One of the novelties that we have in the fourth generation Apple TV is its control, the Siri Remote. With this new remote control we can carry out different functions with our Apple TV and it even serves as a game controller. Now thanks to Eternal Storms Software, it is possible to use the new remote control to control and use the applications we have on our Mac Among which we obviously highlight the multimedia content playback, iTunes, QuickTime, VLC among many others.
Synchronizing the Siri Remote with the Mac is very simple to perform, after the jump we explain the steps to follow, yes, it is important have Apple TV turned off at the time of using the control with our Mac.
The steps to synchronize the remote with the Mac are the following and obviously go through opening System preferences and match the Bluetooth on the Mac with the Siri Remote. To carry out this task what you have to do is mark the menu button while pressing the volume up. Now it appears to pair our Siri Remote and use it on our Mac.
With the remote we will be able to control various aspects of the player that we are using. play the song, raise or lower the volume and here we leave a small outline of this with the buttons that are for each function.
- Pressing the touch we go to the next track
- Pressing menu we go to the previous track
- Holding down the panel we advance fast
- By pressing and holding the menu button we go back
- To pause or play we use the play / pause button
- For the volume, the volume up / down buttons
You can find the necessary software by accessing from right here to Eternal Storms. The necessary software is totally free And it bothers us a bit having to resort to third-party programs to use the Siri Remote on the Mac, but for the moment it is what it is.