1. Sirimote Not Working
2. Apple Tv 4k Siri Remote

Today, I’ve updated SiriMote to version 1.2.

The Siri Remote (2nd generation) brings precise control to your Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD.1 Its all-new touch-enabled clickpad lets you click titles, swipe through playlists, and use a circular gesture on the outer ring to find just the scene you’re looking for. And with Siri, you can find what you want to watch using just your voice. I picked up an extra remote for use as a presentation remote for my laptop. There are some tools available (such as SiriMote) that enable you to pair the remote with your computer, and for this purpose it worked quite well. Of course, as an Apple TV remote, it also works well and is simple and easy to use.

What Is SiriMote?

With SiriMote, you can control your Mac with your Apple TV Siri Remote:

• Control your Mac’s volume
• Control iTunes (play/pause, next or previous track, fast forward, rewind)
• Control Keynote (next or previous slide)
• Control QuickTime Player (play/pause, fast forward, rewind)
• Control VLC Player (play/pause, next or previous track, fast forward, rewind)
• Control Microsoft PowerPoint (start/stop slideshow, next or previous slide)
• Control any Mac app that reacts to your Mac’s keyboard’s media keys

What’s New in SiriMote 1.2?

Most notably, SiriMote 1.2 lets you put your Mac (or its display) to sleep using your remote.
Press and hold the remote’s Home button for a second, and the following bezel will appear:

It’s a little larger than usual, because I figured you’d like to be able to read it from afar. It then lets you choose between putting only your Mac’s display to sleep or the entire system.
You can wake your Mac’s display again with any button of the remote – waking from system sleep currently only works with a keyboard or mouse/trackpad, not the remote.

SiriMote is now localized in German, Sparkle (used for the update mechanism) has been updated to version 1.14.0.
I’ve also switched to Auto-Layout instead of NSView’s autoresizing mechanism, which you can read about in this What I… blog post.

As you can see in the screenshot above, the Siri Remote is now not a graphic anymore, but drawn entirely in code, allowing for absolutely free resizing (which you can read about a bit here). The code for it will be open sourced soon.

Pricing and Availability

SiriMote is a freeware application, which means you can download and use it without limitations for free. If you like it, please consider taking a look at my other apps – thank you!
The app is available for download from SiriMote’s website (direct download).
SiriMote requires OS X El Capitan 10.11 or newer and an Apple TV Siri Remote.

If you’re interested in writing about SiriMote, you can download the press kit here, which contains screenshots and further information.

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Hello, everyone.

My name is Matt, I'm the developer of Eternal Storms Software.

I recently released a freeware app: SiriMote, outside of the Mac App Store.

Sirimote Not Working

The reason I could not release it on the Mac App Store is that it uses CGEventPost to simulate keypresses (for example, when the play/pause button is pressed on the Siri Remote, the Play/Pause media key (on the F8 key) of the Mac's keyboard is pressed), and CGEventPost is ignored inside the sandbox.

So I was wondering - is there a way to do this inside the sandbox?

Apple Tv 4k Siri Remote

I guess an alternative would be using the Scripting Bridge, but then I would have to specifically communicate with particular apps. The nice thing about CGEventPost is that any app that responds to the media keys can be used with SiriMote.

I'd love a more open approach, like CGEventPost.

Any hints appreciated!

Thank you kindly,

Matt