Hi David, On Dec 09, 2007, at 03:50AM, David Poehlman wrote: >ok, so once you get the boot screen, can you use the remote to select and >activate the boot? > I don't think you can use the Apple Remote to select and activate the boot, but someone who has one of these could try it out. If it did work, my guess is that the left or right click keys would cycle through the available boot devices that show up and that pressing the center button would select it.
I've only handled one of the Apple Remotes for the first time when I was setting up a MacBook for someone this summer. You can also command selection of the different Front Row options from keyboard sequences, so the Apple Remote is just sending the equivalent commands. This was a work-around used by someone who was having problems using the startup key options on one of the new keyboards. I thought it might be a useful post since there have been some questions about Bootcamp (which requires this kind of startup) and using non-Apple keyboards (where key locations are switched, and it's not clear which key to hold down for this.) Cheers, Esther >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by >theblind" <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:27 PM >Subject: Using an Apple Remote to start up (Bootcamp, etc.) > > >Hi All, > >I found an interesting alternative way to start up your computer if you have >an >Apple Remote and you are booting into a separate partition or from another >hard drive: holding down the menu key (the depressible circular region that >is below the raised clickable circle of controls; it's near the center of >the >Apple Remote) acts like pressing the option key on your Apple Keyboard. > >The Apple Remote is a small control unit, that Apple has been including with >new Macs sold over the last year and a half or longer. It's used to >control >multimedia such as playing iTunes, movies, etc. remotely, and works with >VoiceOver. > >Because a number of people have posted about using Bootcamp to >install Windows on a separate partition, and others may want to either >start up from a backup of their operating system on another hard drive, >or be using linux partitions or external hard drives, this seemed like a >pretty >interesting option. To change the default startup location when you >turn on a Mac, you hold down the Option key as you power on, or >just after you push the "On" button. If there are multiple partitions or >drives attached that you can choose to boot from, you'll be given the >option of selecting one of these. > >Holding down the menu button on the Apple Remote works like pressing >the Option key on your keyboard. > >This was reported in MacFixIt a couple of weeks ago as a work-around >for a user who was having problems with his keyboard: > >http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20071113074656308 > >Tuesday, November 13 2007 AT 07:46 AM PST > >Using your Apple Remote as a "startup key" > ><begin quote> >It seems that if the Menu key is held down on the Apple remote during the >boot >process it will act as though the option key was held down. . . . your >readers may >want to know about using the Apple remote to select the Bootcamp partition >or >any other alternate partition on their hard drive. ><end quote> > >This might also be useful for people using non-Apple keyboards, although >using an Apple keyboard is highly recommended on this list. > > > > >
