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Thanks for asking.
Neither Remote Buddy, nor its driver, nor Candelair have the ability to "mess up your system". They do NOT modify your system. In fact NOT modifying ANY system files at all is the main reason to supply a complete driver of our own. NO files are modified, NO patches, hacks or undocumented APIs are used.
The way the HID system works - its driver structure is fully dynamic - a driver has NO way to have ANY effect (including event runtimes or dropping events) when it is not loaded and executed. There are no settings in the OS either, that could have any such effect.
With regards to the IR Receiver and the Apple Remote HID events, there are only two possible scenarios:
1) If the RB/Candelair driver is installed, it handles the raw input coming from the IR Receiver and turns it into HID events.
2) If the RB/Candelair driver is not installed (which is identical to: "has been uninstalled"), the stock OS X driver handles the raw input coming from the IR Receiver and turns in into HID events.
If you uninstalled the driver and rebooted, you are in scenario 2). You're back to exactly the same system as prior to installing the driver. And as a matter of fact, a driver that isn't installed and loaded simply can't have any effect on your system. Code that doesn't exist anymore, can't run anymore.
Ok, now that this is clarified: back to solving your problem. You say that "1 out of 20 clicks might work". That means that 19 out of 20 button presses are simply lost. And since you see this regardless of whether you use the RB/Candelair driver or the Apple OS X driver, a purely physical problem is highly likely.
A few possible error sources that spring to mind:
- the distance between your remote and the receiver in your Mac is too high. Solution: decrease the distance.
- the angle between your remote and the receiver in your Mac is too high. Solution: decrease the angle.
- there is no direct line of sight between your remote and the receiver in your Mac. Solution: ensure there is a direct line of sight.
- the remote's battery level is low (yes, experience has shown that even new remotes sometimes ship with almost-empty batteries). Solution: exchange the battery for a new one.
- your Mac's IR Receiver is exposed to direct or reflected (sun)light, which can interfere the remote's IR signal and make it physically impossible for the IR Receiver to properly receive and decode the remote's IR signal. Solution: relocate your Mac, close open windows, shutters, (re)move mirrors, ..
Best regards,
Felix Schwarz
