Reviews for Apple Remote

My remote stopped working when I installed Mountain Lion and no matter what remedies I try it just will not work again.

Works awesome with Snow Leopard, opens Front Row, but Lion does't have Front Row!!! What!?

Did they bring back Front Row in Mt. Lion?

It feels good and it's fun to use, but the right directional arrow button on mine just stopped working and it's only a year and a half old. Pretty aggravating.

I had Snow Leopard before upgraded my OS X to Mountain Lion. When I had Snow Leopard, this product was great (Front Row and all when you press the menu button). Now with Mountain Lion, the menu button just doesn't work and now I just mainly use the remote for iTunes. I wish this functionality disparity was advertised before I paid $20 for Mountain Lion or the same amount for this remote...

The remote works great, but found out after purchasing the remote is almost completely pointless when used with Mac OS X: Lion. The "menu" button is useless on the mac, as the former only use for this button was for "Front Row" which was discontinued. The remote works perfect on the Apple TV, and is the only device I would recommend the use of this on.

I suppose it's a good thing that this remote is small. The first thing I said when I opened the box was," wow this remote is really small - we'll have to make sure we keep it somewhere safe." One week later, with two teenage boys in the house, we cannot find the remote anywhere. Looked under sofa and sofa cushions. Cannot find it! We got along for a while using the iphone remote app, but we had to reset the apple airport and it caused the apple tv to no longer work - apple tv needs to be set up again and you cannot do that with the iphone remote app - has to be done with the apple remote. What were the designers thinking when they designed it so small! It should have come with a built-on honing device.

This used to be a great product. It worked seamlessly with Front Row, enabling you to share your music,photos, and videos with everyone from across the room using only this sleek and well designed remote.
Then apples latest software, Lion comes along, tons of people buy it thus making this product useless because the media browser Front Row has been removed.
If anyone is using an earlier software on their Mac then by all means, purchase this cool little thing.
But for anyone else using Lion, lets hope Apple hears our cry for Front Row so we can continue using the darn things.

I was very un-pleased to discover that the Apple remote was reduced to a volume control with the new update of OS X Lion. With the removal of FrontRow I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this remote. I would like to see them bring other software to the table, but I'm afraid Apple has limited vision on the future of the Apple remote. Perhaps there will be a work-around in the coming days. For now, the Apple remote is a paper-weight. It gets 2 stars out of five... It used to get a perfect 5!

To the point - the sharp metal edges do not feel good in my hands - the placement of the 'Menu' button is awkward - the 'wheel' around the 'select' button is hard to locate by touch alone - the battery cover on the back is a tactile distraction and is hard to 'close' - the metal finish gets clammy and damp from being held.

PUL-LEAZE - do something with the design of the Apple Remote - this metal thing is really not good - and I am a 1988-to-the-present SUPER APPLE FAN - There's almost nothing to complain about regarding Apple designs - but this one is TERRIBLE!

This remote should have way more capabilities than it has.. i mean come on what is this thing really good for if it doesnt control everything that your computer can do?