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What's new in Remote Buddy 2.6

Mar 19, 2024
  • NEW: Support for the IINA video player
  • Enhancement: The Standard Behaviour for unknown apps now defaults to Trackpad mode for the Siri Remote. If you prefer the Remote mode, you can change the setting back in Prefs > Mapping > Standard Behaviour.
  • Fix: Fixed broken play/pause and menu support for DVD Player in macOS 13+
  • Improved infrared (IR) support:
  • NEW: new AppleScript commands for recording and transmitting IR commands
  • NEW: Command Line Tool irtool to record and send IR commands from the command line
  • NEW: Support for decoding and encoding NEC, RC5 and RC6 IR codes
  • NEW: IR Recorder improvements:
  • New popup menu allows picking from recognized IR codes, giving a choice between recognized codes and raw IR timings
  • Undo support
  • improved look and functionality
  • Custom Actions improvements:
  • NEW: new Shell script actor to run shell or other scripts (f.ex. Python 3)
  • NEW: custom actions can now also be created in the global All Apps category
  • NEW: actions can now be duplicated in the Custom Actions Editor
  • Enhancement: The Custom Actions editor now selects the custom action assigned to the button (if any) it was opened for.
  • Fix: The "Use" button in the Custom Actions editor is again working properly, assigning the selected action to the button for which the editor was invoked
  • UI improvements:
  • NEW: You can now (re)name most remotes
  • Enhancement: The Script Remote, HotKey Remote and Mobile Access can now be deactivated in the Devices prefs by "deleting" them
  • Enhancement: add standard keyboard shortcuts for Preferences, Hide Others, Close Window, Set up new Device and the Behaviour Construction Kit

New in Remote Buddy 2.5.1 (Nov 8, 2023)

  • NEW: Support for the Amazon Alexa Voice Remote Enhanced Edition included with the new Fire TV Stick 4K Max.

New in Remote Buddy 2.5 (Sep 26, 2023)

  • NEW: Support for additional special keys in Mobile Access (F1-F12, page up, page down, home, end)
  • Enhancement: Siri Remote mode change notifications now only appear within 5 minutes of the last Siri Remote usage - even if the Siri Remote is still connected
  • Fix: Fixed an error in Flirc firmware version check

New in Remote Buddy 2.4.1 (Mar 27, 2023)

  • Fix: fixed an issue where Apple Remote related options were not showing up for IR receivers.
  • Fix: fixed an issue where the Virtual Keyboard could not be invoked again after it was first invoked.

New in Remote Buddy 2.4 (Feb 26, 2023)

  • NEW: Support for the new Alexa Voice Remote Pro.
  • NEW: Playback speed control actions (+/-/1.0) for Kodi. Requires Player > Videos > "Sync video with screen" to be turned on in Kodi Settings (only visible in Standard, Advanced and Expert levels). This feature is not available for all Kodi versions and configurations and therefore experimental for now.
  • NEW: You can now turn off trackpad/remote mode change notifications (under Remote Buddy Preferences > Devices > Siri Remote > Show message on mode change).
  • Enhancement: Remote Buddy now makes use of the new SMAppService API of macOS Ventura to register as launch item.
  • Fix: Fixed a crash issue.
  • Change: Due to changes in Xcode 14.2, Remote Buddy 2.4 now requires at least macOS 10.13 ("High Sierra").

New in Remote Buddy 2.3 (Oct 25, 2022)

  • NEW: Support for macOS 13 Ventura.
  • NEW: Support for the 3rd generation Siri Remote with USB-C charging port (requires macOS 13 Ventura at the time of writing).
  • NEW: Support for the Microsoft Edge browser, including video control actions.
  • NEW: Support for the Jellyfin Media Player app.
  • NEW: IR recording buttons now provide a context menu from which you can copy the recorded IR code's timings as JSON
  • Enhancement: Improved and more detailed instructions for pairing Bluetooth remote controls.
  • Enhancement: New Table of Contents action for Apple Books on macOS 11+.
  • Fix: DVD Player Behaviour correctly recognizes DVD menu state in macOS 12.6+.
  • Fix: In Prefs > General, "Display" was shown instead of the actual names of connected displays.
  • Fix: Selection of AirPlay speakers didn't work on macOS 12.6. Where the Sound menu item is missing in macOS 12+, Remote Buddy now lets you know and offer help adding it.
  • Fix: Ability to select the effect in PhotoBooth with directional buttons restored in macOS 12.6+.
  • Fix: Workaround for bug in Apple's TV app's AppleScript support that prevented skip +/- 10 seconds from working in macOS 12.6+.

New in Remote Buddy 2.2.1 (Aug 23, 2022)

  • NEW: Add support for Amazon Alexa Voice Remote (3rd generation) and Amazon Alexa Voice Remote Lite (2nd generation)

New in Remote Buddy 2.2 (Jul 11, 2022)

  • NEW: Add support for the Roku IR Remote (RC-16F)
  • NEW: Add support for the Amazon Prime Video Mac app
  • Enhancement: it is now possible to turn off Mousespot for the Siri Remote trackpad mode
  • Enhancement: the Privacy & Security settings can now move aside if a system permission dialog opens behind it.
  • Fix: after some time of Siri Remote usage - pressing the volume and play buttons could trigger the standard macOS actions and Remote Buddy actions simultaneously

New in Remote Buddy 2.1.4 (Feb 17, 2022)

  • Fix: on some Macs, the model of Siri Remotes was not always detected correctly. If you are affected, please install this update, then go to Preferences > Hardware, select your Siri Remote, click on - to remove it temporarily. Then press a button on your Siri Remote to add it back.
  • Fix: the setup wizard did not work for some devices.

New in Remote Buddy 2.1.3 (Feb 8, 2022)

  • Enhancement: Safari/Chrome web video actions updated to work better with updated Netflix and Disney+ websites
  • Fix: installing Remote Buddy updates previously failed on some systems. If you are affected, please download Remote Buddy manually from https://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/download/ and replace your old copy.

New in Remote Buddy 2.1.1 (Oct 31, 2021)

  • NEW: new, native updater user interface
  • Enhancement: improved Kodi default mapping; putting including volume +/-, mute and context menu actions in the Smart Bar
  • Fix: Safari/Chrome web video action Play/Pause now also works correctly on Netflix when used the first time
  • Fix: check for updates works again on macOS 12 Monterey

New in Remote Buddy 2.1 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Enhancement: Safari/Chrome web video actions updated to better work with the updated Netflix website
  • Fix: compatibility fixes for macOS 12 Monterey

New in Remote Buddy 2.0.22 (Aug 27, 2021)

  • Enhancement: two new Virtual Media Remote actions for finer control of system volume.
  • Fix: fixed an error when migrating a setup with a RealPlayer volume slider in the menu.

