With so many Macs, we’d have mayhem if we didn’t have each system paired with their respective remote. The MacBooks roam about the house, but they come to sleep with us in the bedroom at our desks. As more and more mac users switch to Intel Macs as I have, they’ll find out they have to pair the remotes for each system to prevent synchronized Front-Rowing, and iPod Universal Dock magic.Īt our house, we have an Intel iMac, and two MacBooks, and one universal dock in our bedroom. It’s not just for occasions like this that you should pair your Apple Remote with your iMac, Mac Mini, or MacBook (Pro). Imagine the look on those in the hall as Front Row mystically opened on their screens. Of course, you should have your MacBook (Pro) paired with your remote for this purpose, otherwise anyone could ‘disarm’ your security system easily.Īnd it was when he was ‘arming’ iAlertU that he discovered something, much to the chagrin of other MacBook users in the hall below him: almost no one pairs their remotes with their MacBooks. Once the program is open, all you have to do is hold down the Menu button on your Apple remote to activate/de-activate your alarm. It even takes a snapshot of the would-be thief and makes a noisy racket with a car-alarm like response, even if it’s just moved, let alone used. To feel comfortable leaving his Mac unattended, he uses iAlertU, a nice little security application from Slapping Turtle that turns your MacBook’s speakers, iSight camera, motion sensors and screen into an alarm system capable of locking up the computer. Recently my brother was in a lecture at his University, and had to get up and go to the bathroom.
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