No way to Disable IR receiver in Lion!

I just installed Lion, Hooray! But I am trying to disable the IR receiver in the Preferences, Security pane like the instructions say but there is no option to turn it off like there was in Leopard. Where did it go😕? I paired my remote to my Apple TV correctly, but it still controls my Mac! Anyone figure this out? Was this mistakenly left out of Lion? Thanks

Mac (yes that's my name)

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 11:55 PM

19 replies

Feb 21, 2012 6:27 PM in response to Gypsor

Thanks. I don't think I would have ever looked there.

Jun 5, 2012 10:08 AM in response to Macatc123

Open System Preferences>Security & Privacy> General. At the Bottom right of the General menu. Click on Advanced menu and it will open up and their will be the an option to Disable remote control Infrared receiver.

Aug 1, 2012 5:10 PM in response to Gypsor

Worked for me thanks! I just had to unlock the advanced tab!

sprale

Level 1

4 points

Nov 17, 2014 8:14 PM in response to Macatc123

Here's another odd example of this issue, this time on my wife's 2010 MBP (13-inch) running 10.9.5. We have a Mac Mini XBMC box, and lately when her MBP is in the room, it picks up the "play" command and launches iTunes and starts playing music. The trouble is this; the option to disable the IR receiver is hidden. Pictures or it didn't happen:

I'd been fighting with it, trying to get some Unix commands to work when I found this thread, and the Candelair solution works great for us.

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No way to Disable IR receiver in Lion!