The small and simple Apple Remote is great for navigating Front Row menus on a Mac and browsing the contents of an Apple TV, but anyone with more than one of these floating around might want to pair each remote with a device. Here’s a real life situation that is surprisingly common A friend comes over with their fancy new Mac and starts messing around with Front Row using the tiny white Apple Remote. Suddenly your own Mac, which is sitting in the same room, starts taking orders from the remote. That’s certainly not what you want and, luckily, there’s an easy way to avoid this kind of interference. In just a couple steps you can “pair” an Apple Remote with one Mac computer or an Apple TV, thereby preventing accidental signals from being sent to other infrared-equipped devices.

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Not only that, but the paired Mac or Apple TV won’t accept commands from any remote other than its own. Pairing and unpairing with a Mac To pair an Apple Remote with your Mac, simply place it a few inches away from the computer’s infrared sensor and hold down the Menu and Next/Fast-forward buttons on the remote for 5-10 seconds. A confirmation will appear on-screen and that’s all there is to it. Unpairing a remote from a Mac is just as effortless. Open System Preferences, click on the Security pane, and click the Unpair button under the General tab. You can also choose to disable input from all remotes by checking the “Disable remote control infrared receiver” option on the same window. Pairing and unpairing with an Apple TV Once again showing Apple’s consistency across all of its product lines, pairing an Apple Remote with an Apple TV is just the same as with a Mac.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged ssh virtual-machine or ask your own question. Another example would be the need to run an ssh server like openssh-server, or a source control server like Gitolite. Yes, you can do both on OS X, but Linux or FreeBSD generally provides a better environment for server like functions. Virtual machine windows 10. After your Virtual Machines are provisioned, you can connect to them using the Virtual Machine Console in the Customer Portal, or by using a standalone SSH (Secure Shell) client. This will allow you to work from the command line interface (CLI) of your Virtual Machine. After installing the Ubuntu operating system and logging in to VM, to install the ssh server, issue the following command in the Ubuntu VM: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y openssh-server Now you can try logging into your virtual machine over ssh through port 2222, which has been set up to forward to port 22 of your VM. Virtual machine created! In list of VMs open context menu for “MacOS” VM and choose “Settings”. On “System/Motherboard” set “Boot order” like on screenshot.

Hold Menu and Next/Fast-forward for a few seconds and you’re done once you see the confirmation on-screen. The process for unpairing is different than on a Mac, however. If you have access to your paired remote, you can go to Settings > General > Remotes and then choose “Unpair Apple Remote.” If you lost your paired remote, though, that’s obviously not an option. Instead, you’ll need access to another Apple Remote to get the job done. Hold the Menu and Previous/Rewind buttons for 5-10 seconds and the missing remote will be removed from the Apple TV’s memory, thus enabling you to pair the new remote if you choose. About MacYourself MacYourself was established in July 2008 by founders (and Apple enthusiasts) Ant and Frankie P., who wanted to create a tips & tricks site geared towards the average or new Apple product user.

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