--- title: "Open Sound Connect: Sony headphones on your Mac" description: "Control Sony MDR-1000X, WH-1000XM2, WH-1000XM3, WH-1000XM4, WH-1000XM5, WH-1000XM6, WH-1000XX from your Mac. Noise canceling, sound settings, scenes and a menu bar panel, with controls tailored to each model." url: https://opensoundconnect.app/ language: en --- # Open Sound Connect > Open Sound Connect · macOS. Control Sony MDR-1000X, WH-1000XM2, WH-1000XM3, WH-1000XM4, WH-1000XM5, WH-1000XM6, WH-1000XX from your Mac. Noise canceling, sound settings, scenes and a menu bar panel, with controls tailored to each model. - **Buy for $9.99:** https://buy.polar.sh/polar_cl_7SkjqR69sN2ZW0X10CxoZ0PlhLGaH8voHXHIK44CyjS - **Mac App Store:** Coming soon to the Mac App Store - **What you need:** A Mac with macOS 15 Sequoia or later, Apple silicon or Intel; Sony MDR-1000X, WH-1000XM2, WH-1000XM3, WH-1000XM4, WH-1000XM5, WH-1000XM6, WH-1000XX headphones, paired with the Mac; Bluetooth turned on - **Open source:** https://github.com/rolottr/open-sound-connect (MIT) ## Tune what you hear, right from your Mac Shape your sound. Set your controls. Make your headphones feel at home on your Mac. ## One click for every part of your day Save your settings as scenes. Apply one with a click, or let them follow you: when the headphones connect, on a schedule, or when you open an app. - **Leaving home:** Weekdays at 8:30, Out & About lets the street in. - **Heads down:** Xcode comes to the front and Deep Focus closes the room off. - **A quick call:** One click on Conversation and voices come through. - **Heading home:** The headphones reconnect and Out & About is back. ## The 1000X family, one app Control Sony MDR-1000X, WH-1000XM2, WH-1000XM3, WH-1000XM4, WH-1000XM5, WH-1000XM6, WH-1000XX from your Mac. Noise canceling, sound settings, scenes and a menu bar panel, with controls tailored to each model. - [Sony WH-1000XM4](https://opensoundconnect.app/headphones/wh-1000xm4): Four noise modes, the ambient level and Focus on Voice, five bands and Clear Bass, DSEE Extreme and Speak-to-Chat, all from your Mac. - [Sony WH-1000XM5](https://opensoundconnect.app/headphones/wh-1000xm5): Noise canceling and ambient sound, the equalizer and Clear Bass, DSEE and Speak-to-Chat for your WH-1000XM5, from the menu bar or the full window. - [Sony WH-1000XM6](https://opensoundconnect.app/headphones/wh-1000xm6): Noise canceling and ambient sound, the equalizer, DSEE, Speak-to-Chat and listening modes for your WH-1000XM6, right on your Mac. - [Sony MDR-1000X](https://opensoundconnect.app/headphones/mdr-1000x): Sony MDR-1000X · Noise canceling, Ambient sound, Scenes, Menu Bar. Open Sound Connect · macOS. - [Sony WH-1000XM2](https://opensoundconnect.app/headphones/wh-1000xm2): Sony WH-1000XM2 · Noise canceling, Ambient sound, Equalizer, DSEE HX, Scenes, Menu Bar. Open Sound Connect · macOS. - [Sony WH-1000XM3](https://opensoundconnect.app/headphones/wh-1000xm3): Sony WH-1000XM3 · Noise canceling, Ambient sound, Equalizer, DSEE HX, Scenes, Menu Bar. Open Sound Connect · macOS. - [Sony WH-1000XX](https://opensoundconnect.app/headphones/wh-1000xx): Sony WH-1000XX (1000X The Collexion) · Noise canceling, Ambient sound, Equalizer, DSEE Ultimate, Speak-to-Chat, Listening Modes, Scenes, Menu Bar. Open Sound Connect · macOS. The app shows the controls available on your headphones. ## Built the Mac way - **Keyboard shortcuts:** ⌘1 to ⌘8 for every page, ⌃⌘1 and up for your scenes, ⌘K to connect, ⌘R to refresh. - **Reconnects on its own:** Take the headphones off, come back later: the controls are there again before you look. - **Opens at login:** If you like, it starts quietly in the menu bar, so scenes and controls are ready when you are. - **18 languages:** It follows your Mac's language, or the one you pick in Settings. - **Activity:** Every change and whether the headphones confirmed it, in one place. ### All features - **Noise control:** Noise canceling, wind reduction, ambient sound and off, with the ambient level (1 to 20) and Focus on Voice. - **Equalizer:** Presets (Bright, Excited, Mellow, Relaxed, Vocal, Treble Boost, Bass Boost, Speech…), your own band curve and Clear Bass, with the curve drawn as you