can i control apple tv from my macbook? -- verification needed!

I totally agree, especially considering I found this page searching a solution for this very problem. The remote that came with Apple TV broke long ago having something spilled on it. My iPhone has a remote app, why doesn't my macbook? its weird theres not one

Right now we are making permanent posts on an apple support forum run by apple support on a website run by apple, complete with 'like' options.

if someone at apple isn't reading this I'd be very surprised.

Again, this is a user to user forum, for providing technical assistance. Apple rarely come here and there is little possibility they will see this. If you wish anything to come of this then you need to bring it directly to Apple's attention. Also, the more requests received the better chance there is of implementation.

No worries now that Google has come out with it Apple is sure to follow... Remember when Apple was the innovator? I do.

Just installed 1keyboard and that will do for now. Thank you and it's down to $4 nice

I still love my macs but with they'd get back to worrying about being the best and not the biggest

I would like this as well. To be clear. I am sitting in my living room, working on my MacBook pro. Apple TV is playing iTunes Radio with the TV off (so its not distracting). I want to be able to change to a different station. Currently I have to get up, turn a huge TV on, then use the Apple, iPad or iPhone remote to change the radio station, turn the TV back off, then press play a couple of time on the Apple TV remote because my TV tells Apple TV to pause when it turns off through the HDMI cable.

What I want to do is bring up and app on my iPad, iPhone, or MacBook Pro that lets me not only control the Apple TV (which I can do through the remote or a bluetooth keyboard), but to also be able to see the Apple TV display on my remote device without having to turn on the TV.

A work around is to use AirPlay and stream the music from my computer to Apple TV. That's ok, but it seems like Apple TV and AirPlay should be bi-directional - any device should be able to display and interact with any other device.

how many times i've seen "its not meant to do that!" and then it was added in a patch the next month. there are a lot of helpful people on these forums, but unfortunately the smug ones always manage to come out and give "advice"

So 3 and a half years later, is this an option yet?

My kids constantly lose our AppleTV remote.

Our mac is always in the same spot.

We have no special keyboards or anything like that. We would not use them enough to justify the cost and I am nervous to buy some third party software suggested here.

Can I use my mac to control our appleTv to watch Netflix or are we just going to not be able to use AppleTV til we find our remote or go out and buy another?

Journey83 wrote:

It appears that to connect 1Keyboard to your appleTV you NEED the remote to pair it, is that true?

Yes, you do need the Apple TV remote (or the iOS "Remote" app already set up) to pair 1Keyboard.

jamsden wrote:

I would like this as well. To be clear. I am sitting in my living room, working on my MacBook pro. Apple TV is playing iTunes Radio with the TV off (so its not distracting). I want to be able to change to a different station. Currently I have to get up, turn a huge TV on, then use the Apple, iPad or iPhone remote to change the radio station, turn the TV back off, then press play a couple of time on the Apple TV remote because my TV tells Apple TV to pause when it turns off through the HDMI cable.

What I want to do is bring up and app on my iPad, iPhone, or MacBook Pro that lets me not only control the Apple TV (which I can do through the remote or a bluetooth keyboard), but to also be able to see the Apple TV display on my remote device without having to turn on the TV.

A work around is to use AirPlay and stream the music from my computer to Apple TV. That's ok, but it seems like Apple TV and AirPlay should be bi-directional - any device should be able to display and interact with any other device.

Exactly my use case. Also while playing Radio, to be able to favourite a song. Skipping a song can be done with TV off but to favourite a song you have to make several steps and visual aid is necessary.

Absolutely there is a need for this. From what I understand, M$ has decoupled the mobile experience from the desktop/laptop experience in Win 10. What a silly decision. We want the same experience on every device. I have a macbook, ipad, iphone, apple tv, apple bluetooth keyboard, apple bluetooth mouse, etc -- and I still did not have a nice unified experience within my home network. Rubbish.

Bare minimum: I'm using my laptop wirelessly on the couch while watching a tv that is play apple tv. I want to control the apple tv from my macbook pro so I can change the channel or do absolutely anything the two-button remote that comes with the apple tv does.

I also had to purchase the app, Mobile Mouse and setup a server, simply to use my ipad as a mouse for my macbook. These things should all work together, but u know that 😉.

Another use case. I'm on the macbook pro, and I remote into my work desktop. Now I want to walk around the house, so I leave the laptop on the coffee table, then pick up the ipad to carry around the house with me. I should be able to view my macbook. I can accomplish this with an app such as 'Teamviewer' but jumping through all these hoops is pretty annoying.

While reading this thread i found an app called CiderTV for the MAC. its a free app and seems to be designed to do exactly what this thread is asking for, installs an app on the Mac that can control your AppleTV exactly as you remote would, allowing you to navigate and play movies, tv programs netflix etc.. however got bored trying to get it to connect via bluetooth...

if anyone finds this successful please let me know

Actually you can easily remote control your Apple TV from your MacBook using 1Keyboard for Mac

(It works using Bluetooth).