In the remote that comes with Apple TV, if you pair it with a mac, you'd be able to press and hold the play/pause button and your mac will go to sleep. Is there a way to do the same with iPhone/iPad Remote app?
asked Jun 21, 2011 at 0:37
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Not out of the box, but there might be an app for that. What I would recommend is simply installing a VNC app on both devices - something like TeamViewer or LogMeIn. Then, you can use your iPhone to navigate the system menu like you normally would.
I use Screens and Prompt to manage my macs remotely (whether it's the couch or from afar).
The little command osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to sleep' can be mapped to a function key or alias in your shell and will sleep the mac no matter how it gets called.
Screens: Using the mouse itself requires no setup or you could customize a gesture to activate a Function key that calls the script to automate things a bit.
Yes, you can search different alternatives on the iTunes Store. I've used jfcontrol in the past with great success. Not the prettiest application, but it deliver. You need a small (very small) server installed on the machine (it's just a little app that runs on the Menu Bar). Pretty much all these apps need a small server.
answered Jul 21, 2011 at 15:54
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I have too many apps in my menu bar already, was avoiding to add another one... Commented Jul 22, 2011 at 1:13
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Yeah, me too, but to be honest, I don't run the server at all times, only when I know I will need to. I.e.: if I'm going to watch a movie or something, then I simply load the daemon. It's instant and since I use launchbar, its probably 5 keystrokes away (no joke). ;) Commented Jul 22, 2011 at 8:59