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The remotes do have some uses beyond controlling FrontRow. In 2009 they replaced the original white plastic remote and with a taller, thinner aluminum version. I think Apple must have realized that few people actually used the remote controls so they stopped including them with new Macs but they continue to sell the remotely separately for about $20. Apple’s intended users to use them to control FrontRow which lets user view movies (DVDs), photos and music.

They then included it with MacBooks and MacBook Pros as well as the Mac mini. Starting in 2005, Apple started to ship remote controls with their iMac G5 computers. Personally, I’ve used the free iRed Lite.įirst, here’s a little background. Instead, you need to use a third party application. PowerPoint 2004 does not natively have this capability. PowerPoint 2008 and PowerPoint 2011 both include support for Apple’s remote. Here are some instructions for getting this set up. (The default is Command-Option-P.You can use Apple’s infrared (IR) remote control to control slideshows in PowerPoint 2004, PowerPoint 2008 and PowerPoint 2011. You’ll see on the View menu that “Play Slideshow” is now linked to the F5 shortcut.

Quit out of Keynote and open it again.

Click on Add and close the Keyboard system prefs.

Move the cursor to the Keyboard Shortcut: area and press F5.

In Menu Title: field, type “Play Slideshow”.

Scroll to the bottom of the list, select Other… and then select Keynote from the Applications:iWork ’09 folder or wherever you installed it and click on Add.

Click the Plus button to assign a new shortcut.

Here’s how to get the Start button to work in Keynote by remapping the default Play Slideshow keyboard shortcut: On Mac OS all buttons work fine on Microsoft Powerpoint and Keynote except the Play Slideshow button (Start button) on Keynote. It says that system requirements are for Windows only…but the remote acts like a wireless USB keyboard and so it can be made to work great on the Mac.