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Once installed, be sure to place the freeware in your Mac’s Applications folder. You can pick up a free version of SiriMote from the Eternal Storms Software website. The requirements are relatively lax, as you only need OS X El Capitan 10.11 (or newer) and a Mac with Bluetooth 4.0.

Once SiriMote has been installed on your Mac, you can control your favorite macOS apps, including QuickTime, iTunes, Apple Keynote, Microsoft PowerPoint, and many more. It too will work with macOS devices - assuming you install a free third-party app called SiriMote for Mac. The links above have alternative methods and information about unpairing if the need arises.The Siri Remote, which launched in 2015, has been designed specifically for the always-on Siri capable Apple TV and serves as a replacement for the original Apple Remote. You should see a chain-link style lock appear in the center of your screen for a moment.

Your Apple Remote is now paired with your computer.

Press and hold the Menu and Next/Fast-forward buttons simultaneously on the remote for 5 seconds.

Point the remote at the infrared sensor on the front of your Mac.

Get very close to your Mac (about 3 or 4 inches away).

Pairing a remote with a Mac isn’t too dissimilar: Now, the device can only take commands from that remote, and that remote will only give commands to the device. If the pairing is successful, the Apple TV will display a chainlink symbol. * On an earlier, white Apple Remote, press and hold the Menu and Next/Fast-forward buttons for 6 seconds.

* On an aluminum Apple Remote, press and hold the Menu and Right buttons for 6 seconds. Thankfully, the boys and girls in Cupertino thought of this, and an Apple remote can be paired to a computer or Apple TV, allowing other devices in the vicinity to ignore its input.Īpple has directions to pair a remote with the Apple TV and any Mac that has an IR port, but here are the highlights: Pairing with an Apple TVĪccording to Apple, the first steps depend on what type of remote you have: Both have IR ports and can be used with Apple’s remote, but as IR isn’t the most exact thing in the world, a single remote can fire commands on both devices. In my living room, I have a Mac mini and an Apple TV in my entertainment center.