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May 10, 2010 - Filed in Inside the company by Felix

I recently reorganized IOSPIRIT's presence on Twitter to make more information available to different audiences. You can now follow:

@iospirit - main focus on news from IOSPIRIT (low traffic)
@remotebuddy - main focus on Remote Buddy news (low traffic)
@candelair - main focus on Candelair news (low traffic)

@felix_schwarz - yours truly on Twitter tweeting on IOSPIRIT, its products, dev talk, interesting links, insight and more.

Fresh from the labs: Remote Control Diagnostics helps diagnose Apple® Remote problems

February 2, 2010 - Filed in Mac Development by Felix

Over the past few months, IOSPIRIT has released two major components to further remote control support and interoperability in OS X applications: first, the Candelair driver package to cleanly work around widespread issues third-party applications are having with the Apple® Remote support in OS X 10.6. Second, the HIDRemote class, which makes it easy for developers to integrate robust, driver-independant and clean remote control support into their applications.

Both have helped a large number of users and an increasing number of high profile projects to make the use of the Apple® Remote a much more pleasant experience.

Today, Candelair and HIDRemote are joined by Remote Control Diagnostics (RCD). It helps you identify the source of issues where, when you press a button on your Apple® Remote, nothing happens. In the past, finding the true reason for such an issue could be pretty demanding with regards to time and required know-how. In contrast, RCD provides a one click system check that scans for almost all known error sources. If it finds an issue or potential issue, it provides you with information on how you can resolve it. RCD takes full advantage of additional diagnostic information provided by OS X 10.6 and the broadcasted metadata of HIDRemote-enabled applications.

Freely configure all buttons of the new Apple® Remote - with Remote Buddy 1.16

December 18, 2009 - Filed in Company News, Press Release, Update by Felix

Remote Buddy 1.16 - our remote control powerhouse for the Mac® - is available now.

What's New In Version 1.16

• Freely map all buttons of the new Apple® Remote - The new Remote Buddy versions adds support for the new, aluminum Apple® Remote and allows the free mapping of all of its buttons under Mac OS® X 10.4 and later. A supported, compatible IR Receiver is required (*).

• Add a new Apple® Remote to a Mac® Pro, the new MacBook® and old PowerPC™ Mac® - Apart from built-in Apple® IR receivers, Remote Buddy also supports the new Apple® Remote in combination with many external USB infrared receivers (*).

(*) Please see http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/hardware/ for a complete list.

A complete, detailed list of changes is available at http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/releasenotes/.

Review: Inside the new Aluminum Apple® Remote

December 16, 2009 - Filed in Mac Development by Felix

A little less than two months ago, Apple® unveiled the second generation Apple® Remote. The most visible change is that its enclosure is now made of aluminum. But there's a lot more. I've spent the past six weeks with the new remote and it's packed with beautiful technical and design details. I'll cover most of them in the following review - from unboxing all the way down to the IR codes.