trigger alfred with the AppleRemote (gen1.)

[mookee]

hi

 

am using alfred to rate swinsian tracks (double cmd on keyboard gives 5star rating..globally..nice)

 

anyway, i would like to trigger that by my apple remote zb. by the menue button pressed twice.. any ideas if possible and how??

 

 

thx, c

 

 

[mookee]

nothing? noone ever thought about?

[vitor]

Your problem isn’t directly Alfred-related. First you need to find out if it’s even possible to have the Apple Remote run arbitrary commands (ask somewhere else more general, like Ask Different). If it is possible, then we can help you make it work in Alfred.

Edited March 27, 2021 by vitor

[mookee]

hi

 

yeah, makes sense..!) 

 

started a post at https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/417622/use-apple-remote-to-run-arbitrary-commands-to-use-for-alfred-app

 

if someone is interested. 

 

ILL BE BACK

[vitor]

1 hour ago, mookee said:

started a post at https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/417622/use-apple-remote-to-run-arbitrary-commands-to-use-for-alfred-app

 

The comments are turning it in an unproductive direction. You shouldn’t have mentioned Alfred at all, because that’s absolutely irrelevant to the equation and will only complicate things. To be efficient, Stack Overflow questions should distill the problem to their core. Alfred can run whatever is run in a shell so what you care about is if there’s any tool which will allow you to interact with an Apple Remote from the command-line. If there is, it can be called from Alfred; if there isn’t, it can’t.

Edited March 28, 2021 by vitor

[dfay]

Just to be clear, you’re talking about the little hardware Apple Remote that comes with the Apple TV etc. right, not using the Alfred Remote app. to do this correct?

 

[mookee]

yes, sorry, i didnt make that clear enough.. am talking about the apple remote gen1. with IR in my case