Remote Buddy Express For Mac

Remote Buddy Express is a versatile OS X application that turns your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple Remote into a remote control for more than 100 applications on your Mac.

This is the less enhanced version of the Remote Buddy app that provides a demo version. Thus, if you want to try Remote Buddy Express before buying it, consider downloading the trial version of Remote Budy.

In order to connect with your remote Mac, the app uses the AJAX Remote web application that runs on the Mac using Remote Buddy Express' built-in HTTP server. More importantly, this remote control utility can perform different actions depending on the software it controls.

For instance, you can adjust the volume of iTunes, rate the song, toggle shuffle and repeat, control the playback and more. In Text Edit, Remote Buddy Express provides an on-screen keyboard that you can control with a remote device. All the on-screen controllers are accessed via AJAX Remote.

Other supported apps include iPhoto, Keynote, QuickTime, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Lightroom, Aperture, DVD Player, Google Earth, Garageband, VLC, XBMC and many other. It is important to note though that the apps that enjoy the best support are media players.

In addition to controlling apps, you can also browse your Mac’s file system and access system settings. You are given the freedom to open documents, diverse files and other data on your remote Mac using just your iDevice.

Remote Buddy Express features an intuitive window split into different tabs, each for setting general options, mapping, the menu, behaviors, hardware, AJAX Remote and the Movie library. The Mapping tab allows you to choose which action to be performed for a certain button on your iDevice.

On the whole, Remote Buddy Express is an impressive utility that really enforces the idea that everything is possible with the right software solution. It supports a large assortment of apps that can be fully controlled using your iOS devices and it offers great versatility in changing the key mapping for most of the available actions.