The AirPods Audio Control Problem on Mac You're wearing your AirPods, listening to music on Spotify, when suddenly a Chrome video starts blasting at full volume. You reach for the volume keys, but now everything gets quieter — your music, the video, even your Slack notifications. This is the classic macOS audio problem: no per-app volume control. Windows users have had a volume mixer since Vista, but Mac users are stuck with system-wide audio controls that affect everything at once. The problem gets worse with AirPods because: Bluetooth audio can have different volume characteristics than built-in speakers You might want calls to go to AirPods while keeping music on your speakers AirPods volume controls are limited compared to dedicated headphones Switching between AirPods and speakers resets your carefully balanced audio levels Why macOS Handles AirPods Audio Differently macOS treats AirPods as a single audio output device.…