airpod-max-pro-pipewire-jammy.sh

#!/bin/bash

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# From https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/u8uto5/ubuntu_2204_pipewire_setup/
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# Validated for the following configuration:
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# OS: Zorin OS 17.3 x86_64 (Ubuntu 22.04 base)
# Host: MacBookAir8,1 1.0 (2018 T2 MacBook Air)
# Kernel: 6.16.0-1-t2-noble
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sudo apt update && \
sudo apt install pipewire-audio-client-libraries pipewire-pulse libspa-0.2-bluetooth -y
systemctl --user --now disable pulseaudio.service
systemctl --user --now mask pulseaudio.service
systemctl --user --now enable pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-session-manager
## BUT WAIT, now there are no audio devices being detected.

## I expected touch /etc/pipewire/media-session.d/with-pulseaudio + restart pipewire-session-manager to work. It did not. The following is required:

sudo touch /usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/with-pulseaudio
systemctl --user restart pipewire-session-manager

echo "NOTE: Set input device to something other than AirPod Max Pro if audio continues to suffer quality issues."