Because my old AirPods were about to give up the ghost the other week, I decided to pick up a new pair of one of the best wireless earbuds. As I am a man of humble means, I do not require the active noise cancellation of the AirPods Pro, nor do I wish to pay extra for the additional battery life of the AirPods 3. So it's the AirPods 2 for yours truly.
There's a consequence for my penny-pinching ways, however. The 2nd-generation AirPods still ship with a USB-A-to-Lightning cable. And that's a connector that's simply not compatible with several Mac models — including the 13-inch MacBook Air that I own.
