Hermes Press Kit

Fact sheet

App: Hermes
Developer: Daniel Duke, trading as Little Victories
Based in: Banbridge, Northern Ireland
Released: 7 November 2026 on the Mac App Store
Price: US$3.99 / £3.99 / 3,99 €, one-off purchase. No subscription and no in-app purchases.
Platform: macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon and Intel
App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id6828997036
Website: littlevictori.es/hermes
Contact: info@littlevictori.es

Description

One line

Hermes is a Mac menu bar app that lets you switch Bluetooth headphones between your Macs in one click.

Short

Use a single set of Bluetooth headphones with more than one Mac? Hermes lets you move them between your Macs without opening Control Centre. Click Take Over in the menu bar and your other Mac disconnects them, so the Mac you’re using can pick them up.

Long

Hermes is a macOS menu bar app for people who use a single set of Bluetooth headphones with more than one Mac.

Headphones stuck on the wrong machine? Click Take Over in the menu bar and your other Mac disconnects the headphones, so the Mac you’re using can pick them up. You can also switch audio output, see headphone battery level, and disconnect headphones on lock/sleep.

Features

Take Over. Headphones connected to your other Mac? One click disconnects them there and connects them to the Mac you are using.
Audio output switching. Choose where sound plays and set the volume from the menu bar.
Battery level. See your headphones’ battery, if they report it.
Lock and sleep. Hermes can disconnect your headphones when your Mac locks or sleeps, so your phone can use them, and connect them again when you unlock.
Keyboard shortcut. Control–Option–Command–H connects or disconnects your headphones.
Private link between Macs. Macs are linked with a ten-character code and talk over TLS 1.2 with a key made from that code. No Apple Account, iCloud or servers involved.

Why it exists

Daniel built Hermes for himself. He switches one pair of Bluetooth headphones between his work Mac and his personal Mac every day, and macOS won’t connect headphones that are still connected to another Mac. Other Bluetooth utilities didn’t make the other Mac disconnect them first, so he wrote an app that does.