can you change the batteries in the older iMac remote control
I have the small white remote that came with my iMac in about 2003. Is their any information, like how to change the battery and/or how to pair it with newer iMac etc?
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I have the small white remote that came with my iMac in about 2003. Is their any information, like how to change the battery and/or how to pair it with newer iMac etc?
iMac
"...Front Row was introduced in late 2005 with the "iSight" iMac G5.
The iSight iMac was first Mac that utilized Apple's remote control"
~ from LowEndMac
re: Remote control unit was not available for iMac models before iSight iMac G5.
•Revive a dead Apple Remote - macworld:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2025164/reviving-a-dead-apple-remote.html
(see comments in above article for suggestion on re-pairing the unit to iMac)
•Stupid Apple Remote Tricks:
http://www.macinstruct.com/node/79
This article goes on to tell about the indentation or place on the remote
that you can press with an adequately shaped object, to open battery
compartment. Some difficulty may be due to stickiness of the door.
Hopefully this may help somewhat. The old battery number, if still in the unit,
may be used to locate a replacement cell of similar power & shape.
Good luck & happy computing! 🙂
Be aware that, starting with the Late 2011 21.5 inch iMacs (iMac13,1), the infrared port required to use the remote was eliminated.
can you change the batteries in the older iMac remote control