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I built a per-app volume mixer for macOS that installs no driver
macOS gives you one volume slider. Everything that plays audio shares it. If you want Spotify quiet in the background while a call comes through at full volume, macOS has nothing for you — you’re reaching for the app’s own controls one at a time, or you’re installing something that takes over your audio stack.…
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How to stop macOS from switching to your AirPods microphone
You’re at your desk. You have a good microphone — a Shure, a Blue, an audio interface, whatever. Your AirPods connect, and without asking, macOS decides your input device is now the AirPods mic. Your next call sounds like you’re phoning in from a wind tunnel, and if you’re listening to music, it suddenly sounds…