What's new in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.5.2

Oct 3, 2017
  • DuoPress actions for iTunes
  • DuoPress actions for Decibel
  • DuoPress actions for Global Profile (all/any app)
  • Display Sleep/Wake actions (DuoPress) (MacOS 10.9+ recommended)
  • Revised Installer
  • Updated Apple Developer Signing Certificates (Gatekeeper/Security)
  • Small updates to built-in Mira Help

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.5.1 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • Support for Plex Media Player from Plex
  • Support for Photos from Apple
  • Added Plex Media Player to default Launch Menu list (on new installs)
  • Revised DuoPress actions for Movist, mpv, MPlayer, MPlayer OSX, MPlayer X

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.5.0 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • NEW:
  • Support for new Manta Mini IR Receiver (now shipping)
  • Larger Pref Pane window with updated controls & language
  • Full Retina Graphics support
  • Simplified & more visible Mira icon inside System Preferences
  • Display Sleep/Wake actions (DuoPress) (MacOS 10.9+ recommended)
  • Support for OpenPHT (Community-driven fork of Plex)
  • Support for mpv media player from mpv.io
  • Support for Capture One Pro 9 from Phase One
  • Support for GarageBand (Latest versions) from Apple
  • Support for Final Cut Pro X (Latest versions) from Apple
  • Support for Movist from Movist
  • Support for LilyView from Software Ambience
  • Support for Xee³ from Dag Ågren
  • Improvements:
  • More default apps in Launch Menu for new installations
  • Securely signed installer for MacOS 10.12 Sierra
  • Revised Global profile
  • Revised iTunes support
  • Revised Keynote support
  • Revised Kodi support
  • Revised Plex support
  • Revised iTunes support
  • Revised Photo Booth support
  • Revised Vox support
  • Revised Fidelia support
  • Revised Decibel support

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.5.0 Beta 2 (Nov 11, 2016)

  • Support for our Manta Pico miniature IR receiver
  • Global Display Sleep/Wake actions (inside the DuoPress action menu)
  • Support for mpv media player from mpv.io
  • Support for Capture One Pro 9 from Phase One
  • Revised Global profile
  • Revised iTunes profile
  • Revised Plex support
  • Minor Preference Pane layout revisions

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.5.0 Beta 1 (Oct 20, 2016)

  • Support for GarageBand (Latest versions) from Apple
  • Support for OpenPHT (Community-driven fork of Plex)
  • Support for Movist from Movist
  • Support for LilyView from Software Ambience
  • Support for Xee³ from Dag Ågren
  • Revised iTunes support
  • Revised Photo Booth support
  • Revised Keynote support
  • Revised Kodi support

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.12 (Jan 27, 2015)

  • Support for Kodi from the XBMC Foundation
  • Support for Vox Beta from Coppertino
  • Revised Keynote Profile and DuoPress actions for improved slide control

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.11 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • New Global DuoPress actions
  • Support for Vox from Coppertino
  • Support for Fidelia from Audiofile Engineering
  • Support for Amazing Slow Downer from Roni Music
  • Revised the default apps listed Mira Launch Menu (affects only new installs)
  • Tweaked special Plex keymap
  • Addressed System Preferences crash when adding certain applications to the Mira Launch Menu

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.10 (Oct 21, 2014)

  • Duo-Press actions to control video/YouTube for all browsers
  • Silent volume control Duo-Press actions with no visual feedback (Global)
  • Additional Duo-Press actions for MPlayer (all versions)
  • Additional Duo-Press actions for all applications
  • Support for Capture One Pro 8 from Phase One
  • Updated code signing for Mac OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite
  • Default actions to control video/YouTube playback for browsers
  • Speed improvements for installation

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.9 (Mar 14, 2014)

  • Toggle between app-specific & Global actions with check-mark per app
  • Support for Spotify music player
  • Support for Rdio music player
  • Support for iBooks e-book reader
  • Support for Plex Home Theater media player/server
  • Support for Mac Blu-ray Player video player
  • Support for Prezi presentation web/software
  • Support for Movavi Media Player
  • Support for iTunes control from login window
  • Auto-start at login for all users with limited crash recovery
  • iTunes control now default for Global profile (any app without its own actions)
  • Updated default & DuoPress actions for VLC
  • Installer shuts down Mira before installing
  • Updated actions for Quicktime Player X
  • Plex profile updated with additional commands
  • Better authentication prompts with automatic time-out
  • Automatically hide app profiles for apps you don't have
  • Installer checks for possible software conflicts
  • 10.9 Mavericks Authentication failures
  • 10.9 Mavericks System Volume actions get "stuck"
  • Plex keymap for Mira may not always get installed
  • PlexHelper interfering with Mira - now disabled during installation
  • Workaround for iTunes 11 shuffle bug
  • Possible MiraRCD crash installing licenses or importing profiles
  • Remove old Mira login item for current user account

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.9 Beta 8 (Dec 20, 2013)

  • Toggle between app-specific & Global actions with on/off check-mark for each app
  • Support for Spotify music player
  • Support for Rdio music player
  • iTunes control now default for Global profile (any app without unique actions)
  • Updated profile & DuoPress actions for VLC
  • Installer shuts down Mira before installing
  • Workaround for iTunes shuffle bug
  • Possible MiraRCD crash installing licenses or importing profiles
  • Remove old Mira login item for current user

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.9 Beta 6 (Dec 7, 2013)

  • This release addresses the inability for previous versions to install in Mavericks, plus adds a number of new app profiles and enhancements.

