Monterey 12.0.1 Sound menu bar dropdown options regression.

On MacOS Monterey 12.0.1, I no longer see the "Off, Noise Cancellation, Transparency" menu items in the "Sound" menu bar dropdown under my headphones (Airpods Pro). I just updated to Monterey, and I used this feature all the time. I assume it will be added back in a future version, but this is very frustrating.


Using a Mac Mini (M1, 2020).

Posted on Oct 26, 2021 11:14 AM

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Posted on Oct 26, 2021 11:28 AM

I fully disconnected these headphones from my Mac ("remove" from Bluetooth preferences) and re-paired them (which resulted in the bluetooth device name changing to the default on my Mac and iPhone), and the menu bar started working again.


Just disconnecting them, putting them back in their case, turning off bluetooth on Mac and iPhone, and restarting computer did not work. Only re-pairing worked.

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Oct 26, 2021 11:28 AM in response to zsiegel92

I fully disconnected these headphones from my Mac ("remove" from Bluetooth preferences) and re-paired them (which resulted in the bluetooth device name changing to the default on my Mac and iPhone), and the menu bar started working again.


Just disconnecting them, putting them back in their case, turning off bluetooth on Mac and iPhone, and restarting computer did not work. Only re-pairing worked.

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