Apple Invented Siri For Mac

I’ve written a lot about my love of the new. One of the best features of it is the brand new remote control Apple developed for it, dubbed the Siri Remote. It’s called this because a main feature of the remote is that it allows you to ask Siri questions and issue her voice commands.

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The Siri Remote also has some other nice features like a trackpad for easy control of on screen commands. To see all the best tips of using the Siri Remote with the Apple TV. Not many people know this, but the Siri Remote can also be used with a Mac.

That’s because the Siri Remote is packed with not only an IR receiver (so it can control your television’s volume) but it’s packed with a Bluetooth chip as well. This Bluetooth chip allows the Siri Remote to send date about your touchpad gestures and your Siri queries to the Apple TV itself. This Bluetooth chip also allows you to pair it with other devices, like your Mac. The only bad thing is that Apple has not built in Siri Remote support to OS X. The Siri Remote has limited functionality when using Xcode, but that’s only because developers need to test the remote’s gestures with their apps and game.

If you don’t use Xcode the Mac won’t pick up the Siri remote at all. That is.unless you use an. The free app allows you to pair your Siri Remote with your Mac and use to to control many of Apple's built-in and third-party media apps. It should be noted that you shouldn’t get too excited about SiriMote, however. The app doesn’t allow you to use the Siri personal digital assistant on your Mac. I’ll go through the exact set up procedure below, but first let's talk about what the Siri Remote can be used for once you use SiriMote to pair it with your Mac. First, you can use the volume buttons on the Siri Remote to change the system volume in OS X.

But the real power of SiriMote becomes apparent once you begin using it with OS X’s apps. In iTunes you can use the Siri Remote to Play/Pause, Fast Forward, Rewind, Next Track, or Previous Track a song. In Keynote you can use the Siri Remote to go to the next slide or the previous slide in a presentation.

In QuickTime you can use the Siri Remote to Play/Pause, Fast Forward, or Rewind. In the popular third-party video client VLC you can use the Siri Remote to Play/Pause, Fast Forward, Rewind, Next Track, or Previous Track a video. If you’re interested, SiriMote works by sleight of hand.

It translates the Siri Remote buttons into media key presses of your Mac’s keyboard, enabling your Siri Remote to interact with any application that takes advantage of the media key event system. This is why you will find that by using SiriMote the Siri Remote can actually work with more apps than only those listed above. Sounds awesome, huh? Now that you understand what SiriMote is here’s all you need to do to get your Siri Remote working on your Mac. Do note that you’ll need to make sure your Mac has Bluetooth 4.0 and is running OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Using the Siri Remote with your Mac.

Download the. Install SiriMote by clicking on its installer. Open System Preferences on your Mac by going to Apple MenuSystem Preferences.

Open the Bluetooth preference pane in System Preferences. On your Siri Remote, press and hold the Menu and Volume Up buttons for five seconds. When a new device (it will be the Siri Remote) shows up in your Devices list in the Bluetooth preference pane, click the Pair button. One you have paired your Siri Remote with your Mac the SiriMote app will show you a diagram with the playback controls you can use on your Mac. Now once you open one of the supported apps you’ll be able to control some of its features with the Siri Remote.

Do note that when the Siri Remote is paired with your Mac it will no longer work with your Apple TV. In order to get it to work with your Apple TV again you’ll need to repair it with that. Here’s how to do that:. Open System Preferences on your Mac by going to Apple MenuSystem Preferences. Open the Bluetooth preference pane in System Preferences.

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Under the devices list, click the X button next to the paired remote. This will unpair it from your Mac.

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Now restart your Apple TV and press and hold the Menu and Volume Up buttons for five seconds. Your Siri Remote will now be re-paired with your Apple TV and all of its features (such as Siri voice search) will be available. It would be great if you didn’t have un-pair, re-pair the Siri Remote with your Mac/Apple TV each time, but that is a limitation of Bluetooth (a Bluetooth device can only be paired to one device at a time) and not the SiriMote app.

* Selectable movie quality from VGA to HD. * Option to highlight mouse clicking. * Capture audio in stereo (either from microphone or system audio output). * Multi-display support. Ripcorder screen for mac. * Capture whatever is played by your mac, regardless of the video/stream format.