Apple Remote

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3.5 out of 5 stars

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Sleek and ipod like

    • Written by from North Port

    For some reason the menu button is indented. It works great with Frontrow and slideshows in powerpoint and keynote, and it works well with Itunes. Great, solid product but people always ask me what I'm doing with my ipod during a presentation :)

    9 of 13 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    BEST APPLE REMOTE

    • Written by from JAKARTA

    This Apple Remote, is the best!!!The slim design and all of the buttons really fit my hands.......It is also easy to use....

    6 of 7 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Beautiful

    • Written by from Phoenix

    I bought this remote today and I absolutely love it! the plastic case it was in was slim, but once out of the packaging this thing feels just awesome in your hand. function may take some getting used to, I find myself accidentally pushing the center button while using the arrow wheel, it seems rather unnecessary since there's now a button with the same function to the right of the menu. even with that I would absolutely recommend this remote over the ugly white plastic remote that came with the apple tv or your mac.

    10 of 15 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Elegant design.... love it!

    • Written by from erith

    To clear up the size issue on the remote, i believe apple have done this purely for comfort, and it worked! its solid and well made, really thin, and feels great!

    The aluminium casing with the black buttons looks great next to my unibody macbook, works really well and i can even put my macbook to sleep with it and pair it so only my remote will work with my mac!

    7 of 9 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Where did it go?

    • Written by from Kingston Springs

    The remote is great, let get that out there. It came with our Apple TV. Works fine, does everything we need it to, but a lot of times we lose it. We have always found it, but have had to use our iPad's "Remote" app from Apple in the meantime. But it looks so cool! So we give it four stars, 1 for cool, -1 for losing it all the time, 3 for working.

    11 of 18 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Fab Remote

    • Written by from Birmingham

    Bought this in September 2011 to use mainly for presentations on my MacBook Pro. Excellent remote, nicely designed and works like a charm. Do make sure that when you try to pair it, that you have allowed Pairings with your Mac in the preferences.

    Excelletn product!

    7 of 10 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Flawless as Usual

    • Written by from Pace

    When buying anything Apple you don't need to worry a lot about reading the manual because the stuff works right out of the box. Aside from the lack of functionality regarding the menu button, the remote works perfectly and looks great. Keep em coming Apple.

    11 of 18 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    It looks as good as it feels

    • Written by from Los Angeles

    I really like the design kinda like my macbook pro and that's a huge plus. Please keep making product like this. Bought it today and used it for 1 hour and I am completely overdrawn to it. I can't even use my keyboard buttons when watching a movie right now.

    5 of 6 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Waste of plastic !!!

    • Written by from bristol

    Love the product can't fault it in any way, love how it's made out of aluminium so easily recycled so why oh why sell it in thick plastic packaging which could easily house the remotes innards ? ? ?

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Useless

    • Written by from London

    Despite the fact that the idea behind Apple Remote is quite handy, the functions are very limited. But that's not the main issue.

    The remote keeps losing its connection with my MacBook Pro. So you're all set on your couch, watching a few movies and tv shows, listening to some songs, podcasts via Front Row... all is good until, suddenly, the Apple Remote just stops working.

    To solve that, you need to get up, stop whatever media you're currently watching/listening, close Front Row, access System Preferences > Security, disable and re-enable the remote control infrared receiver. AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT EVERY TIME THIS ISSUE HAPPENS (WHICH IS QUITE OFTEN). And this is the only solution offered by Apple support.

    So what's the point in having a remote control, if you have to keep getting back to your computer to make it work???

    I'm sorry, but until Apple gets it together, this is absolutely USELESS.

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Misleading advertising

    • Written by from O FALLON

    "Control your Mac, iPod, or iPhone from afar with the sleek aluminum Apple Remote. Play, pause, adjust volume, move forward and back, and access menus while playing music and video"

    Will not work with the iphone without a dock apparently because it's IR instead of bluetooth.

    26 of 48 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    it is so cool

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    i use it every day

    23 of 42 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Cool!

    • Written by from Omaha

    Control your ipod from afar! Great!

    5 of 6 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    GREAT!

    • Written by from Ridgewood

    This is the best thing ever. Apple has the new and latest technology. I am never disappointed.

    14 of 24 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Good buy!

    • Written by from Edwardsville

    This remote is great to have...I never even thought about the convenience of a remote for a laptop, but now that I have one, I love it! And it really did work straight out of the box. Just press menu and you're good -- from there you can choose, via remote, between movies, photos, videos, music, etc. Press escape to get back to the main computer options. Tiny little thing fits perfectly with the Mac in my Incase sleeve.

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    OK when it works (intermittently)

    • Written by from Carlsbad

    The Apple Remote that came with our Apple TV only works part of the time. It seems to be temperature sensitive - it sometimes works after warming it between my hands. I tried two new batteries with no improvement. It's going back under warranty. (The Apple TV is fine, it works reliably with a trained universal remote.)

    It would be nice if there was a battery level readout like the wireless mouse and keyboard on our iMac. Maybe that's a lot to ask of an IR device - even a red LED on the remote that lights when a button is pressed would help you know if it's still alive.

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Too small and thin

    • Written by from Mount morris

    This is one instance where small and thin don't work. Leave it on a couch or chair and it disappears into oblivion for days at a time. I had to turn my couch upside down to find it! Be nice if I could program my TV remote to operate my Apple TV. At least I would have a backup. That's the problem with a lot of devices with remotes. You loose the remote you can't operate the device! Should be some basic controls on any device with a remote. My other gripe is that you absolutely have to point the darn remote at the Apple TV box to get it to respond.

    10 of 17 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Doesn't even work

    • Written by from Wuppertal

    I purchased this product a few weeks ago and the only thing I can say about it, is that it doesn't do anything. I have a Mac mini Early 2009, which features an IR receiver and it's also manufactured after 2005. So my Mac should meet the requirements for using this remote. But when I wanted to pair it I waited for the chain lock to appear on the screen, but it didn't. I also tried to pair directly from the system preferences menu - it also didn't work.

    What I did afterwards is going back to my local electronics store and had it replaced with a new one. Also the new remote didn't work. I also tried to use a new battery - with no success.

    So to sum up, I wasted $19 and now I have a useless piece of aluminum laying around in my drawer.

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Beautiful

    • Written by from Barnard Castle

    The remote looks amazing and compliments any mac! Works well with XBMC!
    The remote was massively overpackaged though and definately wouldn't have fit through a letterbox

    4 of 5 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Amazing!

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    I was so freaked out when I first saw my mom use it. After discovering it I never touched my computer again.

    23 of 43 people found this useful

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