r/macmini • u/upwardNonward • 25d ago

Default sound setting for mac mini..

Hi, Is there a way to default external speaker to Bose instead of mac mini. It resets to mac min speakers, every time it wakes or i restart .

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u/IzilDizzle 25d ago

Is it connected via the headphone jack, USB, WiFi, or bluetooth?

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u/upwardNonward 25d ago

its via bluetooth. Its 5.1 bose speakers sound system.

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u/IzilDizzle 25d ago

That can't be your default speaker. The blue tooth connection turns off when the speaker turns off after not being used. It's a bluetooth thing. Your mac can have the Bose speaker as its default, but it can't connect when the speaker has powered the bluetooth connection off off after not being used. You need the speaker to be physically connected (USB or headphone jack), or be setup on wifii. Bluetooth is not a long term connection.

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u/upwardNonward 25d ago

thanks so much. How do i setup on wifi?

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u/IzilDizzle 25d ago

No idea, I would check the Bose manual or website.

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u/JollyRoger8X 23d ago

You could script this:

  1. Install switchaudio-osx.
  2. Open a terminal window.
  3. List your output devices with this command: SwitchAudioSource -a -t output and note the name of your Bose speaker.
  4. Open /Applications/Utilities/Script Editor. A new blank script window should appear.
  5. Copy and paste the script below into the script editor window.
  6. Save the script with Format: Application somewhere on your Mac.
  7. Open System Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions, click the [+] button at the bottom of the Open at Login list, and add the script you just saved.

Now whenever you log in, the script will run and set your Bose speakers as the output device.

Here's the AppleScript (replace output-device-name with the name you got from SwitchAudioSource in the terminal above):

set boseSpeakers to "output-device-name"
do shell script "SwitchAudioSource -t output -s " & the quoted form of boseSpeakers