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Awesome app to control your Mac over WiFi; MUCH better than 'iPhone Remote'

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BoxNut

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Nov 18, 2007
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While trying to get iPhone Remote to work properly, I stumbled on this little gem: http://www.iospirit.com/index.php?m...ode=infogroup-23&sid=4677183G6dbf33f77cced182

It is shareware (30 day trial), but much more polished and stable than iPhone Remote.
One of my favorite things about this app is that when controlling iTunes, you can:
- see album artwork
- see track name/artist, etc.
- set ratings
- change speakers (AirTunes)
- browse playlists

Enjoy!
 
Does it

Not sure about this one, one of the reasons I liked the iPhone Remote was that it actualled streams movies from your Mac to the Touch. That's a neat option that I dont think this package has.
 
1. yes it does cost money ($20, i think) but that's a small price to pay, if you ask me. This app is very stable and very nice-looking; and besides, everything else for the iPod Touch has been free (except the iPod itself, lol)
2. no, i don't think it does stream, but personally, that doesn't bother me at all.
 
I find iphone remote way better than remote buddy. It is definitely not as confusing to set up. When i first launched remote buddy, i had no idea that you have to go in and set up AJAX remote and all this other crap. With iphone remote, you just launch the program, type in the address and boom. Ive also never had iphone remote crash on me, my first go around with remote buddy it crashed. But its all good.
 
Another vote for iPhone Remote. Setup was just a double click and it's free! Also, I like being able to stream movies from my Mac to my TV without having to copy the movie directly on the iPod itself.
 
TheSpaz said:
Another vote for iPhone Remote. Setup was just a double click and it's free! Also, I like being able to stream movies from my Mac to my TV without having to copy the movie directly on the iPod itself.
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I've been asking this question over and over, so you can stream and watch your movies with the t.v. out cable on your ipod/iphone.
That would be kick ass!
 
dan-o-mac said:
I've been asking this question over and over, so you can stream and watch your movies with the t.v. out cable on your ipod/iphone.
That would be kick ass!
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Yeah, combine iPhone Remote with Apple's Universal Dock and Apple's AV Composite cable and you can stream content from your computer to your TV. Piece of cake. I do it all the time. It's just like having an AppleTV.
 
ok ok, so i suppose it depends on what you're intending to use this for. i don't watch video on my iPod at all, all i use this app for mainly is for the itunes remote functions.
...to each his own...
 
BoxNut said:
ok ok, so i suppose it depends on what you're intending to use this for. i don't watch video on my iPod at all, all i use this app for mainly is for the itunes remote functions.
...to each his own...
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I've got both of them running at the moment- both have their good points, but neither feel 'finished' to me- maybe combining the two would be good!

There is another similar thing here (Signal):
http://www.apple.com/webapps/entertainment/signal.html

And another similar app thread running here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/389813/
That looks promising but I (nor either of the people on that thread) have Leopard to try it out on! Anyone have a look for us?
 
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