Questions & Answers for Apple Remote
42 Questions from the Community
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Can you pair the replacement remote to the Apple TV without an internet connection?
Lost original remote long time ago. Have used Remote App until recently when internet provider changed. Now cant sync remote app to Apple TV.
- Asked by Eric R from Calgary
- 12/06/2018
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Does apple remote pair with macbook pro retina?
I was just in-store and asked the 2 guys who helped me if the apple remote will work with my macbook pro retina display 13". They both said yes and even showed me where I would go to pair it.
1. System Preferences
2. Security & Privacy
3. Advanced
I did those three steps and also tried to google and looked at the manual, both of which said to hold my remote 3-4 inches from the screen and hold down menu and right buttons for 6 seconds until a linking symbol showed up on screen. None of this happened. I am disappointed because I bought this for an important presentation tomorrow and was assured by 2 apple geniuses that it would work.
I will definitely be taking it back unless there is something else I can try to make it work.
Thank you :)- Asked by Tamara I from Brampton
- 13/04/2016
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Best Answer:Apple remotes (made for the computers and not the Apple TV) are made with Infrared not bluetooth. This means your laptop has to have a infrared receiver. The newer macs no longer have these receivers (at least the MacBooks don't) so the remotes no longer work.
You can see that the older MacBooks (e.g. the 2010 macbook pro) has a black line on the front edge of the body which is the infrared receiver - it works on that. New ones don't have this and so don't have infrared built in.
Wikipedia says you can buy yourself a infrared receiver to plug into your USB port.
I had the same problem.
-A MacBook Pro user (and owner of white apple remote & aluminium apple remote)- Answered by Dillon C
- 15/04/2016
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Does this remote will pair with the Apple TV if you lost the original remote. I brought this from a pawn shop without a remote.
- Asked by Morleeta D from Gainesville
- 5/03/2018
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Answeryes it does :D
the Apple Remote works with any Apple MacBook made in 2006 and up to 2010, MacBook Pro2006 and up to 2011, and Apple TVs all generations
The Apple Remote also works with the PowerBooks G5 made in 2005- Answered by James B from Manassas
- 5/04/2018
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does apple remote pair with mac mini?
- Asked by David S from Calgary
- 2/05/2016
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Best Answer:Yes! The Apple remote is paired with my mac mini.
- Answered by Cameron W from Milwaukee
- 30/05/2016
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No, the air does not have Infrared reception (which the Apple Remote uses).
- Answered by Sergio T from Toronto
- 20/05/2016
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Need to know if it is possible to have a small remote in my hand to control music while I am teaching with my 2009 macbook
- Asked by Rebecca G from Raleigh
- 26/08/2016
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AnswerYes
- Answered by Tyheed K from Philadelphia
- 2/12/2016
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how to charge apple remote for apple tv
the apple tv remote won't work anymore. A picture of the remote with and exclamation point and low battery signal showed on the tv. and mow it won't work
- Asked by Aurora E from El Centro
- 14/02/2018
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Can I use apple remote with the usb superdrive?
I purchased an apple USB superdrive to watch movies through my macbook pro retina (using a large monitor as the "tv screen"). I will obviously need some sort of remote to control the DVD player while sitting across the room on the couch. Will the Apple remote work to do this? Or is there an app somewhere to use through my Android phone?
- Asked by Brandy B from Glen Ellyn
- 5/06/2016
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Best Answer:I solved my own problem by realizing that I can use my wireless mouse to engage the DVD player on the screen while sitting on the couch. Thanks.
- Answered by Brandy B from Glen Ellyn
- 7/06/2016
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apple remote user manual
I have an Apple MM4T2AM/A Remote for Apple Devices with an IR Port, and would like to get the user guide for it to use with my mac mini?
- Asked by Jeffry from Huntington Beach
- 24/05/2017
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Where is the infrared receiver on my iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)?
The computer remote (different from the apple tv remote) does not work and I have replaced the battery already. Looking to use it with I-Tumes.
- Asked by Amelia M from Lithia
- 26/12/2017
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Is this First generation Apple TV compatible
- Asked by James D from Thomasville
- 28/07/2017
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AnswerYes, I use this with my first generation and it works fine!
- Answered by James L from Maryville
- 16/09/2017
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Will this work with my Mac?
I have a mac and want to know.
- Asked by Cory S from Kenosha
- 2/04/2016
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Answerprobably, as long as it has IR, but it's limited to only a few apps. the ones i know about are Keynote, iTunes & Movies
- Answered by Ferris Z from Morro Bay
- 3/09/2017
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Can I use apple remote with the new macbook
- Asked by Frederik K
- 24/02/2016
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AnswerNo.
- Answered by Ashutosh S
- 1/07/2017
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My MAC OS 10.6.8 came with a remote control which I find handy. I have now got a IMac 10.11.4 Can I use the remote with this one and if so how do
- Asked by Wendy B from Prince George
- 2/04/2016
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See, If you are using a MacBook 2016 model, then an Apple Remote is not for you because your Mac does not support the IR remote. But if you want to use a remote for your Mac go for a bluetooth compatible remote to use.
- Answered by Ashutosh S
- 1/07/2017
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Does the Apple Remote work for Powerpoint Presentations?
- Asked by Anabel T from Sunrise
- 8/03/2016
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how do you get the remote to work on the mac book Pro
- Asked by Ken B from Benton
- 25/02/2016
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AnswerIf your MacBook has an IR receiver, hold it a few inches away from the laptop, and then press and hold the Menu and Next buttons on the remote until the paired-remote graphic appears on your screen
- Answered by Uzair M from Redwood City
- 4/12/2016
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