New in Remote Buddy 2.0.21 (Jun 23, 2021)

  • Fix: Flirc USB driver could become stuck when sending IR commands in immediate succession

New in Remote Buddy 2.0.20 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Learn about the many new and exciting things in Remote Buddy 2.0 in this detailed overview.
  • Enhancement: device setup now shows all devices and indicates compatibility inline
  • Fix: correctly handle aliases and symbolic links in the menu's Files browser
  • Fix: disallow quote and link substitutions in the AppleScript actor text view, which could lead to syntax issues
  • Fix: make Virtual Remote available on macOS 10.15

New in Remote Buddy 2.0 (May 28, 2021)

  • Support for even more apps:
  • Remote Buddy can now control an additional 30+ apps out of the box:
  • Audio Hijack 3 (Rogue Amoeba)
  • Audirvana (Audirvana SCS)
  • Blu-ray Player (Macgo)
  • Blu-ray Player Pro (Macgo)
  • Bridge 2020 (Adobe Inc.)
  • Bridge 2021 (Adobe Inc.)
  • Broadcasts (Steven Troughton-Smith)
  • Capture One 21 (Capture One)
  • DaVinci Resolve (Blackmagicdesign)
  • Deckset (Unsigned Integer UG)
  • djay Pro AI (algoriddim GmbH)
  • Elmedia Video Player (Eltima LLC)
  • EyeTV 4 (Geniatech Europe GmbH)
  • Final Cut Pro X (Apple Inc.)
  • Google Earth Pro (Google LLC)
  • GraphicConverter 11 (Lemke Software GmbH)
  • iMovie (Apple Inc.)
  • Last.fm Scrobbler (Last.fm Ltd)
  • LibreOffice Impress (The Document Foundation)
  • Lightroom CC (Adobe Inc.)
  • Lightroom Classic (Adobe Inc.)
  • Live TV (Live TV GmbH)
  • Music (Apple Inc.)
  • NetNewsWire 6 (Brent Simmons)
  • Plex HTPC (Plex Inc.)
  • Plex for Mac (Plex Inc.)
  • Podcasts (Apple Inc.)
  • Roon (Roon Labs LLC)
  • Soundcleod (Márton Salomváry)
  • TV (Apple Inc.)
  • VoodooPad 5 (Primate Labs Inc.)
  • Virtual Media Remote:
  • The media keys on keyboards and Touch Bars are now available as actions from the Virtual Media Remote:
  • Play
  • Fast forward
  • Rewind
  • Skip backward
  • Skip forward
  • Mute
  • Volume -
  • Volume +
  • Eject
  • Desktop Actions:
  • These Desktop Actions are now available:
  • Mission Control
  • Application windows
  • Show Desktop
  • Previous space
  • Next space
  • Dashboard
  • Launchpad
  • Siri
  • Notification Center
  • Web Video Control in Safari & Chrome:
  • The Safari and Chrome Behaviours now provide actions to control web video playback, volume and speed:
  • Play/Pause
  • Jump + / - 10 seconds
  • Volume + / -
  • Speed + / -
  • Normal speed
  • Mute
  • Send IR commands:
  • Remote Buddy can now record and replay IR codes, allowing you to control many devices like TVs or amplifiers through Remote Buddy.
  • Requires a compatible IR transmitter such as Flirc USB.
  • Improved Behaviours:
  • Support for many apps has been updated to integrate with the new Smart Remote in Remote Buddy Mobile 2 and to provide default actions for playback control buttons on remote controls.
  • On macOS 10.13 and later, the iTunes/Music library browser no longer uses the Music Library XML file, but takes advantage of new macOS APIs instead.
  • The Spotify Behaviour has gained additional actions.
  • Hardware support:
  • Siri Remote support:
  • Siri Remotes paired to your Mac can be used with Remote Buddy 2. Press the Voice button to switch between the three different touchpad modes:
  • Trackpad:
  • Use the touchpad of the Siri Remote as a trackpad for your Mac. Scroll by running your finger along the D-pad ring (2nd generation Siri Remote) or a two finger gesture (1st generation Siri Remote). With integrated automatic Mousespot spotlight effect.
  • Remote control:
  • Use the D-pad (2nd generation Siri Remote) - or one of two modes translating clicks and/or swipes (1st generation Siri Remote) - to send up, down, left, right and Select button presses to apps, in addition to the dedicated buttons on the remote.
  • Virtual Keyboard:
  • A long press on the Voice button brings up the Virtual Keyboard and allows you to type text using the touchpad. Press the Voice button shortly to return to the previous mode.
  • You can find an overview with images here. For more details on the system requirements and supported Siri Remote models, please see this page.
  • Flirc USB (IR transceiver) support:
  • Flirc and IOSPIRIT have teamed up to deliver an integrated software and hardware experience - with new features that weren't possible before:
  • Apple Remote wake-up support:
  • When using an Apple Remote with Flirc USB and Remote Buddy 2, you can put your Mac to sleep - and then wake it up again through any, a single or multiple Apple Remote - depending on settings. Which is not just matching, but surpassing the capabilities of Apple's IR Receiver in this area.
  • IR transmitter support:
  • Flirc USB contains an IR transmitter that Remote Buddy 2 can use to send commands to other devices, such as TVs. At the time of writing, the IR transmitter of Flirc USB has a relatively short range. If the sensor of the device you want to control is not that close, a USB extension cable could be used to bring it into range.
  • Special offer:
  • If you have a valid license for the latest version of Remote Buddy 2, you might be able to get a steep discount when purchasing a Flirc USB.
  • Support for Fire TV Stick remotes:
  • Version 2 adds support for many Amazon Fire TV Stick remote controls:
  • Alexa Voice Remote Gen 2 (Fire TV Stick 2021)
  • Alexa Voice Remote Lite (Fire TV Stick Lite 2020)
  • Alexa Voice Remote (Fire TV Stick 2019)
  • Fire TV Remote (Voice) (Fire TV Stick 1st gen)
  • Fire TV Remote (Fire TV Stick 1st gen)
  • Support for Harmony Remotes:
  • Support for Logitech Harmony remotes is now available for both IR and Hub-based models:
  • Harmony 300/350
  • Harmony 525
  • Harmony 650/665
  • Harmony 880
  • Harmony One
  • Harmony 950
  • Harmony Companion
  • Harmony Elite
  • Harmony Ultimate
  • Harmony Smart Control
  • Support for Satechi remotes:
  • Support for these Satechi models is now available:
  • Satechi Aluminum Remote
  • Satechi BT Media Remote
  • Support for MCE remotes:
  • Remote controls using the MCE IR protocol are now supported with many receivers:
  • Microsoft MCE Remote 1039
  • Philips SRM 5100
  • Trust RC-2400
  • Configuration:
  • Setup Guide:
  • The new Setup Guide takes you through setting up Mobile Access, adding remote controls and configuring macOS Privacy permissions.
  • New Mapping Preferences:
  • The new mapping preferences make it even easier and more fun to fine tune button mapping.
  • Privacy & Security settings:
  • For the past couple of years, macOS privacy and security settings have becoming increasingly complex to navigate with every macOS release.
  • Remote Buddy's new Privacy and Security settings make it simple again, by providing an overview and guiding you through setting up all permissions for Remote Buddy.
  • Backup Manager:
  • The new Backup Manager can create, restore, export and import snapshots of your Remote Buddy settings. It also can create snapshots automatically when you perform particularly "risky" operations, like f.ex. resetting to defaults the mapping of a Behaviour.
  • Please see this article to learn more on how it works and what it can do for you.
  • Improved device settings:
  • Device settings are now available on a per-receiver or per-remote basis and generally offer more and finer control and choices.
  • Support for multiple Apple Remotes, f.ex. is no longer limited to Apple IR Receivers. And different remote models can be chosen for many remotes.
  • Migration from Remote Buddy Express:
  • Remote Buddy now supports migration from the discontinued Remote Buddy Express. Depending on when you purchased your copy of Remote Buddy Express, free or discounted upgrades to Remote Buddy 2 are available.
  • Architecture:
  • 64-Bit support:
  • Remote Buddy is now a 64-Bit application, supports the Hardened Runtime and has been rewritten in large parts. It now runs on macOS 10.12 and later, including macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Apple silicon / M1 support:
  • Remote Buddy now runs natively on Macs with Intel and Apple silicon processors.
  • Rewritten drivers:
  • RCKit is the project name for our new family of frameworks for developing powerful and efficient remote control apps for the Mac. Remote Buddy 2 is the first app to adopt it and benefits from completely rewritten drivers that work entirely in user space and no longer need their own kernel extension.
  • We've discontinued Candelair, but on systems where it is installed, RCKit can still take advantage of it.
  • Diagnostics:
  • The new diagnostics feature detects most issues before you run into them - and helps you solve them quickly.
  • And in the rare cases where diagnostics are not sufficient, additional tools now allow you to quickly record, collect, compress and send logs. So we can help you and fix issues faster and more efficiently.

