will the Apple Remote work with the new Macbook Air?

animatedude · Oct 20, 2010, 03:42 PM

it's not in the option when you check out..

jessica. · Oct 20, 2010, 03:42 PM

There does not seem to be an IR port.

zedsdead · Oct 20, 2010, 03:43 PM

I don't think it has an IR sensor. I may be canceling my order, because I do a lot of Keynotes.

animatedude · Oct 20, 2010, 03:53 PM

i hope this isn't true

C64 · Oct 20, 2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by zedsdead

I don't think it has an IR sensor. I may be canceling my order, because I do a lot of Keynotes.

Can't you use your iPhone/iPod touch with a remote app? Should work just as well.

animatedude · Oct 21, 2010, 07:42 AM

any update on this? can someone confirm?

dimension6 · Oct 21, 2010, 09:28 PM

Or you could use something like this:
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921665193830

I have one and it works great over Bluetooth with PCs and Macs.

cherry su · Oct 21, 2010, 09:33 PM

Apple is encouraging the use of the iPhone Keynote app, so no remote required.

zedsdead · Oct 21, 2010, 09:40 PM

I decided to use an old iPhone because the Air can just create a wireless network which I can connect to.

Still mad, but I can deal. Also the lack of a backlit keyboard is still not sitting well with me, but I think I can live with it.

animatedude · Oct 22, 2010, 09:21 AM

for those of you who got the new Air please test wether the Apple Remote work with the Air or not and report here...using your iPhone when doing presentations will make you look like a fool.

ccolaco · Oct 22, 2010, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by animatedude

for those of you who got the new Air please test wether the Apple Remote work with the Air or not and report here...using your iPhone when doing presentations will make you look like a fool.

Why does using your iPhone to control your presentations make you look like a fool? Its essentially proving the same function as the remote. I'm pretty sure your audience cares more about the actual presentation and less about what you are using to control it.

C64 · Oct 22, 2010, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by animatedude

for those of you who got the new Air please test wether the Apple Remote work with the Air or not and report here...using your iPhone when doing presentations will make you look like a fool.

When people are looking at the remote in your hand during your presentation, you're doing something wrong.

gri · Oct 22, 2010, 09:46 AM

Always thought that way as well - but what ultimatly counts is the (in my case) the science, i.e. the content of the presentation, not the form factor. The latter might help but not if the content is crap to start with.

animatedude · Oct 22, 2010, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by C64

When people are looking at the remote in your hand during your presentation, you're doing something wrong.

other people will load their presentations from my computer as well not just me.

the omission of the IR sensor has been confirmed now by iFixit on the 11-inch but i'm still wondering if the new 13 inch has them...anyone can confirm?

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBo...eardown/3745/1

C64 · Oct 22, 2010, 10:14 AM

If you allow them to use your MBA I'm sure you can share a phone for 10-15 minutes as well. Or an iPod touch, or maybe they have one themselves. I agree though that it's too bad there isn't a remote option, but there are many workarounds that work just as well or even better. IR is crap when you're walking around a bit.

And no, the 13" doesn't have remote either. There's no space on the front and it won't work properly on the side. There also isn't an option to buy a remote from the Apple Store when choosing the 13", indicating it just isn't possible with these Airs.

Moodikar · Oct 22, 2010, 10:53 AM

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I never thought ir technology was all that good. It's great for tv remotes but I like Bluetooth and wifi. Why not have a wifi remote. That'll probably be better and not have to aim a certain way.

When doing presentations I use a d'san perfect cue. Those things are the pro stuff for going 50-100 feet away and never needing to aim at the laptop. Jobs uses it for keynotes... Mind you they cost $1000 but you can also buy the cheaper Logictec or Targus clockers for $100.

Anyhow, IR was nice but not a dealbreaker.

animatedude · Oct 23, 2010, 01:49 AM

anyone care to share any reasonable workarounds that are easy and actually work? i want to use the Apple Remote..

halledise · Oct 23, 2010, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by animatedude

for those of you who got the new Air please test wether the Apple Remote work with the Air or not and report here...using your iPhone when doing presentations will make you look like a fool.

nay - Apple Remote does not work with the newest model Airs

however the iPhone will (for Keynote and also 3rd party software)

do I look like a fool when using my iPhone to advance Keynote? - no, don't think so

a remote is a remote, for feck's sake

halledise · Oct 23, 2010, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cherry su

Apple is encouraging the use of the iPhone Keynote app, so no remote required.

thanks cherry - u r a legend indeed

drtimo · Oct 23, 2010, 02:56 AM

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Surely guys...not a deal breaker.

You can get USB presentation controllers for peanuts these days. They won't make your computer look bad either.

HLdan · Oct 23, 2010, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by halledise

nay - Apple Remote does not work with the newest model Airs

however the iPhone will (for Keynote and also 3rd party software)

do I look like a fool when using my iPhone to advance Keynote? - no, don't think so

a remote is a remote, for feck's sake

You won't look as much of a fool as you think. When people see you control your computer's functions with your iPhone they will see it as futuristic and another feature your iPhone can do. You're just being self-conscience for nothing.
Also the iPhone as a remote is going through Wifi, the Apple remote is infrared, so you're wrong to say a remote is a remote.

animatedude · Oct 23, 2010, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by drtimo

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Surely guys...not a deal breaker.

