Switch Between audio input and output

[homever]

Hi Geronest.

 

have you given accessibility permissions to Alfred in system preferences? have a look to 'Solution in case of failures' in http://ricardosampayo.com/en/Audio-Switch-Alfred-WorkFlows/

 

Great workflow. Just one question here. Does the system pref have to pop up to get this to work?

[deezletown]

I like the workflow, thanks for posting. It would be really nice to modify it to automatically select the input I care about, rather than being forced to select. For alfred remote users, this would be a great benefit (we're trying to do away with keyboards and mice).  If I run the workflow from my remote, I'm trapped because I need to switch to a different app to make the selection.  Regardless, it is much sexier to have it complete the task as desired.

 

Obviously I would need to set the name of the audio output by modifying the workflow, but once I have set it and save as a new workflow I'm done.  I would create as many modified workflows as output sources I care about, and now I just press a button on my remote to switch between them.

[__iPhone__5__]

Hey,

 

I'm trying to use this workflow on OS X 10.11 El Capitan Golden Master Candidate, and unfortunately it's not working. 

when pulling up alfred, typing in "output", it tries to list all of my devices, but only lists internal speakers. i have bluetooth connected to other speakers right now, but nothing else comes up. can you help? not sure if same for input, only one input device so hard to test

[mikedvzo]

Thx This is a great workflow and a must have for a true Audiophile.  I literally have 9 output Audio sources, 2 Airport Expresses, 3 ATV, Marantz Preamp, and 3 sources off my computer one being a Digital Output to an Amp driving my Sennheiser Headphones.  .  I need to dissect it since I have not done much with script filter and see if I can port my simple workflow for changing iTunes Equalizer presets to a script filter.

[husk]

Awesome!! Just I need it, really impressive!

Thanks a lot for the workflow.

[homever]

I liked this workflow, but the popping-up of the System Preference window is somewhat annoying.

Then I find an alternative, and have been using for quite a long time. 

 

http://michael.thegrebs.com/2013/01/18/alfred2-audio-device/

see comments below it for better functionality.

[kodiak]

Thank you for this great workflow!

 

It's the best among the numerous audio source switching workflows I've tested.

 

One caveat: sometimes it fails to catch some or all of the audio devices (if there's only partial catching of audio devices, the AirPods are the ones to be omitted, usually), so a makeshift solution I have is to "reload/refresh" the workflow by erasing one letter (pressing ⌫ once, resulting in "outpu"), and then typing "t" again. The full list of devices is then always retreived.

 

Thank you!

[Suhvity]

Workflow isn't working on MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 for some reason. Any chances of updating this workflow? Worked flawlessly in the several years I've been using it. =/ 

[dmack]

This is awesome! Exactly what I needed – thank you! 👍

[kenl]

Just a note that this workflow still works like a champ in Alfred 4/macOS Catalina. Just had to grant system access and good to go.

 

Thank you @Sampayo!

Edited November 13, 2020 by kenl
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[mrxinu]

Awesome workflow! I'm just getting into AppleScript and this is going to be an excellent example. I noticed that the Twitter link on your app doesn't go to a Twitter handle. Does it default to the packal site if you don't set one?