Show volume in menu bar

[Nermal]

Hi all,

I've forgotten how to change a setting. When I first got this 2020 iMac, it had an icon of headphones in the menu bar instead of the usual speaker icon, telling me that headphones are connected. This icon is static and doesn't show whether the volume is muted, low or high.

I somehow configured it to show the speaker icon again and all was well. Except I've just updated from 11.6 to 12.3 and it's back to the headphones icon again. How do I restore the speaker icon?

Edit: No, it wasn't a setting after all. I'd reported it as a bug in 11.0 and it was fixed in 11.1... and now it's back to the broken behaviour again in 12.3. Sigh.

 

[Bucks_Fizz]

Hi. I have found my icon changes depending on what the sound output is.
For macbook speaker, it gives the speaker icon. For headphones (or anything connected to the headphone jack) it shows the headphones icon. Airpods: Well the airpod icon.

Clicking on it still gives me sound options, volume and ability to change output device.

Clicking on sound preferences allows me to have the sound settings in the menu bar (option at the bottom of the sound preferences dialogue)

Think it has been this way since Monterey (12) launched

 

[coffeeplease]

Did you end up figuring this out? My bluetooth speakers are showing the headphones icon. Much rather they show the speaker icon with volume levels.

 

[Nermal]

No, I didn't find a way, I'm afraid