mira (Personal Control for Your Apple Remote) 1.2.3 review

mira is designed exclusively for the Apple Remote, taking it beyond Front Row with personal control over any application.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: Twisted Melon, Inc. Buy Now Price: $16.00 Updated: 03 Oct 2006

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mira is designed exclusively for the Apple Remote, taking it beyond Front Row with personal control over any application. Shipping with built-in support for over 20 applications, new ones can be given their own specific actions in a few seconds with virtually no learning curve and no additional software or plugins to download or install.

mira automatically detects which application is running and matches it with the correct personal settings. If you know how to use your favorite applications with a mouse and keyboard, you can make them work with the Apple Remote.

Additional features:

• A versatile (and giant) Launch Menu, that you can see across the room, lets you decide what appears inside it and what it should look like.

• Multi Actions supporting short and long press of every button on the Apple Remote for two times the control possibilities. It also supports different actions depending on application state (e.g. DVD Player menu vs. playback)

• Keystroke sending to foreground or any specific application, transparent AppleScript launching, special system commands including volume control and more actions to give you truly "Personal Control."

Limitations:
Limited number of active profiles and launch menu items at any one time until software has been registered.

What's New:
New:
Built-in support for the following games
iColumns from Brian Webster
Pac The Man from McSebi
Bub and Bob 2 from McSebi
MacSwear from Dag ?…gren
Frozen Bubble from Guillaume Cottenceau
GLTron from Andreas Umbach
Built-in support for the following applications:
Aperture from Apple (works in all versions)
Stapler from Blue:Tec
iTunes DuoPress action to embed artwork in selected tracks

Changes:
Additions to built-in Help files

Fixes:
Accidental action from stray IR signals using MCE receivers
Pairing with MCE receiver could cause receiver to stop receiving.

Requirements:
Mac with USB
Apple Remote
Built-in IR Receiver, Manta TR1 or eHome/MCE receiver.