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25.10.2009 12:51:15

New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09)

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Hey,

looks like the new Aluminum Remote has one additional button...

The PLAY/PAUSE and MENU buttons are now separated below the click wheel. But the center of the wheel is still clickable to select an item or to confirm a selection.

I'm wondering if that means, that we now can have an additional button with remote buddy?

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.
After updating to OS X 10.6.2, my Apple® Remote is no longer available for selection in Remote Buddy. (FAQ015E0236)
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.

User

25.10.2009 19:12:11

Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09)

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Thanks for asking.

From the few official pictures of the Aluminium Apple Remote in
Apple's Online Store, it doesn't look like there's a new, additional
button. To me, it looks like they've simply moved down the play/pause
button from the center into a new line with the Menu button. The
photos also make me believe that the center of the navigation buttons
is no longer clickable, so that the new Apple Remote, like the old
one, has just six buttons - they're just rearranged.

That said, I didn't get a chance to buy a new Aluminium Apple Remote
just yet and it looks like Apple won't make it available for purchase
for a few additional weeks. Until then, I can only talk about my
observations, not about first hand experience.

If you managed to get access to one of the new Aluminium Apple
Remotes, please let me know.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

26.10.2009 11:48:19

Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09)

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Q&A on apple.com (http://store.apple.com/us/questions/product/MC377LL/A?mco=MTM0MzEzNjQ) says that the middle button still is a real button to press.

I've ordered three of them, they should arrive the next week. Let's hope...;)

User

26.10.2009 15:06:46

Re: Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09)

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Thanks for the link.

I took a look at the Q&A. It appears to be answered by users and not
Apple staff. I also found it contains wrong information (there's one
Q&A saying the Apple Remote would work with the Mac Pro - which is
incorrect, the Mac Pro lacks the necessary IR receiver). So I'd take
answers from this Q&A with a big grain of salt - especially since I
haven't heard of any aluminium Apple Remote having been spotted in the
wild.

I, too, have purchased an aluminium Apple Remote and await delivery in
what Apple says will be a couple of weeks. If you receive yours next
week already, your feedback and experience with the new model would be
greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

29.10.2009 18:21:14

Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09)

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Hi Felix,

it would be very nice, if you could integrate a function to change the style of the displayed Apple Remote (old, white one vs. new aluminum one) into the next version of Remote Buddy!

Thank you very much!

This is one great peace of software - keep on improving it, i love it!

Kind regards,
Felix M.

User

30.10.2009 16:41:12

Re: Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09)

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Thanks for your suggestion.

I definately intend to do this, but I'll have to wait until I have one
in my hands to take measure and construct it as a vector drawing for
use in Remote Buddy. Judging by what my Apple Store account tells me,
this can still be several weeks away :-/

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

30.10.2009 16:44:18

Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09)

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Thank you very much - I'm waiting for mine, too ;)

Kind regards,
Felix M.

User

05.11.2009 13:15:17

Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09) - additional button!

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Hey again,

the question of the additional button on the new aluminum remote has finally been answered:
In the yesterdays iLounge review (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/apple-remote-2009/) it has been confirmed, that there is an additional button (select) in the center of the arrow buttons!

I hope it will be used wisely in new Remote Buddy functions and hope to see an update, soon ;)

Thank you very much for Remote Buddy!

Kind regards,
Felix M.

User

09.11.2009 20:13:37

Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09) - additional button!

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Alright, Felix... I'm ready! ;)

My new remotes just arrived today. Looking forward to use the additional button... Thanks in advance!

User

02.12.2009 19:44:20

Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09) - additional button!

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Hello,

are there any news here? Would love to use the mysterious "select" button on my new Apple Remote!

Greetings
Tobias

User

05.12.2009 18:17:30

Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09)

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I would love it if these two buttons were separately editable too, is this possible?

User

16.12.2009 09:34:26

Re: Re: New Aluminum Apple Remote (October 09)

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Remote Buddy 1.16 adds full support for the new aluminum Apple Remote. It's available now. Please see the release notes for receiver compatibility details.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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