Using SiriMote and the Siri Remote to Control your MacĪt this point, your Siri Remote is able to start controlling your Mac. It’s a simple process and you’ll be instructed on how to do it. You’ll also see a dialog requesting that you make some changes to the Security & Privacy settings for Accessibility in order to let SiriMote control the Mac. (The Siri Remote is listed with a hexadecimal number and a Connect button.) Instead, you’ll see a hexadecimal number next to a Connect button (see screenshot below) - click Connect, and then you’ll see the device listed by its serial number.
The remote won’t be listed as “Siri Remote” or anything helpful like that. (Instructions on how to pair the Siri Remote with your Mac are listed by SiriMote.)įollow the instructions in the dialog that appears (see screenshot above) to pair the remote with your Mac. Note (see screenshot below) that you’ll need to turn off and unplug your Apple TV, because you want to pair with a completely new device - not your Apple TV. Launch SiriMote, and then you’re ready to set up the Apple TV Siri Remote to work with your Mac. After downloading the app, simply drag it from the Downloads folder (or any other folder you may use to hold downloaded files) into the Applications folder. You can download the app from the website by clicking the link above Apple won’t allow it in the Mac App Store since SiriMote uses an API that doesn’t work in the OS X “Sandbox”. The latest version of SiriMote requires at least OS X El Capitan (OS X 10.11) or newer, and a Mac with Bluetooth 4.0.
The secret sauce in this tip is a free app called SiriMote for Mac. It was created by Matthias Gansrigler, a Mac and iOS developer who runs a company called Eternal Storms Software.
In this Quick Tip, we’ll show you what you can do thanks to one little third-party app. It wasn’t much, but it did allow Mac owners to control the media that was playing on their computers or control Keynote presentations. That remote hasn’t been part of Mac packaging for a while, but it is possible to use your Apple TV Siri Remote with your Mac to control a lot of different things. Back in the good old days, Apple used to include a little remote control with certain Mac models.
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