Where do you put your Apple Remote? [Archive]

raffinux

Oct 10, 2007, 02:52 PM

GraphicOutput

Oct 10, 2007, 03:03 PM

Hi,

just curious to know the solutions you have found to place the apple remote when not in use.

BTW I've heard that on the previous iMacs it was possible to attach it on the left magnetically. Does this apply also to the Al iMacs?

Thanks
Raf

I just keep it on lying on the stand.

As for your magnet question, a friend told me his "old" white iMac had a magnet in the side where his remote could attatch, but it appears the Aluminum has no such thing.

rfrankl

Oct 10, 2007, 03:07 PM

I just keep it on lying on the stand.

As for your magnet question, a friend told me his "old" white iMac had a magnet in the side where his remote could attatch, but it appears the Aluminum has no such thing.

The magnet is on the right side of the monitor on my white 24" iMac.

psychofreak

Oct 10, 2007, 03:19 PM

Of the four Apple remotes currently in my flat, I know the location of one...and its a clean flat! It lays beside my bed, in easy reach for getting off my Macbook's awesome stuff :)

wizwaz3

Oct 10, 2007, 04:55 PM

Yes, the white iMacs have a magnet on the lower right side of the display, and I've heard the Aluminum iMacs have the same magnet, but the Aluminum case destroys the magnetic field. I have seen people place their remote on the black strip around the display because there are magnets holding the glass in place. :)

Shotgun OS

Oct 10, 2007, 06:08 PM

I have two. One sits on the side of my iMac, and the other sits right next to my bed.

jhkingsr

Oct 10, 2007, 07:48 PM

On the stand.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb74/jhkingsr/iMac/CIMG1172.jpg

headhammer

Oct 10, 2007, 08:06 PM

i've got an earth magnet stuck to my metal bedframe, so that i can stick my remote to it, and start playing music as i wake up.

i have another on my magnetic notice board next to my computer (Al iMac) so that i can stick it there when i'm at my desk.

rhys105

Oct 11, 2007, 05:00 AM

mine lives next to my keyboard, i only use it to change songs on itunes lol

JAT

Oct 11, 2007, 10:45 PM

Ours are where they belong, in the cabinet with all the other useless remotes. My real remote is right here next to my chair where it belongs. Handles the Mac just fine.

thebassoonist

Oct 11, 2007, 11:01 PM

The magnet is on the right side of the monitor on my white 24" iMac.

that is so cool. i just put my remote up and it worked! man, apple thinks of almost everything!

phungy

Oct 11, 2007, 11:07 PM

mine's still in the package :p

flopticalcube

Oct 11, 2007, 11:09 PM

and I've heard the Aluminum iMacs have the same magnet, but the Aluminum case destroys the magnetic field.

Then you heard wrong. The magnetic permeability of aluminum is the same as air (or plastic for that matter). There is no magnet in the Aluminum iMac save for the ones that hold in the glass*, some of which may be strong enough to hold the remote.

* Technically, the speakers also have magnets in them.

Victor ch

Oct 11, 2007, 11:18 PM

On the stand.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb74/jhkingsr/iMac/CIMG1172.jpg

I keep my MacBooks remote in the computers case, its very easy to loose it so better keep it in a safe place.

BTW, can we have a link to that background pliiis :)

-Victor

macenforcer

Oct 11, 2007, 11:34 PM

I keep losing mine and re-finding them again. Its a constant battle. Got to get me one of them zip wires like they have at the apple store. :p

jlanuez

Oct 11, 2007, 11:36 PM

Ours are where they belong, in the cabinet with all the other useless remotes. My real remote is right here next to my chair where it belongs. Handles the Mac just fine.

Agreed, our Phillips Pronto TSU-7500 (http://www.pronto.philips.com/index.cfm?id=1206) has been programmed with the :apple: functions.

ucfgrad93

Oct 11, 2007, 11:40 PM

I just keep it on lying on the stand..

