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How to Switch the Audio Output with a Keyboard Shortcut on Mac
With Supercharge
- Open the settings of Supercharge, and click “Shortcuts”.
- In the “Cycle audio device” section, set a shortcut for “Cycle audio output device”.
- Press the shortcut to go to the next output, like from the speakers to the headphones. After the last device, it starts again at the first.
“Cycle audio input device” does the same for microphones.
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- Platform
- macOS
- Requires
- macOS 26.4 or later
- Released
- September 2024
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- No personal data collected
- Updated
- September 2026
- Version
- 1.30.1
- Size
- 16 MB
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Without an app
- Control Center: Click Control Center in the menu bar, and choose the device in the Sound controls.
- System Settings: Open “System Settings › Sound”, click “Output”, and select the device. Apple’s instructions.
To save a click, open “System Settings › Menu Bar”, and set Sound to “Always Show in Menu Bar”. Then click Sound in the menu bar, and choose the device. This is enough when you switch now and then. Supercharge is for when you switch many times a day, like between meetings and music.