Apple Remote

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3.5 out of 5 stars

Based on 295 reviews

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Too Small

    • Written by from Salem

    It's always getting lost in our couch, it needs to be bigger! It still works great.

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Good build quality too small

    • Written by from Halifax

    Great remote design, it's a pleasure to hold. That being said it's very small and if you lose it you need to have home sharing initiated already or you won't be able to sink another device to it. A replacement is surprisingly cheap and syncing a different remote is easy but a scream function in the remote that could be activated by an inconspicuous button on the apple tv itself would be brilliant.

    4 of 6 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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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Works for Me

    • Written by from Columbus

    Works with my iMac (Mid 2011). iTunes and DVD Player. I sure I'll find other apps to use it with.
    They should make an app to enhance the function of the remote. (deduct 1 star)

    8 of 9 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Easy to use Remote

    • Written by from Somerset

    I use the remote daily when i teach for Power Point Presentation, with iTunes, and a variety other apps and software it is compatible with. i only wish it had a laser pointer

    19 of 23 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Great design, little capability (on OS X Lion)

    • Written by from Cianjur

    Great design. It's IR but worked very well from any direction to the receiver. It's about 5 meters on maximum distance from the receiver.

    The function of this remote on OSX Lion are for controlling Quicktime, iTunes, and Keynote or PowerPoint presentations. They are turning up and turning down the volume, getting to the next or prev song, getting to the next or prev slide, play or pause the song or movie, play a slideshow (stopping a slideshow isn't supported), fast forwarding or rewinding the music and the video.

    You're cool when you're presenting a slideshow using this device. That's the most great feature of this device.

    19 of 24 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Works quickly and works well!

    • Written by from New haven

    I bought it as an impromptu purchase right before I gave a Keynote presentation. Right out of the box, it immediately somehow "recognized" my macbook and my macbook only (other people in the room had macs and I still can't quite figure out how it knew to direct itself to mine) and I was able to use it seamlessly with my presentation. The only thing that might be handy is a laser pointer at the end so that I don't also have to carry a pointer. But very happy with this sleek littile thing.

    17 of 20 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    apple remote

    • Written by from newton abbot

    it has a beautiful aluminium case and brilliant black buttons. seems to be missing the apple logo.

    i have just brought one and i was really excited about it and then i found out that it doesn't work with the new white macbook uni-body which i found very irritating because i'm going to either have to sell it or buy an IR receiver... so watch out if you are buying one because it doesn't state whether it works with the new white macbook. But it works with the old one, Crazy.

    20 of 25 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Limited navigation- nice design

    • Written by from Hillsdale

    This new aluminum remote is definitely better than the previous plastic one, that resembled an iPod shuffle. The buttons click easily, and there aren't thousands of buttons that you have to memorize. But, unless you have apple TV and lost the remote, or you need a new remote for your mac/iPod dock, then you wouldn't need this accessory.
    -Recommended as a replacement part-

    24 of 33 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Amazing

    • Written by from Vancouver

    I thought this remote was great when I initially got it, but had no idea that it could put your computer to sleep! Why isn't in a description somewhere?! Once I found this out, I upgraded my thoughts to amazing!

    Wish there was a way to exit Front Row quicker than pressing 'menu' a bunch of times.

    26 of 29 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Nice Remote but...

    • Written by from FORT LAUDERDALE

    I love this remote. It's classy and has a sleek design. It is too big, however (that's what she said). It's about twice the size of the previous white mac remote.

    Why so big? It could be half the size..

    18 of 27 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Pretty good

    • Written by from MINNEAPOLIS

    I wish you could select playlists and whatnot. I feel like that wouldn't be too difficult to implement. Just a small software change in the Music app. I also have a GREAT idea for Apple so that you can use the remote to control iTunes on any computer (Mac AND Windows). That also requires a small software change too. If the remote was more useful, I would give it 5 stars. Otherwise, it's nice being able to control music from across the room, and the size and design is nice too.

    11 of 20 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Works with new MacBooks Pro

    • Written by from Montevideo

    Great product. I own a new MacBook Pro 6,2 (Nov 2010) and it works without a problem.

    21 of 26 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Almost there

    • Written by from Bryan

    Apple definitely should use a click wheel on this. It's what everyone assumes it is already, why not make things easy. They're always talking about how everything is integrated and natural, now in the days where everyone has, had, or has at least messed with an iPod, a click wheel is natural. And why IR instead of Bluetooth?

    23 of 34 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Good enough, but better with remote softwares

    • Written by

    No questions for the design. Astonishing, give u the elegant looks when giving presentation. No problem with transmitting. Affordable.

    Features? Quite limited. Works with ppt, but only for moving slides.
    Other features such as quitting slideshow, goto first or last slide, can only be done by other software. Several choices are sofa control, mira, remote buddy, and iRed Lite (free).

    13 of 17 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Aluminum Remote DOES work with other programs

    • Written by from Portola Valley

    Another reviewer falsely claimed the remote does not work with any other programs other than iTunes and FrontRow. I use it all the time with presentations in Powerpoint and Keynote (Keynote is far superior to Powerpoint, just FYI) :-)

    18 of 20 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    *sigh*

    • Written by from Farmington

    When I tried to use it on my little iHome it didn't work, but its still cool and it works on my mac.

    16 of 42 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Apple Remote Dents Easily

    • Written by from MANCHESTER

    My apple remote dented the first day I had it. I've had my iPod for 4 years and it doesn't have any marks, so I thought this remote was going to be as sturdy. However, I'm a little disappointed to find out that it is not. Apple should make a skin or a thin case to cover the apple remotes. I can't say "look at my cool remote now for my awesome new Macbook Pro" without saying "look at this big dent on it too!" Not impressed. Cases would be nice.

    14 of 33 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Pretty Cool

    • Written by from Queens Village

    Clever gadget, just really thin, even for small hands. Very useful otherwise, no complaints so far.

    17 of 21 people found this useful

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    need improvement but great!

    • Written by from Chesterfield

    This is really convenient and great, however you have to aim the remote right at the macbook in order for it to work. You can't go too far either. It would be nice to add the laser pointer to this as well.

    16 of 19 people found this useful

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