That's what I do too.

hankolerd

Oct 11, 2007, 11:43 PM

BTW, can we have a link to that background pliiis :)

-Victor
X2
Need link. NEED. LAN party tomorrow night and everyone hates me when I bring in my mac. I would love to have that as my background when I boot into windows(I would really love to not boot into windows, but.....).

I keep my remote on the side of my iMac. Sometimes in my sweatshirt pocket when i'm up doing stuff. Or at least I used to when I was in a house. Now I am in a dorm and the furthest I can get from my remote is about 12 feet. So I usually just leave it on the computer. I have my MX1000 set up to skip forward songs in any application by hitting the forward button on the side. And with the volume keys on the keyboard I rarely find myself reaching for the remote.:apple:

BlakTornado

Oct 12, 2007, 01:26 AM

On the stand.

Me too, except mine is horizontal :)

I think it's a good place to keep stuff, haha.

queshy

Oct 12, 2007, 02:25 AM

I keep my remote magnetically tethered to the right hand side of my iMac :)

eXan

Oct 12, 2007, 03:05 AM

Sometimes I keep my remote to the left near my MacBook, but most of the time it is in the bookcase to the right of the MacBook.

Dont use it often.

boss1

Oct 12, 2007, 03:12 AM

I bought one of these. It costs less then $1 at any arts and crafts store (Not the penny, the magnet):

krazy glue that bad boy to any wall, thing on your desk and voila...you have an instant place for your Apple remote

http://www.forcefieldmagnets.com/catalog/images/magnet10.jpg

dukebound85

Oct 12, 2007, 03:28 AM

definitely lost mine

jhkingsr

Oct 12, 2007, 06:39 AM

BTW, can we have a link to that background pliiis :)

-Victor

Here you go! http://macdesktops.com/index.phtml?Picture=5481&res=TRUE

Luap

Oct 12, 2007, 07:05 AM

Mine is still in the box.
Sure, its cool. But a bit of a gimmick to me.

wizwaz3

Oct 12, 2007, 10:58 AM

Then you heard wrong. The magnetic permeability of aluminum is the same as air (or plastic for that matter). There is no magnet in the Aluminum iMac save for the ones that hold in the glass*, some of which may be strong enough to hold the remote.

* Technically, the speakers also have magnets in them.

Oh. I remember a bunch of disappointed MacRumors ppl were frantically trying to find it when it came out and that rumor surfaced. lol. I guess MacRumors is the best title for these forums! :p

RevToTheRedline

Oct 12, 2007, 11:00 AM

Mine is still in the box.
Sure, its cool. But a bit of a gimmick to me.

That's the most funny thing I've heard in a while. You've never used FrontRow from a couch or your bed? You don't know what you're missing.

I put mine on the stand.

ivi7

Oct 12, 2007, 11:31 AM

Its somewhere in my room :rolleyes:

Bigtree

Oct 12, 2007, 02:58 PM

What do you use it for?

phungy

Oct 12, 2007, 03:19 PM

What do you use it for?

Front Row, music, movies, photos, DVD player.

netdog

Oct 12, 2007, 03:20 PM

Does the ACD have a part that will hold the remote magnetically like the iMac does?

Leon Kowalski

Oct 12, 2007, 03:24 PM

Does the ACD have a part that will hold the remote magnetically like the iMac does?
...whaasamattawit velcro?

LK

RichardI

Oct 12, 2007, 04:10 PM

Mine sits underneath my screen, tucked up against the stand. I don't use it. Looks nice though...

Rich :cool:

Tom B.

Oct 12, 2007, 04:32 PM

Between the cushions on my sofa.

JAT

Oct 12, 2007, 11:05 PM

I bought one of these. It costs less then $1 at any arts and crafts store (Not the penny, the magnet):

Geez, how much does the penny cost?!

boss1

Oct 13, 2007, 12:43 AM

Geez, how much does the penny cost?!

lol, it's funny that you say that. I've actually seen attempts to sell pennies at costs higher than 1 cent. excluding collector edition pennies of course.

byakuya

Oct 13, 2007, 02:41 AM

next to my bed...
the apple remote in combination with the software remote buddy is a true killer duo...I do almost everything with the remote when I am lying in bed.

byakuya