One thing I forgot to mention in the first post of "How to Watch Internet Videos on your TV (Mac only)" it that you will want to mirrow your display. To do this you press the F7 button on your Mac (may a different button on some Macs. You can also acheive this by going to system prefrences and clickin on "display".
Now let's get on to how to program you apple remote to start and stop an online video.
Most Mac laptops (Intel) come with a remote like the one above. This allows you to control your music, videos, photos, etc. To use this remote for online videos like the ones availble on Netflix you need to download a free product called iRed Lite.
Once you open the program it will place a icon near your airport icon on the top of the computer screen. Click on that icon and chose OSD Panel. Here is what it looks like. Click the photo to make it larger.
You will see a picture of your remote on the left side of this screen. Click on the middle button. This is the play/pause button on the remote. On the right click on "Current App", under Groups select "Standard Keys" Then you need to click "Edit Action". See photo below, click it to make larger.
In the "Special Key" box press your space bar. The words SPACE should now appear in the box. Now when you go back to the main OSD pannel the middle button on the remote should say "SPACE".
Finally, go to your favoite web video site and you should be able to start and stop the videos using the middle button on your apple remote. It sounds like a lot of work to get one function to work. But when you are laying in bed and wish to pause witout getting up it is all worth it!
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