New in Remote Buddy 1.33.1 (Sep 25, 2019)

  • NEW: Added support for Macgo Blu-Ray Player (V3) and Macgo Blu-Ray Player Pro (V3).

New in Remote Buddy 1.33 (Sep 20, 2019)

  • NEW: Remote Buddy is now notarized.
  • Fix: fixes a rare crash that could occur when navigating the menu.
  • Fix: fixes an issue where some drivers stopped working when under heavy load.

New in Remote Buddy 1.32.2 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • Minor bugfixes

New in Remote Buddy 1.32 (Sep 28, 2018)

  • NEW: Support for macOS Mojave.
  • NEW: Support for Apple's rewritten DVD Player in macOS Mojave.
  • Fix: Added a workaround for the Apple IR Receiver driver of macOS High Sierra and macOS Mojave that led to up and down buttons triggering two button presses.

New in Remote Buddy 1.31.2 (Sep 20, 2018)

  • Bugfixes

New in Remote Buddy 1.31.1 (Sep 28, 2017)

  • Enhancement: the HID descriptor of Remote Buddy's driver (Candelair) now reflects changes in High Sierra's.
  • Fix: in the final High Sierra release, there was no reaction to up and down button presses on Apple Remotes if Candelair wasn't installed. Fixed.

New in Remote Buddy 1.31 (Sep 23, 2017)

  • Enhancement: Support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra.

New in Remote Buddy 1.30.6 (May 27, 2017)

  • Fix: Includes Candelair 1.32.1, which addresses an issue in the CandelairUIAgent helper tool that could prevent macOS from going to idle sleep on macOS 10.11 and later. If you're affected by this issue, please use Remote Buddy's Setup Wizard and select Install to re-install the driver with the updated CandelairUIAgent helper tool.

New in Remote Buddy 1.30.5 (May 9, 2017)

  • Fix: The Keystroke Actor in custom actions and the Behaviour Construction Kit now correctly emulate the Fn modifier. Note: If you're running macOS 10.12.4 or later, you may need to add the Fn modifier to your own keypress actions if the intention is to trigger global macOS actions (like f.ex. Mission Control).
  • Fix: Candelair 1.32 restores functionality that became unavailable after updating to macOS Sierra 10.12.4.
  • Fix: Improved support for custom port settings in Kodi 17.

New in Remote Buddy 1.30.4 (Mar 8, 2017)

  • Fix: Candelair 1.31 addresses an issue where the Apple IR Receiver could become unresponsive after a reboot on some systems running macOS 10.11.

New in Remote Buddy 1.30.3 (Jan 6, 2017)

  • New: Support for Lightroom 6/CC.
  • Fix: Works around a macOS bug that could crash Remote Buddy on the new MacBook Pros with Touch Bar after waking from sleep.
  • Fix: Addresses an issue where one button press could behave like two button presses in Plex Media Player.
  • Fix: Addresses an issue on some machines running macOS 10.11 where the built-in Apple IR Receiver is unresponsive after a reboot. If you are affected, please use the Setup Wizard to uninstall the driver, reboot, then use the Setup Wizard to re-install the driver.

New in Remote Buddy 1.30.2 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • Fix: Addressing an issue with multiple button release events when using an Apple Remote with more than one IR receiver at a time.

New in Remote Buddy 1.30.1 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • Fix: Addressing an issue where Remote Buddy would ask you to restart it if you open its preferences and you have previously changed the setting where Remote Buddy should appear.

New in Remote Buddy 1.30 (Sep 16, 2016)

  • Enhancement: Support for macOS Sierra.
  • Enhancement: Remote Buddy's driver (Candelair) is now natively using Apple's new USB stack (introduced with El Capitan) on macOS 10.11 and later.

New in Remote Buddy 1.28.4 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • Enhancement: Support for Kodi 17.
  • Fix: Screen Sharing to Remote Buddy Mobile or Remote Buddy Display could previously lead to Remote Buddy crashing on a small number of systems. Fixed with this release.

New in Remote Buddy 1.28.3 (May 24, 2016)

  • Enhancement: Takes advantage of new scripting capabilities/bug fixes in iTunes 12.4 with regards to shuffle and repeat.

New in Remote Buddy 1.28.2 (May 4, 2016)

  • Enhancement: Remote Buddy now targets VLC Player by its bundle identifier rather than its name. This works around an issue where Remote Buddy could no longer send commands to VideoLAN's VLC Player when the user had installed apps that bundle a copy of VLC inside their own app bundle.
  • Fix: Virtual Mouse: right click button events were not synthesized correctly, so they were not recognized correctly in some apps.

New in Remote Buddy 1.28.1 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • Enhancement: More preparations for upcoming companion apps.
  • Fix: Under certain circumstances, the screen sharing engine continued computations even if no client was using Mobile Access. Fixed.

