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29.01.2016 13:12:06

Play/Pause on keyboard

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Hey,

I recently bought a new, aluminium Apple Remote for my Mac Mini and am testing it with the trial version of Remote Buddy now which I will buy if I get everything to work.
I got a few questions:

- Can I independently map the play/pause button AND the middle-of-the-ring button on the remote?
- Can I map the play/pause button of the Macs KEYBOARD to a button of the remote (because the play/pause button on the keyboard serves pretty much all my multimedia need and work from everywhere, all the time)?
- Can I set Remote Buddy up in a way that it e.g. still controls Spotify while I'm in Safari?

Thanks!

Cheers,
Patrick

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German version:

Hallo,

ich habe die Apple Remote für meinen Mac Mini neu gekauft und die Testversion von "Remote Buddy" heruntergeladen, welches ich wohl kaufen werde, sofern ich alles gut ans laufen bekomme.
Dazu habe ich bisher schon ein paar Fragen:

- Kann ich den Play/Pause Knopf an der Remote (neue Alu-Remote) separat zum Knopf oben in der Mitte belegen?
- Kann ich Remote Buddy so einstellen, dass ein Knopf der Apple Remote den Play/Pause Knopf der TASTATUR des Macs drückt? (Denn der steuert eigentlich all meine Medienbedürfnisse von überall aus problemlos)
- Kann ich einstellen, dass Remote Buddy trotzdem weiter Spotify kontrolliert obwohl ich grade in Safari bin?

Vielen Dank schon einmal vorweg!

Viele Grüße,
Patrick

Last edited: 29.01.2016 13:15:15

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

30.01.2016 14:18:01

Re: Play/Pause an der Tastatur

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Hallo,

vielen Dank für die Fragen:

- Kann ich den Play/Pause Knopf an der Remote (neue Alu-Remote) separat zum Knopf oben in der Mitte belegen?

Ja. In der Regel erkennt Remote Buddy nach ein paar Tastendrücken automatisch, dass es sich um die Alu-Version handelt. Falls nicht, können Sie unter Remote Buddy Einstellungen > Hardware > Apple Remote den Typ der Fernbedienung selbst festlegen.

- Kann ich Remote Buddy so einstellen, dass ein Knopf der Apple Remote den Play/Pause Knopf der TASTATUR des Macs drückt? (Denn der steuert eigentlich all meine Medienbedürfnisse von überall aus problemlos)

Das ist derzeit nicht möglich. Was hingegen möglich ist, ist das Eingabe-Event als Apple Remote Play/Pause Tastendruck an die laufenden Anwendungen weiterzugeben. Darauf reagieren z.B. iTunes, QuickTime Player, aber auch viele andere Anwendungen Dritter.

Hierzu wählen Sie bitte die Aktion "Virtuelle Fernbedienung > Virtueller Tastendruck: Mitte" oder "Virtuelle Fernbedienung > Virtueller Tastendruck: Abspielen/Pause" aus.

- Kann ich einstellen, dass Remote Buddy trotzdem weiter Spotify kontrolliert obwohl ich grade in Safari bin?

Wenn Sie Safari nicht mit Remote Buddy steuern möchten, können Sie das Programm unter Einstellungen > Behaviours einfach abwählen, indem Sie das Häkchen vor Safari entfernen. Dann versucht Remote Buddy unter den zu dem Zeitpunkt im Hintergrund laufenden Anwendungen eine Anwendung zu finden, die im Hintergrund gesteuert werden kann. Zu dieser Gruppe von Anwendungen gehört auch Spotify.

Beste Grüße,
Felix Schwarz

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