Remote Buddy for Mac
Control Mac apps via a number of remotes.
$24.99
In English
Version 2.7.3When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
Remote Buddy overview
Remote Buddy allows you to remotely control anything on your Mac with your Siri Remote, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Remote and many more remotes.
Features include:
- Control Apps: controls 100+ Mac apps with more than 1.000 tailor-made, app-specific actions.
- Control Web Video Playback: play / pause, change volume, mute, jump +/- 10 seconds in and change playback speed of most web videos in Safari and Chrome (including Netflix, Prime Video, Twitch, Twitter, tv.apple.com, Vimeo, YouTube, Facebook, Amazon Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, ownCloud, Nextcloud).
- Configurable Menu: a single, configurable on-screen menu allows switching and quitting apps, change the system volume, run actions, browse the filesystem or local Music libraries, put the Mac to sleep and much more!
- Virtual Keyboard and Mouse: allows using supported remotes and devices as mouse and keyboard.
- Mouse Pointer Spotlight Effect: highlights the current mouse position with a spotlight effect. Useful for highlighting in presentations.
- Screen Sharing: mirrors the screens of the Mac onto iPhone, iPad or Apple TV using the companion apps (details below). Our unique screen sharing technology delivers up to 60 fps with high image quality, transports input with low latency and connects quickly.
- Send IR commands: records and replays infrared (IR) codes, allowing to control many devices like TVs or amplifiers through Remote Buddy. Requires a compatible IR transmitter such as Flirc USB.
- Siri Remote support: allows using the Siri Remote as remote, mouse, keyboard and presentation spotlight.
- iOS and tvOS companion apps: Remote Buddy Mobile (iOS) and Remote Buddy Display (tvOS) turn iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs into powerful, smart remotes for the Mac. The connection to the Mac is secured with strong, certificate-based TLS encryption.
- Flirc Integration: integration with the Flirc USB IR transceiver at the firmware level, allowing specialized features like waking up Macs with Apple Remote or recording and replaying IR commands.
- Remote Control drivers: includes drivers for more than 30 Bluetooth, IR and RF remotes - including many popular remotes from Amazon, Logitech Harmony and Satechi.
What's new in version 2.7.3
New:
- New option ("Display with mouse cursor") to show overlay elements like the Menu or Virtual Keyboard "Display on" to show overlay elements
Enhancement:
- Support for Apple Creator Studio versions.
Remote Buddy for Mac
$24.99
In English
Version 2.7.3
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May 28, 2021
Version: 2.0.19
Finaly, I can control my kids via your iPhone or iPod Touch using Remote Buddy's AJAX Remote. Thanks or this app.
Dec 9, 2012
Version: 1.22.1
I got the Remote Buddy Express and use it together with Ajax Remote app on iPhone 4S. Running iMac 27" late 2009 with latest OSX.
This really is an elegant way to remotely control your Mac. I especially like the feature of showing the desktop of the connected computer on my phone. I miss the option for horizontal view, making the desktop survey/camera picture even bigger. And sound transfer would be awesome.
But when playing on iPhone with the options for controlling e. g. music/iTunes + camera (which works great, also here sound?!) the program is not responding any more when choosing movies or EyeTV. I could understand that this is something not supported/implemented, but that the app is completely shot down is taking some of the air out of this otherwise promising project. Not sure if it is the Remote Buddy Express part or the Ajax app that is the problem.
Oct 26, 2011
Version: 1.19.1
My Wiimote cursor stops to work after the update... Is it a coincidence, or my Wiimote is defective?
Sep 28, 2011
Version: 1.18.2
SIMPLY THE BEST ! This is the app I use EVERYDAY! I strongly recommend it to everyone !!! It can use iPhone as a remote for your mac ! :)
May 4, 2010
Version: 1.16.2
This is, without any doubt, the best remote utility program on the mac. The way this neat little utility brings functionality to my Apple remote almost astonishing. It's very intuitive to use with a clear and intuitive interface and best of all, simulation of mouse and keyboard.
A lot of presets actions for the most common programs and have full capability do add your own. This procedure might be the trickiest part of Remote Buddy, but it is doable and after a while you get the hang of it.