New in Remote Buddy 1.28 (Mar 1, 2016)

  • NEW: Support for Plex Media Player and OpenPHT.
  • Enhancement: Updated Candelair's Apple IR Receiver / Apple Remote emulation to fully support 10.9-10.11, so that legacy apps that weren't updated to use the modern HIDRemote class and still make assumptions about driver names and driver internals can be controlled through the emulation again.
  • Enhancement: Preparations for upcoming companion apps.
  • Change: The free trial time is now 14 days.
  • Fix: iTunes Library browser no longer displays apps when used with the latest iTunes release.

New in Remote Buddy 1.27.3 (Nov 20, 2015)

  • Fix: Remote Buddy no longer crashes on Mountain Lion and Mavericks when using screen sharing from Remote Buddy Mobile or Remote Buddy Display.

New in Remote Buddy 1.27.1 (Nov 13, 2015)

  • NEW: Support for Remote Buddy Mobile - the iOS and watchOS companion app that turns your iOS device into a remote, trackpad and keyboard for your Mac and also provides high-speed screen sharing access.
  • NEW: Support for Remote Buddy Display - the tvOS companion app that brings your Mac apps onto the big screen via high-speed screen sharing while turning your Siri Remote into a trackpad, keyboard and remote to control them.
  • NEW: Support for OS X Photos
  • NEW: Support for El Capitan
  • NEW: New Virtual Input layer
  • NEW: New logo
  • Change: End of support for AJAX Remote.
  • Fix: Candelair now works around a bug in the OS X El Capitan Kernel that could lead to a panic when booting in safe mode.

New in Remote Buddy 1.26.2 (Feb 5, 2015)

  • NEW: Support for Kodi (new name of the XBMC project).
  • Enhancement: Improved recognition of the different MythTVFrontend processes.
  • Fix: On some systems, the choice between "single remote" and "multiple remotes" for the built-in Apple® IR Receiver was not preserved and needed to be re-set after a re-launch.

New in Remote Buddy 1.26.1 (Oct 28, 2014)

  • Fix: Addressed an issue with time computations at daylight saving time, which could lead to high CPU load for one hour.

New in Remote Buddy 1.26 (Oct 21, 2014)

  • NEW: Remote Buddy now supports OS X Yosemite.
  • Enhancement: optimizations for iTunes 12
  • Enhancement: Plex Behaviour now uses an updated UDP packet format for Plex HT. The "Navigation" actions produce the same results as Plex HT's built-in Apple Remote support. Thanks to Adrian Ross for bringing this to our attention.
  • Fix: the previous/next page actions of the Safari Behaviour now also work with Safari 6 and up.
  • Fix: effect selection overlay in Photo Booth now positioned correctly on screens other than the main screen.

New in Remote Buddy 1.25.2 (Aug 5, 2014)

  • Enhancement: signed with a v2 code signature in preparation for OS X 10.9.5 and OS X 10.10

New in Remote Buddy 1.25.1 (Jul 28, 2014)

  • Enhancement: the bundled driver now signed with a Developer ID certificate for kernel extensions. This makes it compatible with OS X Yosemite. It also improves compatibility with OS X Mavericks.

New in Remote Buddy 1.25 (Jun 21, 2014)

  • NEW: Support for Harmony Smart Control.
  • More than 100 Mac apps supported by Remote Buddy (including Plex, EyeTV, iTunes, Rdio, Spotify, DVD Player, Mac Blu-Ray Player, iPhoto, Lightroom, XBMC, Movist and VLC) can now be controlled with the same Harmony Smart Remote that can already control other devices like TV sets, beamers, game consoles, the Apple TV and even Philips Hue lights.
  • NEW: Support for Sort and Album Artists in iTunes Behaviour.
  • Enhancement: Launches up to three times faster.
  • Enhancement: The AJAX Remote Camera module now uses AV Foundation instead of QuickTime where available.
  • Enhancement: The Behaviour Construction Kit now creates a unique ID for every newly created Behaviour out of the box.
  • Fix: Addressed an issue with controlling PowerPoint 2011 under OS X 10.9.
  • Fix: Addressed an issue with controlling the latest versions of Aurora.
  • Fix: Addressed timing issues when using some EyeTV receivers as IR receivers for Remote Buddy.
  • Change: now requires at least OS X 10.7 (previously OS X 10.4.6).

New in Remote Buddy 1.24.3 (Nov 27, 2013)

  • Fixes a sleep issue for users running OS X 10.9.

New in Remote Buddy 1.24.2 (Nov 6, 2013)

  • Fix: All remaining known issues with OS X Mavericks' App Nap feature.

New in Remote Buddy 1.24.1 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Fix: Addresses an issue with OS X Mavericks' App Nap on some systems.

New in Remote Buddy 1.24 (Oct 30, 2013)

  • NEW: Support for OS X® Mavericks.
  • NEW: Support for iBooks (OS X® Mavericks).
  • NEW: Support for Lightroom 5. Only start/stop of slideshows work right now as Lightroom 5 does not seem to allow navigating to the previous/next image anymore while slideshows play.
  • NEW: Support for Mac Blu-ray Player.
  • NEW: Support for Movist (Mac® App Store).
  • NEW: Support for GarageBand 10 (Mac® App Store).
  • NEW: New black and white status bar icon depicting a remote.
  • NEW: Metrics. You can now help improve Remote Buddy by submitting completely anonymous statistical data. This is your chance to have a vote in the future direction of Remote Buddy! The updated license agreement details what anonymous statistical data this feature collects, how it is stored and what we do with it. If you don't want to participate, please uncheck the respective checkbox when you're presented the updated license agreement. You can also turn off this feature inside Remote Buddy's Preferences in the "General" tab.
  • Enhancement: Compatible with Keynote 6.0 (Mac® App Store).
  • Enhancement: Compatible with Photo Booth 6.0 (OS X® Mavericks).
  • Enhancement: Support for more eHome/MCE receivers.
  • Fix: Better compatibility with iTunes® 11. AirPlay speakers and shared libraries work again. And while iTunes® AppleScript support for shuffle and repeat remains broken even in the latest iTunes® release, Remote Buddy now works around this using UI automation techniques.
  • Fix: Fixed an issue where Remote Buddy would relaunch itself infinitely right after being launched.
  • Fix: Compatibility fixes for OS X® Mavericks.
  • Fix: Now falls back to the OS X® Apple® Remote subsystem when a different than the bundled Candelair version is installed. Previously, the Apple® Remote would be listed in Remote Buddy's user interface, but Remote Buddy would not actually listen for incoming button presses in this scenario.

New in Remote Buddy 1.23 (Jan 17, 2013)

  • Enhancement: Support for iTunes 11 (previously already available via the Online Updater)
  • Enhancement: Support for Plex/HT (previously already available via the Online Updater)
  • Fix: Fix for an issue where the Apple® Remote could end up controlling both OS X Mountain Lion and Remote Buddy at the same time.

