If it doesn’t’ appear, which sometimes happens, try some of the following: wait, turn the device off and on again, put the speaker into pairing mode again, restart your computer, turn bluetooth off and on again on your computer, wait longer, move the bluetooth speaker closer to your computer etc until it works. You need to select the device and then it will say ‘Connected’ like the screenshot above. When the speaker is in pairing mode it should appear in the ‘Devices’ section of your Bluetooth Preferences Pane. Step 3: Select the speaker in your bluetooth preferences. It varies from speaker to speaker but generally you are holding down the power or bluetooth button for a certain time until something starts blinking.įor a Marley speaker you press the bluetooth button and a blue light flashes.įor a JBL extreme speaker you turn it on then press and hold the POWER button again until it starts blinking.įor a Bose Soundlink you need to press and hold the Bluetooth® button on the speaker for three seconds. You’ll need to look in the device user manual to find out how to do this. The very first time that you use a speaker with a new computer or iPhone you need to ‘pair’ it so that it knows which computer to receive music from. Step 2: Put your speaker into ‘Pairing Mode’ Don’t close the Preferences window yet – keep it open for Step 3 below. Open ‘System Preferences’ (from the Apple Menu at the top left of your laptop screen) then click on ‘Bluetooth.’Ĭlick on ‘Turn Bluetooth On’ to turn it on. Here’s how to pair one to your Apple laptop for better sound quality and volume. There are a stack of bluetooth speakers available.

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