I suppose this is something similar to what you've made, in a very compact package. Regarding the IR-receivers you've used with USB, on the Remote Buddy site there's a page which talks about a small USB IR-transceiver called Flirc USB. does anyone know, or have other suggestions for something simple which just allows me to move around and select things in iTunes in addition to what the remote already does? I don't know if it does what I mentioned above. Most of them were outdated (working only on very old MacOS/OSX versions -even older than my 10.13 High Sierra, hehe ) but Mira was one which works with High Sierra (actually up to 10.14). While searching for simpler (and cheaper/free) alternatives to Remote Buddy I came across "Apple remote alternatives and storage" which mentioned a few apps. If I could just add the ability to move around in iTunes (where I have all my media organized), then select a video, audio book, song or whatever it would make things so much easier. I have so many complicated apps already that I now tend to look for simple tools that just does something really well than having too many features which takes a lot of time to learn. Remote Buddy seems like a nice app, but probably overkill for my use. Perhaps with some added software to make it more useful? Getting back to Alpha Cyntauri's statement about the remote control's function being quite limited today, is there anything else you can control on a MacBook Pro apart from what I'm already doing (pause/play, rewind/previous and fast forward/next) within iTunes? I'm on MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra). So in case I lose the Apple remote again I can still control the Mac Oh, I even managed to "transfer" the new remote over to my "One For All 7960" programmable universal remote control. So, based on arw's previous posting confirming that it works with his Macbook Pro I bought one of those remotes today and can confirm it works great! At first I couldn't get it to work, but after pairing it with the computer (hold down the remote control's MENU and FAST-FORWARD buttons simultaneously for at least 5 seconds until a "chain" icon pops up on the Mac's screen to indicate it's paired with the computer) it worked perfectly. It doesn't do much, but I find it very handy when needing to fast-forward/rewind or pause/play a movie which I have in iTunes on my 2012 Macbook Pro (attached to a TV via the Mini-DP port with a MiniDP to HDMI cable). So when Jesse Endahl, the chief security officer of the Mac management firm Fleetsmith, and Max Bélanger, a staff engineer at Dropbox, found a bug in these setup tools, they realized they could exploit it to get rare remote Mac access.Click to expand.Yeah, my experience too. The idea is that a company can ship Macs to its workers directly from Apple's warehouses, and the devices will automatically configure to join their corporate ecosystem after booting up for the first time and connecting to Wi-Fi.ĭEP and MDM require a lot of privileged access to make all of that magic happen. These enterprise tools allow employees of a company to walk through the customized IT setup of a Mac themselves, even if they work in a satellite office or from home. That attack, which researchers will demonstrate Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, targets enterprise Macs that use Apple's Device Enrollment Program and its Mobile Device Management platform. In fact, it's possible to remotely compromise a brand new Mac the first time it connects to Wi-Fi. But there's still never a guarantee that a mass-produced product will come out of the box totally pristine. Apple's supply chain is one of the most closely monitored and analyzed in the world, both because of the control the company exerts and keen interest from third parties.
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