drag. Curves can be saved on the Mac and applied in one click. - **Sound quality:** DSEE upscaling on or off, the codec in use (SBC, AAC, LDAC…), and sound quality or connection stability priority. - **Speak-to-Chat:** Start talking and the music pauses, with its voice detection sensitivity and end timer. - **Device settings:** Pause when taken off, automatic power off, touch controls, the CUSTOM button, connection to two devices, voice guidance and more, as the model reports them. - **Scenes:** Named combinations of settings (Deep Focus, Out & About, Conversation…) applied from the menu bar, the sidebar or a keyboard shortcut, or automatically when the headphones connect, on a schedule, or when an app comes to the front. - **Menu bar:** Battery, codec, noise modes, equalizer preset, DSEE, Speak-to-Chat and scenes in a panel under a headphones icon. - **3D model:** An interactive Blender-made model of the MDR-1000X, WH-1000XM2–XM6 or WH-1000XX in My Device; drag to turn it. - **Read back:** Every change is read back from the headphones; the Activity page shows each change and whether it was confirmed. - **Mac integration:** Keyboard shortcuts, automatic reconnection, Open at Login (starting quietly in the menu bar) and no Dock icon while only the menu bar item is open. - **18 languages:** English, Čeština, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Polski, Português (Brasil), Svenska, Türkçe, Русский, Українська, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, 繁體中文. The app follows the Mac's language, or the one picked in Settings → Language. - **Privacy:** Local headphone controls with no app analytics. Direct downloads use Polar licenses with two activations and check GitHub for updates. The App Store build has no Polar integration or network requests. ## Your sound stays on your Mac Headphone controls, scenes and preferences stay local. Direct downloads use Polar for checkout and license activation; the App Store version does not use Polar or make network requests. - **Two installations:** Get a license through Polar and manage your active installations in its customer portal. - **No cloud:** Scenes, curves and preferences are saved on your Mac. - **No analytics:** No app tracking or usage statistics. A random installation ID is used only for direct-download licensing. - **Open source:** Every line is on GitHub, under the MIT License. [Privacy](https://opensoundconnect.app/privacy) ## Questions, answered ### Which headphones does it work with? Control Sony MDR-1000X, WH-1000XM2, WH-1000XM3, WH-1000XM4, WH-1000XM5, WH-1000XM6, WH-1000XX from your Mac. Noise canceling, sound settings, scenes and a menu bar panel, with controls tailored to each model. ### Do I need Sony's app, a phone or an account? No Sony account or phone is needed. Direct downloads require a license from Polar. The Mac App Store version does not use Polar. ### Where do I get it? Get a license from Polar through the download page, then download and activate the app. Each license allows two active installations, which you can deactivate in Polar. A separate Mac App Store version is on its way. ### Does anything leave my Mac? The App Store version makes no network requests. Direct downloads contact Polar with your license key, activation ID and a random installation ID, and check GitHub for updates. Headphone data, scenes and listening history are not sent to Polar. ### Do my settings carry over to my phone? Noise control, the equalizer and the other headphone settings live in the headphones themselves, so they stay as you left them when you switch to your phone. Scenes and saved curves stay on your Mac. ### Which Macs can run it? Any Mac with macOS 15 Sequoia or later, Apple silicon or Intel. --- Open Sound Connect is independent software. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony. Sony, DSEE, DSEE Extreme and LDAC are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Group Corporation or its affiliates. Apple, Mac, macOS, Finder, Safari, Xcode and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. The Bluetooth® word mark is owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. Other names are trademarks of their respective owners.