- #No option to connect itunes remote to itunes full#
- #No option to connect itunes remote to itunes Bluetooth#
It's so good, in fact, many people buy a Mac Mini instead of an Apple TV and hook them up to their televisions for just that reason. For those unfamiliar with Front Row, it's an application that basically sits on top of iTunes and allows the Mac to work like Apple TV, with the same remote control (the little white one) and an interface identical to the original Apple TV's. The only glaring omission in Apple's otherwise amazing little Remote App is the apparent lack of support for Apple's Front Row.
#No option to connect itunes remote to itunes Bluetooth#
Since Apple hasn't seen fit to include a Bluetooth chip for their own physical mouse and keyboard, this is the best data entry option to date.
#No option to connect itunes remote to itunes full#
How'd I miss this? Daring Fireball points out that while the Apple TV's on screen keyboard is nothing special from a usability standpoint, once hooked up, the iPhone Remote's full soft Querty becomes available for entering passwords and searching content. you'll see a list of other songs/videos for you to quickly switch between. Being able to watch something on the screen and investigate it at the same time on the iPhone would be killer.Īgain, the iPhone is limited to the older 802.11g WiFi speeds, so it may take a few seconds to populate your list (understandable as cover art would need to be transferred and scaled on the fly, requiring some compute cycles likely on iTunes' end where the desktop CPU could better handle the hit).Īnd you can flip the cover art around and, if you're in a playlist, album, TV series, Podcast series, etc. Linking in to IMDB, for example, to get additional metadata would also be an excellent update. While the iPod app doesn't do this either, its on my wish-list for the future.
If someone who ripped their video media to iTunes was obsessive compulsive enough to use MetaX to embed poster art and tags (actors, directors, descriptions, season, episode, etc.), that someone would be rewarded by seeing the poster art same as album art, but unfortunately the meta tags themselves aren't available anywhere. Again, keeping with the iPod app metaphor, Remote fills up with a list of your content, including album art. I tested Remote on both an Apple desktop and laptop running iTunes 7.7 on OS X Leopard 10.5.4. Using the iPhone Remote with iTunes and the Apple TV Again, making the behavior identical to the iPod app gets Apple bonus points.
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