Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: The Best Linux Distros for First Time Switchers from Windows and Mac Date: 26 Apr 2015 14:00:45 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <2a5d5$553a0827$43da7656$15943@nntpswitch.blueworldhosting.com> <2015042407551020601-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMme.com> <2015042415062688687-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMme.com> <240420152331099347%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net VPuK24CjaXPTxBmkIXrKCgvPy+b8sFJQFyo02rd2B6aUyDfpKF Cancel-Lock: sha1:FfV0l0N6HETN1vpwNv5K1nCGUN8= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:29599 On 2015-04-26, John wrote: > > The only possible issue with iTunes is that AppleTV seems to like > your network having a copy somewhere No, AppleTV functions just fine without a copy of iTunes on the network. > and AppleTV's remote actives iTunes when you're trying to watch > Netflix. This can cause great hilarity on your Macbook. It won't do > any damage, usually, but it sometimes does try to run things on the > Mac. That's easily fixed by telling the Mac to ignore the remote, or > by not having the Mac in line with it or by any of a dozen other > methods and it's not a great issue anyway but it *is* there. And > maybe it irks some sensitive souls. *I* think it's funny. Pretty silly that anyone would be irked by something they have full control over. If you don't want your computer to respond to commands from Apple remotes, tell it not to respond. Simple. > The safest way of avoiding this "problem" is, obviously, not having > an AppleTV but I saw one for not much pounds so I bought it. It's one > more toy to amuse me. That's a very silly "solution". A quick toggle of System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Advanced > Disable remote control infrared receiver does the trick nicely and allows you to continue enjoying your AppleTV. ; ) -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR