Pop plugin · Files & System

Bluetooth Devices

Connect or disconnect paired Bluetooth devices in one go: AirPods and other headphones, keyboards, mice, trackpads and game controllers, with the battery level of connected keyboards and mice.

Works with Always available, nothing to selectFree

How to use it

Select something, hold the right mouse button, swipe. The animation plays the steps one after another; click a step to see it again.

  1. No need to select anythingIt works wherever you are.
  2. Hold the right mouse buttonAbout a quarter of a second. A short click still opens the usual menu.
  3. Swipe to “Bluetooth Devices” and let goIt sits on the ring where you put it, and it’s always in All Actions.
  4. Your paired devicesConnected ones first, with the keyboard’s battery level.
  5. Click ConnectA moment later, the headphones are connected.
  6. Click Disconnect to let go of one

What it does

Lists your paired headphones, AirPods, keyboards, mice, trackpads and game controllers, connected ones first.

Connect or disconnect one with a click, without opening System Settings. A spinner shows while it connects; if it can’t, the card says to check that the device is on, nearby and not connected to another device.

Connected Magic Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad show their battery level.

macOS asks once for Bluetooth access the first time; if it was denied, the card tells you where to turn it on. New devices are paired in Bluetooth Settings first.

Install it

Plugins aren’t part of the Pop download. Install this one when you need it.

1From Settings

In Pop’s Settings › Actions, find “Bluetooth Devices” under Plugins at the top and click Install. It downloads from Pop’s GitHub release in a few seconds and works right away, without a restart.

2Or from the ring

Open All Actions on the ring and search for “Bluetooth Devices”. Plugins that aren’t installed are listed after your actions: click it to install, and it runs right away if it can handle what you selected.

3Then use it your way

Put it on the ring in Settings › Ring, give it a shortcut, or run it from Shortcuts and scripts with its link:

pop://run?plugin=bluetooth

Uninstall it from the same list when you no longer need it: the plugin and its settings are deleted. After Pop updates, installed plugins are updated with it, and with iCloud sync on, what you install syncs to your other Macs.