods Pro"

My pleasure - thanks for the tip!

I found a more elegant script, using IOBluetooth framework instead of menu clicks, so it should work in other languages or if Apple updates the menus.

https://gist.github.com/ieatfood/814b065964492f71f728da59a47413bc

by https://github.com/smithumble

Yep, that one is better, thanks!

Brilliant! Thanks!