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I can not get the Apple Remote working with my new MBP. I tried pairing it with the MBP but nothing happened. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
 

fivetoadsloth

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the battery is probably dead, new oens arnt hard to find, just push the little button at the bottom with a pen/pencil etc.
 

Mattydj

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Make sure another apple remote is not paired with the machine. Go to system prefs in the security pane and click to unpair the remote.
 

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I found this in troubleshooting

Troubleshooting the Apple Remote

What the problem turned out to be was the battery was dead. The laptop is only two days old so I figured it would of had a charge but I guess not. One this interesting in the article is that the built-in iSight will pickup the IR signal that emits from a remote.
 
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