You can get USB presentation controllers for peanuts these days. They won't make your computer look bad either.

do you any will work with the Apple Remote? i really need help in this as i told it's a deal breaker for me.

cjthebest · Oct 23, 2010, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by animatedude

do you any will work with the Apple Remote? i really need help in this as i told it's a deal breaker for me.

You could use this, but then you would look like a total fool.

animatedude · Oct 23, 2010, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by cjthebest

You could use this, but then you would look like a total fool.

i read about this i just dont get it! is it just a USB thingy i plug in and that's it?

animatedude · Oct 24, 2010, 12:19 PM

help me get the Apple Remote work on the Air because it's deal breaker for me...

any pix or videos shows how to get the Mira thingy work? or any other products?

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jessica. macrumors Nehalem Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Wrong girl from the right side of the tracks	There does not seem to be an IR port. __________________ Because I'm an ahole.
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zedsdead macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2007	I don't think it has an IR sensor. I may be canceling my order, because I do a lot of Keynotes. __________________ iMac 27: 3.4 Core i7 Quad, 3tb Fusion, 24gb of RAM, 2gb NVIDIA 680mx Macbook Air 13": 2.13 Core2Duo, 256 Flash, 4 gigs of RAM, NVIDIA 320M iPad 3, iPhone 5, Apple TV, Final Cut X, Logic, Drobo 5D
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Oct 21, 2010, 09:40 PM	#9
zedsdead macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2007	I decided to use an old iPhone because the Air can just create a wireless network which I can connect to. Still mad, but I can deal. Also the lack of a backlit keyboard is still not sitting well with me, but I think I can live with it. __________________ iMac 27: 3.4 Core i7 Quad, 3tb Fusion, 24gb of RAM, 2gb NVIDIA 680mx Macbook Air 13": 2.13 Core2Duo, 256 Flash, 4 gigs of RAM, NVIDIA 320M iPad 3, iPhone 5, Apple TV, Final Cut X, Logic, Drobo 5D
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Oct 20, 2010, 03:53 PM	#4
animatedude Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2010	i hope this isn't true
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Oct 21, 2010, 07:42 AM	#6
animatedude Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2010	any update on this? can someone confirm?
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Oct 21, 2010, 09:28 PM	#7
dimension6 macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2008	Or you could use something like this: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921665193830 I have one and it works great over Bluetooth with PCs and Macs.
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Oct 22, 2010, 09:21 AM	#10
animatedude Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2010	for those of you who got the new Air please test wether the Apple Remote work with the Air or not and report here...using your iPhone when doing presentations will make you look like a fool.
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Oct 22, 2010, 09:46 AM	#13
gri macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New York City, aka Big Apple	Always thought that way as well - but what ultimatly counts is the (in my case) the science, i.e. the content of the presentation, not the form factor. The latter might help but not if the content is crap to start with. __________________ 2.93 GHz MacPro 8 core, i7 2012 MBA; 2.7 Mac mini; iPhone 5, iPad 4 Brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:14 AM	#15
C64 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2008	If you allow them to use your MBA I'm sure you can share a phone for 10-15 minutes as well. Or an iPod touch, or maybe they have one themselves. I agree though that it's too bad there isn't a remote option, but there are many workarounds that work just as well or even better. IR is crap when you're walking around a bit. And no, the 13" doesn't have remote either. There's no space on the front and it won't work properly on the side. There also isn't an option to buy a remote from the Apple Store when choosing the 13", indicating it just isn't possible with these Airs.
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Oct 22, 2010, 10:53 AM	#16
Moodikar macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Toronto, Canada	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8B117 Safari/6531.22.7) I never thought ir technology was all that good. It's great for tv remotes but I like Bluetooth and wifi. Why not have a wifi remote. That'll probably be better and not have to aim a certain way. When doing presentations I use a d'san perfect cue. Those things are the pro stuff for going 50-100 feet away and never needing to aim at the laptop. Jobs uses it for keynotes... Mind you they cost $1000 but you can also buy the cheaper Logictec or Targus clockers for $100. Anyhow, IR was nice but not a dealbreaker. __________________ SE30, 6100, 7600, PB wallstreet, PB Pismo, PowerMac G3 blue/white, 15"PB titanium, 17"PB Al, 13"MBcoreduo, 13"MB13 black c2d, MBA1.86ghz, 15"MBP2.53unibody, MBA2.13ghz, 13"MBP13"2.66, 11"MBA1.6
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Oct 23, 2010, 01:49 AM	#17
animatedude Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2010	anyone care to share any reasonable workarounds that are easy and actually work? i want to use the Apple Remote..
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Oct 23, 2010, 02:56 AM	#20
drtimo macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8B117 Safari/6531.22.7) Surely guys...not a deal breaker. You can get USB presentation controllers for peanuts these days. They won't make your computer look bad either.
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Oct 24, 2010, 12:19 PM	#25
animatedude Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2010	help me get the Apple Remote work on the Air because it's deal breaker for me... any pix or videos shows how to get the Mira thingy work? or any other products?
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