Valuable but very basic
This is an app I use all the time to play music from my Mac through the various stereos in my house using Airplay. I really rely on. I just wish Apple would pay a little more attention to it and update it to match some of the functions in the computer and iPad. For example, there is no ‘Recently Added’ as there is everywhere else through the Apple ecosystem. Also, the version for the Watch flat-out doesn’t work. Seems to be an orphan app — I just hope they don’t totally abandon it.
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Good, but not as good as iTunes
The app is great. I listen to my music from a Mac mini (no screen no keyboard) and this app makes it possible. However, a few features more would make it perfect: 1. To be able to control shuffle mode: I have not been able to switch from song to album shuffle and back from the remote app. 2. When I choose to view the music by genres I get to see the songs and not the albums. As most of my music is classical, this is quite a disappointment. I hope this could be mended and it would make an unbeatable app. It Would be great to keep up with the new iTunes. Btw, aren't you working on an app to control the whole of the Mac mini from my iPad?
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Buggy and feature incomplete, bigly
Such a simple notion: control Apple Music from your iOS device. How hard could it be, if youre already Apple, to modify the existing Music app on iOS to control a remote Music app on MacOS? But no. Right off the bat you can tell this was some half-baked summer intern project that’s not been maintained: doesnt work in landscape mode, Now Playing doesnt rotate to the current orientation at all (ie is upside down is the power cord to your phone is on the top, as it is on a stand), and there is seemingly no way to select music to be played from anything other than your physical music Library. Huh? Basically, all I can do with it is pause/unpause/skip songs *after I start playing them on my Mac*!! It wont even wake up the Mac! C’mon Apple! You’re better than this!
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It kinda works, but...
Apple seems to have orphaned this app since they want people to be so irritated by its lack of even the smallest features to help people use it that they switch to paid Apple Music subscriptions. When I view my music library in BluOS App, and select Genre I can then view songs, composers, albums, artists, etc. But in Apple Remote I can only see songs grouped by album. Annoying if you are trying to find an album in a genre among many. What I would love would be the column browser from iTunes in the iPad app, that is and always has been the most flexible tool for finding stuff. Ironically its one of the most ancient, since like the rest of the original Macintosh UI they cribbed it from the Smalltalk browser of the Xerox Alto from the 70s.
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Such a good app
Please don’t stop support for this. It’s really fantastic and for it to show up on the Lock Screen would be so cool. The wifi set up doesn’t always work with iPhone so this app is real handy especially if you have an iMac
Works, but could be tremendously improved
Music doesn’t show on Home Screen when using this to control a library, nor does it show in the now playing section.
Seems like there is no integration between this app and the Apple ecosystem which is one of the brand’s main attraction.
This can easily be improved.
Home sharing does not always work, making me rely on manual adding of the library which might be causing this issue in the first place.
Seems like there is no integration between this app and the Apple ecosystem which is one of the brand’s main attraction.
This can easily be improved.
Home sharing does not always work, making me rely on manual adding of the library which might be causing this issue in the first place.
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Stopped working
It stopped working after a day
iPhone remote
Makes using Apple TV so easy
It technically works
The app does work as advertised and will let you connect and control your computer or tv. But the problem is that it lacks the ability to search the Apple Music catalog and the user interface is very reminiscent of the old iPod ui and honestly just needs a bit of a face lift. Personally I would love it if it gained the ability to control more apple devices rather than just iTunes and Apple TV or even better would be if it was integrated into the default music app.
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Little lost gem!
I used this app years ago and even forgot I had it installed. And then came on a use case I’ve wanted for years - and this does it! Beautifully!!!
Among other things, I use Remote to control the music playing on my main Mac through AirPlay to my main entertainment system. Now I can listen to the same stream in the office, family room, and outside and am free to roam about the yard without worrying about WiFi dropping out. And I still have complete control over what is playing (and volume and more) from my iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch! Can’t wait to pair some friends phones so my Mac can serve as a jukebox at the next party! I’ve always wanted to do that!
The only thing I wish it did that it doesn’t do is allow me to Add to my library! (I think I get why and it’s not too much to go over to Music and do it and then come back.)
Well done Apple!!!
Among other things, I use Remote to control the music playing on my main Mac through AirPlay to my main entertainment system. Now I can listen to the same stream in the office, family room, and outside and am free to roam about the yard without worrying about WiFi dropping out. And I still have complete control over what is playing (and volume and more) from my iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch! Can’t wait to pair some friends phones so my Mac can serve as a jukebox at the next party! I’ve always wanted to do that!
The only thing I wish it did that it doesn’t do is allow me to Add to my library! (I think I get why and it’s not too much to go over to Music and do it and then come back.)
Well done Apple!!!
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