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Apple Remote Control

  • 23-11-2008 9:55pm
    #1
    sitstill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭


    Does the Apple Remote Control work with the MacBook for changing volume etc, or is it just for the Ipod?


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  • #2
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    It works fine with all current (and previous gen.) MacBooks, MacBook Pros, iMacs and Minis...


  • #3
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    I'm guessing there are plenty of cheap and perfectly good alternatives to the Apple remote?


  • #4
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Great device. Works for transitions in Keynote too. It's not that expensive, RichyX. €20 well spent!


  • #5
    johnk123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭johnk123


    They used to include them up until last year actually, but dont quote me on that. I hate the way apple do that. Did the same with the iPhone 3G...... dock anyone??? Sure, i remember when i got my U2 ipod it came in a massive box(which i still have) with a firewire charger, firewire cable, and usb cable. But i do really like the whole new simplicity aspect of the new ipods, but i always wonder. What if you dont have the internet and buy an ipod??? Where do you install itunes??(only applicable to windows obviously)


  • #6
    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    sitstill wrote: »
    Does the Apple Remote Control work with the MacBook for changing volume etc, or is it just for the Ipod?

    apple-remote.jpg

    this thing? what does it do with the iPod? afaik it only works with macbooks/mbp/imacs/macmini!


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  • #7
    Breezer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭Breezer


    johnk123 wrote: »
    What if you dont have the internet and buy an ipod??? Where do you install itunes??(only applicable to windows obviously)
    You get Breezer to post a copy to you across the country on a USB stick. Well one person did... Then there was a LONG phone conversation where I explained how to put songs on the iPod, right down to the intricacies of left clicking and right clicking. Fun times.


  • #8
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    BastardPrince wrote: »
    what does it do with the iPod? afaik it only works with macbooks/mbp/imacs/macmini!

    Nope, it works with pretty much every iPod released in the last few years, including the iPhones, when used with the universal dock (because that's where the IR sensor is - iPods don't have one built in). All the "basic" functions work - next/previous, volume up/down, play/pause but the "Menu" button has no function when used with iPods - that only works when used with Macs.


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