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.8 (Oct 20, 2012)

  • Support for Decibel audio player
  • Support for Audirvana audio player
  • Support for Google Chrome web browser
  • Support for Netflix Full Screen control in Google Chrome
  • Profile for Keynote with new DuoPress commands
  • Installation built with the new Packages tool
  • Plex/Nine (older Plex) profile updated to use new commands
  • Login Items auto-start in Mountain Lion
  • Signed Certificate for OS X 10.8 Gatekeeper
  • Revised Installer to address potential permissions issues
  • Intel and PowerPC Universal binary to support all Macs (OS X 10.5+)

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.7 Beta 4 (Mar 31, 2012)

  • Addresses some additional file/folder permissions issues which may have been causing the inability to pair or set the current receiver on some systems.
  • There are a few new profiles and updates to existing profiles, including Google Chrome with Netflix support.
  • The biggst change in this version is that PowerPC support is back, so if you have a G4 or G5 machine, this is the version you should be using.

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.5 Beta 12 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Plex DuoPress files re-created
  • Special Plex keymap file for Mira
  • Tweaks to wake from sleep for Manta TR1

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.6 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Support for new Plex 0.9.5.x media player
  • Support for Netflix FullScreen control in Safari and Firefox
  • Russian flag icon UI localization (thank you Vladislav)
  • Safari & Firefox DuoPress commands for Netflix
  • Special Plex keymap file for Mira
  • Support for MPlayerX
  • Older Plex versions supported with new Plex/Nine profile
  • Tweaks to wake from sleep for Manta TR1
  • Better response when launching Front Row
  • In-place Update for PowerPoint profiles
  • Settings in Mira are now always per-user
  • Updated XBMC profile
  • Work-around for Hulu Desktop double/wrong actions
  • Prevent Front Row from launching twice under some circumstances
  • Installer tweaks for permissions issues in Mac OS X 10.7.x Lion
  • Installer scripts for file association and automated profile maintenance

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.5 Beta 11 (Dec 1, 2011)

  • Support for Netflix FullScreen control in Safari and Firefox
  • Extra/Alternate optional Netflix FullScreen DuoPress commands
  • Safari and Firefox DuoPress commands to enter Netflix FullScreen mode
  • Netflix DuoPress commands also available for Safari & Firefox windowed mode (optional)
  • Installation tweaks for Plex profiles

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.5 Beta 10 (Nov 24, 2011)

  • Support for new Plex 0.9.5.x media player
  • Plex DuoPress commands revised

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.5 Beta 9 (Nov 15, 2011)

  • Support for new Plex 0.9.5.x media player
  • Older Plex versions supported with new Plex/Nine profile

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.4.0 (Oct 14, 2010)

  • 64bit/32bit native preference pane (64bit Intel, 32bit Universal)
  • Support for newer silver aluminum Apple remote for built-in Apple receivers
  • Manta TR1: filter pre-amble for Select & Play/Pause buttons on newer silver aluminum Apple Remote
  • The close button on the System Preferences window always correctly quits System Preferences
  • Adding and removing items from the Mira Launch Menu list UI behavior correction
  • Importing or Exporting profiles may have previously caused Mira to quit

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.3.4 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • Norwegian flag icon UI localization (thank you Øystein)
  • Swedish flag icon UI localization (thank you Henrik)
  • Global DuoPress commands to control iTunes (in the background) optional, you must edit your button settings
  • Global DuoPress commands with fast page scrolling
  • Preview DuoPress commands with fast page scrolling
  • DuoPress commands for Snow Leopard "QuickTime 7" requires the optional QT7 Profile download
  • Plex DuoPress updates
  • Global DuoPress commands PageUp/PageDown stopped working
  • Preview DuoPress Next/Previous commands stopped working
  • QuickTime Player version naming
  • Misc. Installer file permissions
  • Built-in support for additional applications:
  • Hulu Desktop from Hulu
  • QuickTime X from Apple
  • SlingPlayer from Sling Media
  • XBMC from XBMC
  • Sonos Desktop Controller from Sonos
  • Capture One 5 Pro from Phase One

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.3.3 (Dec 2, 2008)

  • Spanish flag icon UI localization (thank you Angel)
  • Built-in support for additional applications
  • Boxee Media Center
  • OpenOffice from OpenOffice.org
  • Revised profiles and DuoPress versions
  • Minor internal clean-up and file size reductions
  • Pre-installation clean-up script to deal with previous install

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.3.2 (Oct 7, 2008)

  • Built-in support for Plex Media Center
  • Brazilian Portuguese flag icon UI localization (thank you Bruno)
  • Revised profile and DuoPress versions
  • Front Row icon
  • Removed extraneous console message

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.3.1 (Sep 18, 2008)

  • Separate PowerPoint 2008 profile
  • Revised version strings and installer
  • Restored original PowerPoint profile for Office 2004 use

New in Mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.3.0 (Sep 18, 2008)

  • Built-in support for Capture One
  • DuoPress commands for iTunes and DVD Player
  • Updated Profile and DuoPresses for Neo Office
  • Updated Profile for iView MediaPro
  • Updated Front Row DuoPresses
  • Updated profile for PowerPoint supports 2004 and 2008 versions
  • Double actions or unexpected Front Row launch due to Apple Secure Event Input bug
  • Application profiles after "Keynote" not copied on new installs
  • Restore Built-in Profiles hang/crash for some applications
  • Uninstall could hang/crash Mira on some systems
  • Possible crash during installation
  • System Preferences could crash when closing after using Mira
  • iTunes Fast-Forward wouldn't start playing automatically when button released
  • PowerPoint 2008 would not work with existing Profile