[robg adds: I imagine you can also jump back a song, too, using a triple-click as described in this hint. I'm not sure what other portable Macs this may work on.]
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This might be obvious, but I just discovered that if I plug my iPhone headphones (the Apple-supplied set) into my late-2008 MacBook Pro, I can control iTunes just as I control music playback on my iPhone -- the button on the cord lets me play, pause and skip a song.
[robg adds: I imagine you can also jump back a song, too, using a triple-click as described in this hint. I'm not sure what other portable Macs this may work on.]
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Control iTunes with iPhone headset
Unfortunately, this doesnʻt work on the mid-2008 model (2.5 GHz) which I got in June. :( shucks
Control iTunes with iPhone headset
Likely this also works on the late 2008 MacBooks as well. This may account for a feature on my MacBook that I had not seen mentioned elsewhere. The headphone (audio output) jack is "smart", compared to a typical headphone jack.
Control iTunes with iPhone headset
That functionality (the separate volume memory for audio out) has been in effect for at least a few generations.
Control iTunes with iPhone headset
Interestingly, the startup tone that plays during a restart still plays through the internal speakers even if there are headphones plugged in. It didn't before. I think Apple rethought the startup chime:
Control iTunes with iPhone headset
I use a great, simple preference pane to keep the startup sound from being too loud:
http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/software.en.html#StartupSound
Control iTunes with iPhone headset
It only works with the new completely aluminum MacBooks that just came out, the ones where the whole trackpad is a button with the glass screen with the unibody. The ones released in October 2008.
Control iTunes with iPhone headset
Has anyone tried this on an early 2008 macbook? I have a 2.4ghz macbook white.
Works in Early 2009 Mac Pros too
I can confirm that the Apple In-Ear headphones (with remote) also work on the Early 2009 Mac Pros. All buttons work, in supported applications. |
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