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Using the apple remote, Pairing your apple remote – Apple Mac mini (Mac OS X Server, Late 2009) User Manual

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Chapter 2

Life with Your Mac mini

Using the Apple Remote

With the optional Apple Remote you can play music from your iTunes music library,

watch photo slideshows and QuickTime movie trailers, play a DVD with DVD Player, and

more—all from across the room.

Your Apple Remote can:
 Navigate in iTunes or DVD Player.

 Put to sleep or wake your Mac mini.

To use your Apple Remote:
 Press the Play/Pause (’) button to play or pause a song, slideshow, or movie.

 Press the Next/Fast-forward

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or Previous/Rewind

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button to skip to the next or

previous song in your iTunes library or the next or previous chapter in a DVD movie.

 Hold down the Next/Fast-forward

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or Previous/Rewind

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button to fast-forward

or rewind within a song or a movie.

 Press the Volume Up (∂) or Volume Down (D) button to adjust the volume.

Pairing Your Apple Remote

If you have multiple computers or other devices with built-in IR receivers in a room

(for example, more than one Mac mini in a home office or lab), you can “pair” your

Apple Remote with a specific computer or device. Pairing sets up the receiving

computer or device so it’s controlled by only one remote.