Pairing Apple Remote

[lonepilgrim]

I'm sure this belongs in the Peripherals section, but I'm posting in here as I believe more people might see it.

Has anyone managed to successfully pair their Apple remote with their Mac? The Apple support pages say to hold down the Menu and Next/FF buttons simultaneously for 5 seconds, whereupon some kind of lock icon will appear. Nothing of the sort - it doesn't appear to work at all.

Anyone else had any luck?

 

[Josias]

D'ya mean that Apple Remote that is acessory with the iPod? I am aware you have a FrontRow mac, but if you're gonna use the ipod remote and a non frontrow mac, you cannot, since they do not have an infared apadter.

 

[lonepilgrim]

D'ya mean that Apple Remote that is acessory with the iPod? I am aware you have a FrontRow mac, but if you're gonna use the ipod remote and a non frontrow mac, you cannot, since they do not have an infared apadter.

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear from my post. I am trying to pair one Apple Remote with my iMac, and another with my MBP, so they don't trigger each other.

 

[plinden]

Are you using an admin account? It seems to me that you need to be logged on as an admin.

I was pissed by this myself ... I couldn't get my frontrow remote to pair with my iMac no matter how close I held them, or how hard I pressed the remote buttons. Then a little light went on over my head and I did it while logged onto my admin account, and it worked first time.

Apple should really document this.

 

[jsw]

Agreed. Despite the obvious security risk, Apple assumes all users are an admin when they document procedures. And they make it non-obvious at times how to do admin things in a non-admin account (i.e., things just don't work instead of asking for an admin account password).