Comments on: Snow Leopard thaws to the Apple Remote, thanks to Remote Buddy Author

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:48:26 +0000

I’ve heard there are some wildlife groups trying to get Apple to do more stuff with the actual S.L.’s lol. I don’t know- people are saying it’s good PR for Apple- they should jump on that.

By: Gorim

Gorim — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:02:42 +0000

You brought me back to life.

Ton of tanks, my friends.

By: Felix Schwarz

Felix Schwarz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:43:17 +0000

@ Navid:

There was a rare, Leopard-only issue (with about 0.07% of users affected) in v1.0 of Candelair. This issue has now been identified, addressed and fixed.

I have posted a more lengthy analysis and explanation of what caused the issue over in the Plex 0.8.3 thread comments (at the time of writing, it still seems to be in the approval queue).

To remove the old version from your system:

1) Boot into single user mode by following the instructions at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492

2) when you arrive at the “:/ root#” prompt, type in
rm -Ri /System/Library/Extensions/RBIOKitHelper.kext
and confirm the deletion of the files located at and within /System/Library/Extensions/RBIOKitHelper.kext.

3) when done, type in
reboot

4) Your Mac will now reboot. Let is start up normally without pressing any keys during startup.

5) When reinstalling the Candelair driver, please be sure you’re at 1.0.2 (driver version 1.7.2) or later. You can find both version numbers by pressing on the “About” button in the Candelair preference pane.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

By: Navid

Navid — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:55:07 +0000

Sofa Control + 10.5 + candelair gives me kernel panic at boot !!!

By: Claude

Claude — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:01:10 +0000

Finally i have a working media center again!!! Thanks guys for this great work!!!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:06:04 +0000

Apple Remote… Stupid IR. Why can’t they make it Bluetooth, for Christ’s sake? My $3500 Mac Pro doesn’t have IR, only Bluetooth.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:14:42 +0000

With this, I installed Snow Leopard on my Mac Minis. Works as advertised.

By: Mart

Mart — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:59:28 +0000

Sofa Control + SL works fine too. Remote buddy seems alot cooler though.

By: RobM

RobM — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:25:22 +0000

“what is the status with the new metal apple remote with the two extra buttons ”

Which two extra buttons are those, “name required”? All I can see on the new remote are the buttons the old one always had but located in slightly different locations.

Either way, old or new remote I’m delighted to see another fix for SL & Plex appear!

By: Rozzy

Rozzy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:43:21 +0000

Oh man, thank you so much for this. It has definitely been the biggest problem to come up in snow leopard for me so far

By: colin

colin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:17:49 +0000

Oh how I love remote buddy. One of the best pieces of software I have ever purchased

By: name required

name required — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:22:50 +0000

one less reason for me not to buy one of the new SL mini’s as an upgrade to my 1.83ghz leopard one.

what is the status with the new metal apple remote with the two extra buttons – will that “just work” or will it need to be fixed, or will something need to be programmed to support the extra buttons or what?

By: Nudgenudge

Nudgenudge — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:15:57 +0000

I received my new Mac mini yesterday, and got 2 issues with Plex: the sound dropping, and the remote.
Now with this program, a reboot, and a work-around for the sound, everything works perfectly: no more Front Row/iTunes popping up.

Thank you Felix for this program.

By: Nudgenudge

Nudgenudge — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:58:18 +0000

I just got my new Mac mini yesterday, and learnt the remote issues by launching iTunes each time I navigated.
So thank you Felix for this!

By: lukejr

lukejr — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:34:17 +0000

Great news, Remote Buddy is a great little app I purchased it a while back. Great to see a solution. Looking forward to Plex 0.8.3

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:37:13 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Remote Buddy and its extreme extensibility. Thanks for the support, Felix!

By: osplo

osplo — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:27:14 +0000

Does Plex work with the Harmony remote under Snow Leopard? Maybe I do not need to wait to upgrade…

By: Laterix

Laterix — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:27:11 +0000

Thank you Felix! We all really appriciate your work and your will to help open source Project even though you could have implemented this just for your commercial appilcation. I will look into remote buddy and consider buying it. Thanks!

By: Gustav Axelsson

Gustav Axelsson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:16:51 +0000

Thank you Felix! A minor issue though, F8 (play/pause) still launches iTunes in 10.6.1 even if another application (for example Spotify) is open.
It would be perfect if, in a future update, Candelair could also fix that bug in Apples implementation. (Not sure it is within the scope of the Candelair though.)

By: xain09

xain09 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:12:04 +0000

Great news!

By: Keane16

Keane16 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:08:20 +0000

Excellent news. I’ve got a Plexless iMac at the moment. As soon as 0.8.3 drops I’m there!

By: someone

someone — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:24:34 +0000

Didn’t update my MacMini yet to SL because of the remote problem. So many thanks to all people working on this!

By: Hjalti

Hjalti — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:37:33 +0000

Respect!

By: Jonas

Jonas — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:13:45 +0000

This is amazing, working perfect! You guys rock.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:10:57 +0000

I own Remote Buddy and it’s great – I use it from my remote and my iPhone and it’s worked very well! I recommend it if you want to be able to control any app with your remote.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:10:23 +0000

Thank a lot Felix and the Plex crew!

By: Luis

Luis — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:09:49 +0000

I have Remote Buddy and is a great software. I’m very happy with him. It is easy to use when you understand his interface. In fact, I’m using it every day for every application.

(Sorry for my mistakes… i’m learning English

By: rezzo

rezzo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:09:27 +0000

Awesome news and waiting 0.8.3, thanks!

By: Grayson

Grayson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:55:42 +0000

Thats great news! Big thanks to Felix!

By: pereza1

pereza1 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:43:42 +0000

great news!!! woohoo!!! once 8.3 is certified for SL, i’ll upgrade