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Product Description:
Remote Buddy turns the remote control in your hands into a key to your entire Mac. No matter, whether you want to control applications and presentations, browse and playback your music- and video collection, watch TV with EyeTV, browse the web or your filesystem, make the globe turn in Google Earth, enter a text, move the mouse, play games or maybe just change the brightness of your screen - you can do this all with Remote Buddy! And so much more!
What's new in this version:
- NEW: New version of Virtual Remote. Implements a global workaround for the Apple® Remote IR Controller locking issues of OS X 10.6 and 10.6.1. This global workaround is also available as seperate download for non-Remote Buddy users under http://www.candelair.com.
- NEW: Support for metadata made available by applications using the new HIDRemote Objective-C class.
- Other: Preparations for OS X 10.6.2
- Bugfixes.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
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Still not 64-bit! - Version: 1.14.1, 9/8/2009 06:48PM PST
libertyforall1776
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- At this point, a 64 bit version wouldn't offer any advantages, but have disadvantages
Does what it says but slowly 
- Version: 1.11.1, 8/12/2008 01:39AM PST
(2 of 4 users found this comment useful)
man290663
This app does EXACTLY what it says it does however for iphone/ipod based remotes it uses Bonjour and very slowly at that. for basic itunes use its not a patch on the Apple Remote App!.
(had it been faster it would have earned another star)
Powerpoint and other remote work using iphone/ipod is so slow as to render it unusable for real-time presentations (at the speed I need to do them) but has some great features- although the user interface is not as intuitive as I would have hoped..
For hardwired Remotes it Works as described but I don't feel it adds any functionality to the Keyspan remote that the Keyspan software does Not have. (had it done more it would have earned another 1/2 star)
However if you need to work with SEVERAL different remotes then tis IS the application for you as it can use any remote to control any application.
Some support materials are only available in German but it is well documented overall so this is not an issue for those non-german speakers.
Unfortunately this version is now deleted from my system but I will keep looking at this product for improvements in speed and usability.
(had it been faster it would have earned another star)
Powerpoint and other remote work using iphone/ipod is so slow as to render it unusable for real-time presentations (at the speed I need to do them) but has some great features- although the user interface is not as intuitive as I would have hoped..
For hardwired Remotes it Works as described but I don't feel it adds any functionality to the Keyspan remote that the Keyspan software does Not have. (had it done more it would have earned another 1/2 star)
However if you need to work with SEVERAL different remotes then tis IS the application for you as it can use any remote to control any application.
Some support materials are only available in German but it is well documented overall so this is not an issue for those non-german speakers.
Unfortunately this version is now deleted from my system but I will keep looking at this product for improvements in speed and usability.
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Really good (with Keyspan Express Remote) - Version: 1.8, 1/13/2008 07:50AM PST
(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)
BaroqueW
I am using my old Mac Mini PPC as a multimedia station and this software + a remote is really a great complement to my little TV setup.
Remote buddy provides a replacement to a mouse, controls Transmission and VLC and many other programs (awaken, itunes, etc.). The menus are slick and they offer direct access to your files (and yet, it offers the choice of the software you will use to open them).
Behaviours can be freely configured and that's probably better since the default one for VLC is not really adapted to the Keyspan Express Remote (meaning that the play/pause/forward buttons are not used by default, etc.).
Remote buddy provides a replacement to a mouse, controls Transmission and VLC and many other programs (awaken, itunes, etc.). The menus are slick and they offer direct access to your files (and yet, it offers the choice of the software you will use to open them).
Behaviours can be freely configured and that's probably better since the default one for VLC is not really adapted to the Keyspan Express Remote (meaning that the play/pause/forward buttons are not used by default, etc.).
Awesome app with great potential, though...