New in Remote Buddy 1.22.1 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • Updated: Integrated iTunes Behaviour Update for OS X 10.8.2 (works around a bug in AESendMessage() under OS X 10.8.2).
  • Fix: Fixed showmenu AppleScript command (previously prevented f.ex. album menu for iPhoto from working)

New in Remote Buddy 1.22 (Oct 4, 2012)

  • Enhancement: Improved appearance on Retina displays.
  • Fix: Remote Buddy no longer shows a Built-in IR Receiver on Macs that actually don't have one.
  • Fix: Sony BD Remote now pairs correctly under OS X 10.8.2, if the remote hasn't previously been paired with the Mac. A reboot after the initial pairing is no longer required. Please see the FAQ if you have trouble pairing a unit that you had paired with your Mac before. My thanks go to the great engineers at Apple, without whose work this issue could not have been solved!
  • Fix: The Setup Wizard will now wait longer for a Bluetooth remote to show up.
  • Fix: Remote Buddy no longer hangs and crashes, if you close the menu while a file item is selected and remains selected upon reopening the menu (thanks Volker for reporting the issue!).

New in Remote Buddy 1.21.1 (Aug 9, 2012)

  • NEW: Compatible with OS X Mountain Lion.

New in Remote Buddy 1.21 (May 9, 2012)

  • NEW: Behaviour for Adobe Lightroom 4
  • NEW: Behaviour for MPlayerX
  • NEW: Behaviour for Roxio Video Player
  • NEW: Now signed with IOSPIRIT's Apple Developer ID, in preparation for OS X Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper
  • NEW: Support for even more eHome/MCE receivers (thanks to B. Guertin for feedback and testing!)
  • Fix: The "General" preferences tab icon was missing under OS X 10.7.3.
  • Fix: Improved detection of the power status (on/off) of the Bluetooth Controller under OS X Lion

New in Remote Buddy 1.20 (Jan 18, 2012)

  • NEW: Behaviour for Google Chrome.
  • NEW: Behaviour for QVIVO Player.
  • NEW: Behaviour for SoundCloud App.
  • NEW: Behaviour for Rdio Desktop.
  • Enhancement: Improved support for Safari, FireFox and Google Chrome. When you view plugin content in fullscreen, the respective Behaviours for the respective browsers now remain active.
  • Enhancement: Support for latest Manta TR1 hardware.
  • Enhancement: Integrated link to AJAX Remote iOS app directly into the Preferences.
  • Fix: Addressed issues in the Plex Behaviour (a bugfixed version was already previously available via Remote Buddy's Online Updater - this update integrates the fixed version into the default Remote Buddy distribution).
  • Fix: Addressed an issue where Remote Buddy could crash when no host name was set for a Mac and the AJAX Remote app was used (thanks for reporting, Ian)
  • Fix: Addressed an issue where Remote Buddy could crash upon the connection of Bluetooth remotes.
  • Fix: Addressed an issue where Behaviours weren't loaded when they specified more than one target application.
  • Fix: Addressed an issue where activating the the pause-on-deactivation feature of the EyeTV Behaviour had no effect.
  • Fix: The audio & video category in hierarchical menu structures displays an icon on Lion again (thanks for reporting, Pär)
  • Fix: The copy in Online Updater again shows "Remote Buddy" ("(null)" previously. Thanks for reporting, Pär!)
  • Fix: Screen brightness sliders now also allow to reduce brightness when placed in a Behaviour's context menu (it would previously return to the parent menu).
  • Fix: The Candelair driver now correctly handles sleep/wakeup of the Apple IR Receiver on iMac 2011 models. Previously, the Apple IR Receiver became unavailable on some of these machines after a sleep/wake cycle.

New in Remote Buddy 1.19.2 (Nov 16, 2011)

  • NEW: Updated Plex Behaviour, adding support for Plex 0.9.5
  • Fix: addressed an issue in the bundled Candelair driver where a USB error wasn't handled properly on some Mac Minis (Early 2011) after waking from sleep, resulting in the IR Receiver becoming unresponsive until after a reboot.

New in Remote Buddy 1.19.1 (Oct 25, 2011)

  • Fix: A protocol error was previously displayed when using AJAX Remote in full screen mode via a bookmark from the iOS home screen.

New in Remote Buddy 1.19 (Oct 25, 2011)

  • NEW: Support for the new AJAX Remote App

New in Remote Buddy 1.18.2 (Sep 15, 2011)

  • Fix: The global mapping of a remote (mostly the Keyspan RF Remote for Front Row) could not be changed under rare circumstances.

New in Remote Buddy 1.18.1 (Jul 29, 2011)

  • Enhancement: All presses of remote control buttons now wake up sleeping displays under Lion when Remote Buddy is running.
  • Enhancement: The included version of Candelair has been updated to implement the same display wakeup behavior under Lion as the driver supplied by Apple® with OS X® Lion. Please see the Candelair release notes for details.
  • Fix: Lion compatibility fixes for AJAX Remote's Trackpad and Camera modules.
  • Fix: Fullscreen CoverFlow mode available again for iTunes 10.4 - when running under OS X versions prior to Lion.
  • Fix: Remote Buddy now "unhides" itself as necessary. This addresses an issue where Remote Buddy was set as a user's Login Item in "Hidden" mode - and Remote Buddy's menu subsequently not being visible (due to RB having been hidden by OS X® right at launch time).

New in Remote Buddy 1.18 (Jul 21, 2011)

  • NEW: Support for OS X Lion
  • Support for PhotoBooth's new full-screen mode (including effect selection via remote!)
  • Support for iCal's new full-screen mode and year view
  • Support for Safari's new full-screen mode and optimized default mapping (integrating Virtual Mouse)
  • Support for DVD Player's new full-screen mode
  • Support for Preview's new full-screen mode
  • Support for iTunes 10.4's new full-screen mode and removal of full-screen CoverFlow mode
  • Behaviours for Accessibility, Spaces and Exposé are not available under Lion
  • Candelair updated to version 1.6, driver updated to version 1.18, now with Lion support

New in Remote Buddy 1.17.1 (Jun 10, 2011)

  • Enhancement: Added a "do not show this message again" checkbox to the "Driver installation" requester.
  • Fix: Including the latest version of Candelair, which fixes a rarely occurring IOKit driver matching issue (introduced with driver version 1.9.0) that led to parts of Candelair being matched to regular, unrelated HID devices (like keyboards, mice, joysticks).

New in Remote Buddy 1.16.6 (Nov 15, 2010)

  • Enhancement: Improved Apple® IR decoder for eHome/MCE receivers
  • Enhancement: Improved reliability and error handling in the eHome/MCE receiver driver (now compatible with OS X 10.6.5)
  • Enhancement: Support for iTunes® 10.1 remote speaker selection

New in Remote Buddy 1.16.5 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • Enhancement: Improved support for Manta™ TR-1 receivers
  • Enhancement: Support for iTunes® 10
  • Fix: Fixed a problem with controlling Plex when in the background.

