10.4: Use the Apple Remote with other applications
Feb 28, '06 05:53:00AM
Contributed by: shmuel
While messing around with my new MacBook Pro, it suddenly occurred to me that the remote included with my computer might be used to control more than just Front Row. Since it seemed just the sort of thing Apple would think of, I started firing up apps and clicking to see what would happen here's what I found:
First of all, the volume adjustment works the same just about everywhere, although it should be noted that it adjusts the system volume and not application's volume.
- Keynote: next and previous buttons can be used to control slides.
- iTunes: everything works as anticipated.
- iPhoto: next and previous go up and down in the source list. Hit play/pause to start a slide show using that source. While in a slide show, next and previous can be used to skip or back up.
- DVD Player: everything works as anticipated.
- QuickTime Player: works as anticipated - the next and previous buttons actually give you near frame-by-frame control of QuickTime movies.
There may be others, of course, but those are the ones I found. Now if they'd only expose this through some AppleScript events, so that other applications could take advantage of it. Then it could become really useful.
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