Just got my first Apple Remote (the little one like with the new iMac's) however it doesn't appear to be magnetic, is the magnet located within the magnet or the remote itself? Would've been nice to stick it to the side of my Windows base unit🙁
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Apple Remote not magnetic?
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Macaddicttt
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I'm sorry, but where did you get the idea that it was magnetic in the first place? I've never heard of a magnetic remote.
The fact it sticks to the mac 😉Macaddicttt said:
So now I get to hunt for a little magnet to stick to my base unit 😀mfacey said:
Macaddicttt
macrumors 6502a
LastLine said:
Hmm... That's pretty neat. I looked all over the Apple website and found no mention of it. Maybe I'm just blind, but now I have to go look again.
EDIT: Never mind. I found where it's mentioned, although it was pretty hidden...
oh I'm actually looking for a way to stick it to a windows base unit, or my filing cabinet. I don't own an imac - I use the remote for my iPod.rjphoto said:
LastLine said:
First double-check that the remote is actually magnetic - try sticking a fridge magnet. If it's magnetic, you could stick a magnet to the inside of your PC case.
Just make sure it's away from disk-drives etc.... there's a warning in the iMac manual not to place disks etc to close to the bottom-right corner of the iMac - since that's where the magnet for the remote is located.
Will Cheyney
macrumors 6502a
Haha! I had wondered how the remote attached to the iMac. I thought that perhaps the image had just been mocked up for illustration purposes!
Cool!
Cool!
just out of curiousity what have you been using your remote for?
I've thought about buying one to use w/ the universal ipod dock, but there's been numerous complaints that apple hasn't enabled the "menu" button on the remote to use w/ the ipod... I'd like to think they'd update them to make the button work, or else all I can do w/ the remote is go forward or backwards through tracks, or turn up/down the volume.
I've thought about buying one to use w/ the universal ipod dock, but there's been numerous complaints that apple hasn't enabled the "menu" button on the remote to use w/ the ipod... I'd like to think they'd update them to make the button work, or else all I can do w/ the remote is go forward or backwards through tracks, or turn up/down the volume.
FocusAndEarnIt
macrumors 601
I don't think it has any effect. Be sides, would Apple make something that was harmful to the insides of the computer? Jeez - I need to think about that one 😱doucy2 said:
I remember a comment about this somewhere on the Apple site that warns about placing magnetic media close to the lower right side of the iMac because of the magnet.lilstewart92 said:
Alright, the whole magnets not being good for optical media is... A MYTH (mostly)!
I read it in Mac Secrets (3rd Edition).
Basically, your basic refrigerator magnet will not damage optical media. I took floppies filled with my own precious data (for a 7 year old) and placed magnets of different strengths and for different periods of time. Not a single bit of data lost. Perhaps a strong magnet field like the ones that pick up cars, but not your basic magnets around the house.
But, do not every put a magnet on a CRT tube! You'll really screw up the colors and picture. You can fix it with more magnets, but it isn't worth the trouble. No ideas about LCD's, but I suspect it can't be harmful (I tried the old black and white LCD's. No damage.) Don't take my word for it though.
Same goes for that whole a-speck-of-dust-on-the-floppy-when-you-expose-the-metal-part-will-damage-the-floppy... All a myth.
I read it in Mac Secrets (3rd Edition).
Basically, your basic refrigerator magnet will not damage optical media. I took floppies filled with my own precious data (for a 7 year old) and placed magnets of different strengths and for different periods of time. Not a single bit of data lost. Perhaps a strong magnet field like the ones that pick up cars, but not your basic magnets around the house.
But, do not every put a magnet on a CRT tube! You'll really screw up the colors and picture. You can fix it with more magnets, but it isn't worth the trouble. No ideas about LCD's, but I suspect it can't be harmful (I tried the old black and white LCD's. No damage.) Don't take my word for it though.
Same goes for that whole a-speck-of-dust-on-the-floppy-when-you-expose-the-metal-part-will-damage-the-floppy... All a myth.
mduser63
macrumors 68040
mpw said:
Like mpw said, floppies aren't optical media, they're magnetic, and I know from first hand experience that they can be damaged by magnets. CRTs can also be affected by magnets (although not easily permanently damaged), but LCDs are not affected by magnets.
Basically the only things that can be damaged by magnets are things that use magnetism in some way. CRTs and magnetic media like hard drives, floppy disks and cassette tapes use magnetism to work, LCDs and optical media like CDs/DVDs don't.
mduser63 said:
*smacks self in head* 😛
Yes, I meant magnetic media. Ahem...
Can you seriously tell me a refrigerator magnet damaged data on a floppy or cassette tape from your own experience though? I, in all honesty, can say I have not had that problem. And call me a daredevil, but I left my friends' floppies with magnets on them in school back in elementary school to prove my point. I will say I do believe without a doubt a strong magnetic for could damage those medias, but I doubt a weak refrigerator magnet (or even the magnet inside the iMac) can damage the components inside the iMac.
superbovine
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applekid said:
the case and the metal flap on the floppy protect it from most small magnetic fields. same goes for a tape. however, you flip open the flap and put the frig magnet on the exposed portion of the tape or disk, you will screw it up. However, if you have a degaussing coil that will destroy what is on the floppy,vhs,other types of magnetic media (i've never tried an hd on it) pretty quickly. I would say that if you but an hd on the coil ever if the EM wasn't strong enough to get through the case you'd still screw up the underlying circuit board.