New in Remote Buddy 1.16.4 (Aug 9, 2010)

  • NEW: Behaviour for Bridge CS5
  • NEW: Behaviour for Capture One (Pro) 5
  • NEW: Behaviour for Lightroom 3
  • NEW: Behaviour for QuickTime Player 7
  • Enhancement: The file browser now also supports the launch of .command files.
  • Fix: Added a workaround for the iOS 4 issue where auto login cookies aren't stored by iOS 4 when using AJAX Remote in full screen mode. AJAX Remote now works around the issue by storing a copy of the auto login cookie via HTML5 SQL Storage.
  • Fix: Fixed a concurrency problem when using an EyeTV receiver and Apple® IR Receiver with an Apple Remote at the same time.

New in Remote Buddy 1.16.3 (May 18, 2010)

  • Enhancement: Improved readability of Virtual Keyboard
  • Enhancement: Improved support for the EyeTV Remote
  • Enhancement: Resizable mapping preferences
  • Enhancement: The time between UDP packages to Plex has been increased. On some Macs with customized (!) preferences, this works around a rare problem where Plex didn't react to certain navigation actions.
  • Removed: A number of options have been removed because they were rarely (if at all) actually used, but very often created confusion: the "Driver Testdrive" option in Setup Wizard, the option not to be prompted by Remote Buddy upon launch when its driver hasn't been installed, the Bluetooth option "Stop searching for remotes after X minutes", the EyeTV Behaviour's "auto-mute" option.
  • Change: Corrected a typo in the name of one XBMC Behaviour action.
  • Fixes

New in Remote Buddy 1.16.2 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • NEW: Behaviour for MPlayer OSX Extended.
  • NEW: Behaviour for Microsoft® Expression Media.
  • Enhancement: Updated Behaviours for Plex, XBMC, Boxee, RealPlayer and DivX Player.
  • Fix: The "close menu" attribute of self-created actions in scripted Behaviours is now respected.
  • Fixes

New in Remote Buddy 1.16.1 (Jan 19, 2010)

  • NEW: New option "Move mouse cursor to fullscreen friendly position on application start/system wake-up". This option is disabled by default. You can enable it at Prefs > General.
  • Enhancement: Improved EyeTV menu support (using new features of EyeTV version 3.3 and later).
  • Fixes.

New in Remote Buddy 1.16 (Dec 16, 2009)

  • Important notice: If you are having problems to install the update using the built-in updater, please install it manually (by downloading the latest version from http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/download/ , quitting Remote Buddy and replacing the old copy with the new, downloaded one).
  • NEW: Support for the new Aluminum Apple Remote (in combination with supported Apple IR Receivers, eHome/MCE receivers and Keyspan IR receivers). The remote control model is auto-detected as soon as you press the "Select" or "Play/Pause" button on your remote.
  • NEW: Compatible with the Logitech Harmony Adapter for PlayStation 3. Inside Remote Buddy, the adapter is detected and handled as a regular Sony PS3 BD Remote. There's no specific support for the Harmony's button layout at this point. Worth noting: the IR->Bluetooth conversion inside the adapter introduces a noticeable delay. The original BD Remote is a lot snappier.
  • NEW: Audacious Software has created a Behaviour for controlling their Home Automation Software Shion. When Shion is installed, the Behaviour is available via Remote Buddy's Online Updater.
  • Enhancement: Auto-mute of EyeTV when launching Front Row or starting playback in iTunes can now be turned off at Prefs > Behaviours > EyeTV
  • Change: The 6 core buttons of many remotes have been renamed from Plus/Minus/Left/Right/PlayPause to Up/Down/Left/Right/Select.
  • Bugfixes

New in Remote Buddy 1.15 (Oct 23, 2009)

  • Important notice: If you are having problems to install the update using the built-in updater, please install it manually (by downloading the latest version from http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/download/ , quitting Remote Buddy and replacing the old copy with the new, downloaded one).
  • NEW: New version of Virtual Remote. Implements a global workaround for the Apple Remote IR Controller locking issues of OS X 10.6 and 10.6.1. This global workaround is also available as separate download for non-Remote Buddy users under http://www.candelair.com.
  • NEW: Support for metadata made available by applications using the new HIDRemote Objective-C class.
  • Other: Preparations for OS X 10.6.2
  • Bug fixes.

New in Remote Buddy 1.14.1 (Sep 4, 2009)

  • NEW: Support for QuickTime Player X (new in Snow Leopard) including support for creating, starting and stopping audio, video and screen recordings
  • NEW: Support for the changed format of recently opened file lists in Snow Leopard
  • NEW: 64 Bit version of the Remote Buddy Driver for the new 64 Bit Snow Leopard kernel
  • NEW: Added experimental support for two Topseed eHome receivers.
  • Fix: Bugfixes.

New in Remote Buddy 1.14 (Aug 7, 2009)

  • NEW: AJAX Remote Multitouch (for iPhone / iPod Touch with iPhone OS 2.2.1 and later)
  • NEW: Gesture Control: control 100+ Mac apps with touch gestures on your iPhone/iPod Touch
  • NEW: New fullscreen mode: add AJAX Remote to your iPhone / iPod Touch's home screen and launch AJAX Remote from there
  • NEW: Support for new Safari features introduced with iPhone OS 3.0
  • NEW: Reworked all modules' interfaces to take advantage of multitouch where available
  • NEW: Behaviour for Hulu Desktop
  • NEW: Behaviour for Spotify (experimental)
  • NEW: New actions for quitting the currently controlled application (located at Behaviours > Quit controlled application ..)
  • Enhancement: Preparations for Snow Leopard
  • Enhancement: Plex Behaviour: new actions "Move to previous screen" and "Move to next screen".
  • Enhancement: Rewritten Audio Input/Output switcher taking advantage of the respectively latest APIs in OS X 10.4 and OS X 10.5.
  • Enhancement: Additions to support the use of Remote Buddy in kiosk setups (please file a support inquiry and ask for documentation, if you need to run Remote Buddy as part of a kiosk setup)
  • Enhancement: Compatibility with EyeTV 3.1.2.
  • Change: The activation of Behaviours via the Remote Buddy Menu (menu item "Activate Behaviour") and via actions (located at Behaviours > Activate XY Behaviour) now behaves consistenly.
  • Fix: Bug fixes

New in Remote Buddy 1.12 (Apr 8, 2009)

  • NEW: Completely rewritten eHome IR Receiver driver.
  • NEW: Support for additional receivers: Philips OVU411000/00, Philips OVU412000/00, latest revision of Manta TR-1.
  • NEW: Support for pairing an Apple® Remote.
  • NEW: Support for passing on Apple® Remote IDs to Remote Buddy's Virtual Remote .(the only feature-complete Apple® IR Receiver/Remote emulation on the market).
  • NEW: New Behaviours: Audio Hijack Pro and Plex.
  • NEW: New option to deactivate the Built-In Apple® IR Receiver on application startup.
  • Enhancement: Additional navigation actions available in the Boxee and XBMC Behaviours.
  • Enhancement: Workaround for EyeTV 3.1.1-specific problem with toggling fullscreen.
  • Enhancement: Improved IR code detection.
  • Enhancement: Improved Preview Behaviour.
  • Fix: Fix of the "menu level up" bug for the system volume slider menu element.
  • Fix: Bugfix when selecting multiple remote speakers in iTunes.

