Customer Reviews and Ratings

3.5 out of 5 stars

Based on 295 reviews

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Nice Remote but...

    • Written by from FORT LAUDERDALE

    18 of 27 people found this useful

    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..

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Good enough, but better with remote softwares

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    13 of 17 people found this useful

    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).

    Was this useful? Good enough, but better with remote softwares

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Works for Me

    • Written by from Columbus

    8 of 9 people found this useful

    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)

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    New Remote Worth Purchasing

    • Written by from Atlanta

    13 of 19 people found this useful

    The new apple remote feels better with a fresh new contoured body and is extremely reminiscent of the silver nano. It's new length fits in your hand without getting lost if you have long hands like i do. It matches all of the aluminum products beautifully and is definitely worth getting if you enjoy a matching home entertainment system.

    Cons- 19 dollars always seemed a bit steep to me for a simple remote, but I still think it's a great piece of hardware.

    Was this useful? New Remote Worth Purchasing

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Looks good with a MBP

    • Written by from Tampa

    7 of 8 people found this useful

    Looks good as it matches the color of the MBP. really professional look for Powerpoint and Keynote presentations. Pity they made something so sleek and didn't think to integrate a laser pointer however, or at least a second model with a laser inside.

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Beautiful

    • Written by from Phoenix

    10 of 15 people found this useful

    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.

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Where did it go?

    • Written by from Kingston Springs

    11 of 18 people found this useful

    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.

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Good build quality too small

    • Written by from Halifax

    4 of 6 people found this useful

    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.

    Was this useful? Good build quality too small

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Pretty good

    • Written by from MINNEAPOLIS

    11 of 20 people found this useful

    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.

  • 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.

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Advice..

    • Written by from Thornhill

    8 of 17 people found this useful

    It should have volume control. Otherwise, it's very good.

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    New Remote is alright, just like the old one

    • Written by from Bozeman

    8 of 20 people found this useful

    I don't think that the metal version of this mouse is all that different from the older white one. If I hadn't lost my white one I wouldn't have purchased a new metal one. I do like how you can use it to control a presentation and frontrow is always nice.

    Was this useful? New Remote is alright, just like the old one

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Apple Remote Dents Easily

    • Written by from MANCHESTER

    14 of 33 people found this useful

    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.

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    No Apple Logo?

    • Written by from COLUMBIA

    21 of 50 people found this useful

    The new remote is worth buying, just a little disappointed at apple for making the first product that I have ever owned from them that doesn't have the apple LOGO. what a bummer, other than that it is awesome!!!!

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Key color

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    10 of 29 people found this useful

    While I agree that the remote is nicely designed, the black keys do not coordinate with the keyboard, and I wonder why they did this. Actually, I would have preferred a black key keyboard with the aluminum, matching the black Apple logo of my new iMac, but with the white keys, I would have now preferred white buttons on the remote. I realize this is nit-picking, but Apple is all about design continuation.

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    *sigh*

    • Written by from Farmington

    16 of 42 people found this useful

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

  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Why no Clickwheel?

    • Written by from Wiesbaden

    11 of 42 people found this useful

    I would have liked to see a clickwheel on the remote control like on the ipods.

    But anyway, great product!