Apple Remote, menu button, Front Row

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Apple Remote, menu button, Front Row

I bought a MacBook Pro a few months back, and I paid extra to get it with the Apple Remote as seen here: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC377LL/A . It says in the overview that it lets you use "Front Row" by pressing the Menu button on the remote to access iTunes content from afar, and it says it works on Macs made after 2005 with an IR port (which my MBP definately is).

So when I press the Menu button, nothing happens. No Front Row. Was this false advertising or is something wrong? I would contact the Apple Store or tech support but apparently I'm out of coverage. So how can I get it working? I upgraded to Mountain Lion and it still doesn't work. Any hope?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 7:29 PM

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Answer 1

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Bimmer 7 Series

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Jul 26, 2012 7:50 PM in response to Mac OS XP

see if your ir remote is enabled in your macbook.

system preferences - security and privacy - advance.......

or maybe your remote battery is dead?

anything is possible...

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Mac OS XP Author

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Jul 26, 2012 7:52 PM in response to Bimmer 7 Series

The remote is new. It changes volume just fine. Pushing the Play button plays iTunes music. It's like Front Row doesn't exist, despite what was advertised on the Apple Store.

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Jul 26, 2012 7:54 PM in response to Mac OS XP

i see.....I have one of those remotes....Not sure why I bought one.....Never even tried using it....

In my case, battery is probably dead since i've had it for years now...

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Mac OS XP Author

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Jul 26, 2012 10:32 PM in response to Mac OS XP

I don't know why it says that my problem is solved, I did not do that. To repeat: The remote works fine, but the Menu button doesn't do anything.

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pampi31

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Aug 6, 2012 10:20 AM in response to Mac OS XP

Hello, note that many remote abilities have been removed with Mountain Lion.

For example the Menu boutton is useless😠

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Mac OS XP Author

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Aug 6, 2012 11:31 AM in response to pampi31

That's stupid... then they shouldn't advertise it. ➖

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Fraytor

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Oct 11, 2012 6:52 PM in response to Mac OS XP

Front row has been remove from Mac OS X therefore as metioned above the Menu button is rendered useless... however this may not be the case if using it with DVD Player

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Answer 8

Jan 23, 2013 8:46 PM in response to Mac OS XP

This Worked for Me

No Need for Plex or Anything Like that, I Use it on XBMC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgDUwZuV_oY

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mattple

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Oct 31, 2015 5:51 AM in response to pampi31

Not completely useless. While on a slideshow on Keynote, when the Menu button is pressed, a preview of the subsequent slides is shown so that one can change to the desired slide.

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