New in Remote Buddy 1.11.5 (Jan 23, 2009)

  • NEW: Brand-new Behaviours for Boxee and XBMC. They:
  • Make a wealth of new actions to control Boxee/XBMC available.
  • No longer use keystrokes or emulated Apple® Remote events to control the target applications.
  • Send event packets directly to Boxee's/XBMC's own event server.
  • Completely bypass a world of error sources (like f.ex. different keyboard layouts, disabled Apple® Remote support, ..).
  • Enable you to access features that can't be controlled with emulated keystrokes (like f.ex. the Boxee on-screen keyboard).
  • Enhancement: Added support for power saving options for Sony® PS3 BD Remotes used under OS X 10.5.6.
  • Fix: The Apple Remote ID is now reliably passed through to the Virtual Remote when using the Apple built-in receiver.
  • Fix: Fixed a problem with EyeTV 3.1.

New in Remote Buddy 1.11.4 (Jan 2, 2009)

  • NOTE: This update is an update outside the planned release schedule. It is purely a driver update and otherwise identical to version 1.11.2.
  • NEW: New driver for the Sony PS3 BD Remote. Apple made changes to the Bluetooth subsystem in OS X 10.5.6 that rendered the previous driver incompatible. An unfortunate side-effect of the changes in OS X 10.5.6 is that Remote Buddy can no longer offer auto-disconnect functionality for connections to the Sony PS3 BD Remote. To disconnect your BD Remote using the remote itself, press the PS button for several seconds. The new driver is only used for users running OS X 10.5.6 and later.
  • Enhancement: Improved support for EyeTV receivers, including the EyeTV 250 plus, EyeTV DTT (2008), EyeTV Diversity (2008) and EyeTV Hybrid (2008).
  • Enhancement: The Apple Remote ID is now passed through to the Virtual Remote when using the Apple built-in receiver.

New in Remote Buddy 1.11.2 (Oct 22, 2008)

  • NEW: New Behaviours for AOL Radio 2, Adobe Lightroom 2, Boxee, OpenOffice.org Impress 3.0 beta, StarOffice Impress 9 beta
  • NEW: AJAX Remote news
  • NEW: New login mask, now with a "stay logged in" option
  • NEW: Completely redesigned remote module for iPhone OS 2.1
  • NEW: AJAX Remote now uses the touch events (available since iPhone OS 2.1) to achieve better responsiveness
  • NEW: Manta TR1 receivers now officially supported
  • Enhancement: New actions for Shift-, Alt- and Ctrl-keys in Virtual Keyboard. More virtual keyboard actions now also available for mapping in other Behaviours and the BCK.
  • Enhancement: Improved reliability of the "Eject CD/DVD" action of the Audio CD/DVD Behaviour.
  • Enhancement: Numerous enhancements and optimizations in the RapidHTTPD core
  • Enhancement: Improved handling of low-light conditions in the AJAX Remote's Camera module
  • Fix: Action Factory pane resizing bug fixed.
  • Fix: Made "Channel up" action of the SlingPlayer Behaviour keyboard layout independant.
  • Fix: Enqueuing tracks via AJAX Remote works again when using iTunes 7.2 or later.
  • Change: Version bump of kernel extension.
  • Change: Remote Buddy is now signed with a trusted certificate to ease interaction with Leopard's Application Firewall and Keychain. Existing users may be prompted once by Leopard to allow Remote Buddy to accept incoming connections as well as to allow it access to its own keychain item "Remote Buddy AJAX Remote". If prompted, users should click on "Allow" in both cases. Remote Buddy will not be able to accept incoming connections or retrieve or set a password for AJAX Remote otherwise.

New in Remote Buddy 1.11.1 (Aug 11, 2008)

  • Enhancement: Updated Dutch locales. A big thanks goes to Alexander Henket for all of his work!
  • Fix: Fixed a possible crash bug when moving around screen setting items in the menu preferences.

New in Remote Buddy 1.11 (Aug 1, 2008)

  • NEW: Added a Behaviour for Plex.
  • Enhancement: Further improved speed of the iTunes� library support.
  • Enhancement: Added new categories to the iTunes� media library browser: music videos, composer, audiobooks.
  • Enhancement: Improved handling of multi-disc albums by the iTunes� music library browser.
  • Enhancement: Further improved bandwidth efficiency of the AJAX Remote.
  • Enhancement: Compatibility with the basic changes in iTunes� 7.7.1's AppleScript� support.
  • Fix: Fixed a problem where single-track albums in shared libraries could not be accessed.
  • Fix: Various small fixes.

New in Remote Buddy 1.10.1 (Apr 25, 2008)

  • Enhancement: Updated Dutch translation
  • Fix: Fixed "double-toggle" bug in the support for multiple AirPort Express.

New in Remote Buddy 1.10 (Apr 24, 2008)

