I have to move my Shocks Pro, I think that's shocks. Shocks Open Run Pro 2 probably that I need to move between a number of different Apple Mac computers and iPhones. Is there an easy way to easily pair to the different devices?
ASKED BY · John Ittleson · MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA · 12 OCT 2026 · ▶ 00:44:27
Explained that once paired with multiple devices, Bluetooth headphones will auto-switch when in range if Bluetooth is enabled, requiring manual management by turning Bluetooth on and off strategically.
Recommended using a Bluetooth USB dongle that travels with the user, or a Bluetooth device with 3.5mm inputs that acts as a KVM-style switch for audio switching between systems.
Noted that only Apple AirPods have seamless multi-device switching; other Bluetooth devices typically support two hosts max, and the practical solution is to buy multiple headsets for each location.
Recommended proper Bluetooth management—only enabling Bluetooth when needed and having multiple headsets to jump between systems without manual switching.
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44:02make the next Photoshop or wait, maybe don't make the next Photoshop. Let's go to the next question. Bad idea. All right. From John Ittleson in Monterey, California. I have to move my Schalz Pro. I think that's shocks. Shocks. Shocks Open Run Pro 2 probably that I need to move between a number of different Apple Mac computers and iPhones is there an easy way to easily
44:29pair to the different devices yeah Courtney you raised your hand on an iPhone question put your hand down son you don't even know what people probably have the answer but what I found in doing this you know you pair them with all your devices and then you just have to because Apple and other Other computers as well have the tendency that once you've paired a Bluetooth pair of headphones with it and you have Bluetooth turned on, if you get into the range of that particular item and it isn't already paired up with something else at the moment, it'll switch over to whatever you're nearest.
45:07So you could either turn off Bluetooth on the other devices whenever you're near them and have your shocks on. But the problem you're going to run into is after you pair them with each of those individual devices, that if you get near them and Bluetooth is turned on, they may switch inadvertently to something you may not want it to switch to. Zach, what do you say?
45:28So I have a couple hanging off my speakers right over here. And what I found is it just comes down to proper Bluetooth management. You got to have the foresight to turn things on and off. off it's just it's not like apple where it automatically is going to follow you and there's no way you're going to add it to the technology so the best way to do is just to sanitize your
45:49bluetooth process where you only have it on when you need it only have it off when you don't need it and um that like in my case having two of them allows me just to jump back and forth between headsets they just go on and off easy and move on um that's how i've overcome that issue so by two Oliver? Yeah, that's like knowing John Ittleton,
46:15probably the solution is to buy just five or so and have them each wherever you need them. So there's some magic that Apple does that is not available to other Bluetooth windows that helps them make the air ports switch between devices so seamlessly. Although even they get it wrong sometimes when you're connected not to the correct device for some reason. But it works quite well.
46:54But for other Bluetooth devices, the limit, I think, is two hosts that you connect them to. And the seamless switching is not always working really good. And so, yeah, just get more headsets. Jeffrey? Yeah, the big problem is that these things can do two devices at the same time. So if you forget as Zach said if you're not if you're not Really on the management of the Bluetooth all of a sudden you could be in after hours and on and then all of a sudden you
47:28Get a phone call and next thing, you know, it patches over to the to your phone rather than your computer and you can't hear anything so One thing that I would recommend if you want to try it is instead bring the Bluetooth with you And of course, we have a lot of these little devices now that you can do so you can now
47:47plug it into the into the behind the chair screen for the airplane so you can keep your air pods in your ears and and stuff like that you can definitely pair a pair of shocks yeah pair of pair of shocks into this thing and you just take this little dongle wherever you go and of course if you've got an iPhone you're gonna have to get an adapter that goes so you can actually plug the Bluetooth
48:11in from there that is really the only thing I can think of that would be able able to do from one machine to the other. And there are some devices out there. It's like you can plug in several different 3.5 millimeter jacks into one Bluetooth and then have your headset. It's kind of like a KVM type switch for your Bluetooth device. And that's the only other way I can think of doing that.
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