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I sometimes accidentally hit the play/pause button of my Apple Remote while Keynote was in show mode, closing the active presentation. Therefore, I would like to disable the play/pause button; either globally or specifically for Keynote.
I thought that BetterTouchTool would help me out, but it doesn't. Setting up a new trigger for Keynote on the play button does not work (tried to set it on Global and on Keynote).
Any tips on how I can disable the play/pause button? Thanks!
You might want to look at the code for KeyRemap4MacBook. There is functionality in there for remapping these keys to whatever you like, I'm not sure however if it would become clear how to "register" those keys.
Remote Buddy will allow you do to this (plus a whole lot more if you wish). You can customise a range of actions for each application and assign these to the Apple remote buttons (this includes both press and press-and-hold). You can also define your own custom actions if the built-in ones don't suit. Nothing came close for me in terms of flexibility and ease of use - I tried both Mira and Sofa Control before settling on RB.
Personally, I use this to control my XBMC media centre with a range of custom button-presses and use the launch menu to start it up. It works with the white plastic remote too, I've just got the aluminium one thats shown in the screenshot.
Best Answer
First, make sure you have the "Enable Apple remote plugin" box checked under settings. Also, make sure under Action settings> settings for predefined actions you have the right remote type selected. Then, simply create a new trigger with the remote's play button and no action. It should disable the remote. (You may have to restart both keynote and better touch tool for the effect to take place)