  • AJAX Remote - novelities and improvements
  • NEW: Support for remote access ("streaming") to files stored in your iTunes library (including playlist & album support)
  • NEW: Support for the selection of multiple speakers as well as support for the selection of the default audio output of the Mac Remote Buddy runs on (tap on the "(i)" next to "Computer" in the speaker overview)
  • Enhancement: Further speed and efficiency enhancements in the RapidHTTPD core used by the AJAX Remote.
  • Enhancement: The launcher will no longer display an icon for EyeTV if EyeTV is not installed
  • NEW: Behaviours for even more applications
  • NEW: Behaviour for Adobe Media Player
  • NEW: Behaviour for Adobe Bridge (CS2 and CS3)
  • NEW: Behaviour for Toast Video Player
  • NEW: Behaviour for XBMC
  • NEW: Support for selecting multiple AirPort Express speakers
  • NEW: Default system audio inputs and outputs can now be switched via the menu (find it in Remote Buddy menu > System > Audio devices by default)
  • NEW: Reworked pairing engine and book-keeping in Bluetooth� Receiver
  • NEW: A new internal database allows users to see a list of paired remotes directly in "Preferences > Hardware > Bluetooth Receiver", to remove the pairing with that device directly within Remote Buddy.
  • NEW: Support for passive pairing (only the BD Remote supports this, the Wii Remote does not). BD Remotes, once paired, can now be reconnected to Remote Buddy by the simple press of any button and also much faster. The BD Remote can now also wake up your Mac even if it was not connected to Remote Buddy at the time the Mac was put to sleep. In combination with the option to disconnect a remote after a given period of inactivity and the option to disconnect the remote upon sleep, the new support for passive pairing will help you to greatly enhance the battery life time of your BD Remote. Passive pairing also helps to avoid physical 802.11 pollution (as mentioned in Apple's "Bluetooth Device Access Guide") by avoiding Bluetooth traffic as far as possible.
  • NEW: Option to not show a legend of the current remote control mapping
  • NEW: Option to directly activate a Behaviour without descending into its context menu first
  • NEW: New AppleScript command "keypress" allows developers to send key press events with manifold options
  • Enhancement: Big speedboost of operations on huge iTunes Music Library
  • Enhancement: Whether Remote Buddy should appear in the dock, in the menu bar or both can now be determined on a per-user basis on Leopard. As a necessary change, the default setting under Tiger is now "only in the menu bar".
  • Enhancement: Remote Buddy is now a signed application to improve the interplay with Leopard's built-in application firewall and Keychain.
  • Enhancement: Improved reliability in the recognition of Bluetooth� remotes ready for pairing
  • Fix: Fixed a bug in the iTunes� Behaviour that would reload the XML database each time a library operation was accessed through the onscreen menu or the AJAX Remote.
  • Fix: Fixed a rare timing bug where Remote Buddy could hang when an application was quit, cover art was polled via the AJAX Remote and iTunes changed tracks - all at the very same moment.

New in Remote Buddy 1.8.10 (Mar 5, 2008)

  • Enhancement: Improved "stop recording" handling in EyeTV 3.0
  • Fix: Behaviour background application detection in a couple of Behaviours

New in Remote Buddy 1.8.9 (Feb 25, 2008)

  • NEW: Support for PowerPoint 2008 (including a new action)
  • NEW: Support for PhotoBooth 2
  • Enhancement: Increased flexibility in application recognition
  • Fix: Playlists of shared iTunes libraries can be accessed again
  • Fix: A rare issue with incomplete recognition of "Keyspan RF Remote for Front Row" remotes has been resolved.

New in Remote Buddy 1.8.8 (Jan 29, 2008)

  • NEW: Localization news
  • NEW: Dutch Translation and Online Help. Credit and many thanks go to Alexander Henket for making this contribution.
  • NEW: German Online Help.
  • NEW: AJAX Remote is now localizable.
  • NEW: Support for updating existing and installing new localizations through Remote Buddy's Online Updater
  • Fix: Updated Preview.rbbehaviour to support Leopard Preview
  • Fix: fixed the problem that the Keyspan� RF Remote didn't always show up in the list of connected remotes.
  • Fix: fixed the phenomen that Front Row on OS 10.4.x could only be started once on some systems.

New in Remote Buddy 1.8.7 (Jan 19, 2008)

  • Fix: A problem where Wii Remotes could not complete the pairing process has been solved.

New in Remote Buddy 1.8.6 (Jan 18, 2008)

  • Enhancement: Higher resolution iPod� Touch / iPhone� WebClip icon for a better visual appearance.
  • Enhancement: Improved error handling in the USB drivers.
  • Fix: improved compatibility with Keyspan� IR receivers (fix for the red-LED-always-on-issue)

New in Remote Buddy 1.8.5 (Jan 17, 2008)

  • NEW: Leopard compatibilty updates. Leopard users should update to this version.
  • NEW: Completely new hardware drivers - redesigned from scratch with a special focus on support for sleep, fast user switching and power management.
  • NEW: Vastly improved Wii� Remote IR mouse mode now featuring a new, advanced smoothing technique.
  • NEW: Support for the wake-from-sleep feature of Keyspan� Express receivers (works with both bundled remotes and Apple� Remote).
  • NEW: AJAX Remote adds support for the new WebClip Bookmark Icon feature of the latest iPhone�/iPod� Touch firmware introduced at the Macworld 2008 keynote.
  • NEW: Refreshed Remote Buddy logo.
  • NEW: Remote Buddy can now automatically switch to the playlist of the currently playing song
  • NEW: Three playback strategies for iTunes videos - no special strategy (as before), Play back video in iTunes� (according to your current settings), Fullscreen playback in QuickTime� Player
  • NEW: Behaviour for iView Media.
  • Enhancement: Speed optimizations in the iTunes� library browsing
  • Enhancement: Improved default menus for EyeTV and DVD Player.
  • Enhancement: Preferences now offers a one click option to reinforce a "Remote Buddy appears only in menu bar" setting after a manual upgrade and authentification for users with a restricted account.
  • Enhancement: The AirTunes� speaker switching support now handles a lot of additional special cases
  • Enhancement: The Driver Installer now also sets the permissions of the Remote Buddy driver in case they were removed i.e. by copying Remote Buddy to f.ex. a FAT file system (which doesn't have any support for permissions) prior to installing it.
  • Enhancement: The AJAX Remote's login mask now uses POST instead of GET.
  • Enhancement: License information is no longer stored in the keychain.
  • Fix: The issue where an empty menu could appear after exiting from Front Row has been resolved
  • Fix: An image rather than an empty circle is displayed again when sending the computer to sleep via the remote.
  • Fix: Adapted the DVDpedia Behaviour to use the new key combination for switching to fullscreen mode, added two new actions for direct playback of VIDEO_TS folders existing for the current selection.
  • Fix: Bugfix in EyeTV integration where changed mappings would be saved under different names on each startup on some system.
  • Fix: Future application updates via the built-in Online Updater are working again. Support for user accounts with limited access rights has been added.
  • Fix: The "Driver Needs to Be Installed" dialog can now be omitted by checking the respective checkbox.
  • Fix: Bugfix in the Spaces Behaviour.

New in Remote Buddy 1.7.4 (Oct 15, 2007)

  • Fix: Refresh bug in menu preferences.
  • Fix: Fixed bug where sometimes applications that were quit were reopened right after.
  • Fix: Fixed a potential crash bug when using the AJAX Remote to open recent files.
  • Fix: Workaround for a problem in Apple's IOUSBFamily on some Macs that could lead to a crash or even panic when using the new driver for the "Keyspan� RF Remote for Front Row"

New in Remote Buddy 1.7.1 (Oct 11, 2007)

  • NEW: Completely new Keyspan RF Remote for Front Row driver (rewritten from scratch). Efficiency, reaction times and compatibility with Leopard have been improved by this step. The new driver requires Remote Buddy's kernel extension to be installed.
  • Enhancement: Remote Buddy now detects if you don't have support for assistive devices turned off when using the AirPort Express switcher functionality - and provides you with instructions on how to turn it on.
  • Fix: Fixed two crash bugs in the AJAX Remote's music module.