Click Close to finish and either reboot your Mac or disconnect and re-connect your headphones.Make sure Disable AAC and disable aptX is unticked. In the newly opened window, tick Force use of aptX and Enable AAC (if applicable).Launch the app and navigate to Tools > Audio Options in the menubar.Drag the Bluetooth Explorer app to the Applications folder.Open the Additional Tools drive and get to the Hardware folder.Once downloaded, open the Additional Tools dmg and mount it.Downloading will require a free Apple Developer account. It contains Apple’s Bluetooth explorer utility. You’ll need to download Additional Tools for Xcode, which can be found here.However, if you see that your headphones are using SBC, continue reading.
Both standards are relatively good for wireless and are superior to the old SBC codec. If your headphones are already using AAC or aptX, no further action is required. You should see the headphone’s Active Codec shown in grey. Click on your headphones to expand the menu.Hold down the Option key and click on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar.Connect your Bluetooth headphones to your Mac and start playing some audio.You’ll first need to know which codec your headphones are currently using. Follow along to learn how… Mac: How to force aptX/AAC on supported Bluetooth headphones Luckily, on macOS, users are able to force AAC and aptX via a few easy steps. Aside from quality, this could add more latency, causing for a subpar audio experience. Regardless, some headphones fall back to SBC for no explainable reason. Generally, more modern headphones support AAC (which iPhones support), and aptX (the codec that most Android devices use). But, the codec is pretty terrible and compresses your audio more than most would like. However, macOS will likely favor AAC as Apple’s apps such as iTunes prefer the codec.Īll Bluetooth headphones support the pretty terrible, widely available SBC audio codec. While iOS won’t support the standard, macOS officially supports aptX (not to be confused with aptX HD) as a Bluetooth audio codec.
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