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Twisted Melon
Mira is designed exclusively for the Apple Remote, taking it beyond Front Row with personal control for any application, on any Mac. Shipping with built-in support for over 80 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.
The Apple Remote can be used on any Mac using mira and a supported IR receiver (Twisted Melon's Manta TR1 & MCE/eHome Receivers)
Mira automatically detects which application is running and matches it with the correct
The Apple Remote can be used on any Mac using mira and a supported IR receiver (Twisted Melon's Manta TR1 & MCE/eHome Receivers)
Mira automatically detects which application is running and matches it with the correct
What's New
Version 1.4.6:
- Support for new Plex 0.9.5.x media player
- Support for Netflix FullScreen control in Safari and Firefox
- Russian UI localization
- Tweaks to wake from sleep for Manta TR1
- Better response when launching Front Row
- Updates for PowerPoint, older Plex, XBMC, MPlayerX & more
- Work-around for Hulu Desktop double/wrong actions
- Installer tweaks for permissions issues in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
This update is recommended for all customers with Mac OS X 10.5 or newer.
Version 1.4.6:
- Support for new Plex 0.9.5.x media player
- Support for Netflix FullScreen control in Safari and Firefox
- Russian UI localization
- Tweaks to wake from sleep for Manta TR1
- Better response when launching Front Row
- Updates for PowerPoint, older Plex, XBMC, MPlayerX & more
- Work-around for Hulu Desktop double/wrong actions more...
Requirements
- PPC / Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
- Mac with USB
- Apple Remote
- Supported IR Receiver (Apple Built-in, Manta TR1, Keyspan or eHome/MCE)
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Mira is designed exclusively for the Apple Remote, taking it beyond Front Row with personal control for any application, on any Mac. Shipping with built-in support for over 80 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.
The Apple Remote can be used on any Mac using mira and a supported IR receiver (Twisted Melon's Manta TR1 & MCE/eHome Receivers)
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.
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:
The Apple Remote can be used on any Mac using mira and a supported IR receiver (Twisted Melon's Manta TR1 & MCE/eHome Receivers)
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.
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.
- DuoPress 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."
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Wcoates reviewed on 25 Dec 2011
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Miocinq reviewed on 24 Dec 2011
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Cottser reviewed on 17 Dec 2011
Enter Mira. Much simpler, something perhaps my Mother could use. I was able to launch Plex via the remote without any issues. However, a new version of Plex had just come out (0.9.5) and Plex changed their keymappings in a way that no longer worked with Mira. So I couldn't really use Mira with the new version of Plex. Time to email the developer.
Long story short, the developer went above and beyond to create a solution that enabled full functionality with the new version of Plex, and corresponded with the Plex developers as well to attempt a more native solution. Where that will go is still to be determined, but as a user I no longer need to know any of this, Mira just works with Plex!
Now I can upgrade to Lion without fear of missing Front Row.
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msager reviewed on 28 Nov 2011
The latest version was just released yesterday, following some 13 other releases since August.
I'm sure MU doesn't practice censorship, however your previous "review" was a tirade or insults directed toward my product, my company and me personally.
Reviews are fine, but personal attacks and lies are not. "dismal support" for instance is a blatant lie. I spend more time communicating with customers and non-customers than I do doing anything else day to day. Look at the release notes for the past few months to see how many times Mira has been rebuilt and released.
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Marco Marty reviewed on 17 Nov 2011
Yesterday i have buy your software Mira.
Mira work fine for just 5 minutes.After 5 minutes apple remote not work.
OS.VERSION: OSX LION 10.7.2
MIRA VERSION: 1.4.0R3 OR YOUR ULTIMATE BETA
RECOGNIZED IR: EHOME INFRARED
REMOTE: APPLE REMOTE
MAC: MacBook air 2011
All work ( License,applications,recognized of remote,remote)is full working but just for 5 minutes.After 5 minutes the remote non function more whit any application… After this I try to repeat the installation whit your ultimate beta and Mira work again.But unfortunately after 5 minutes again the problem.I try more times but always the problem.
P.S. The macbook air not in standby not stop hard disk not standby monitor.
What is the solution?
Thank you very much
Marco
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The first thing I need to know is what IR receiver you're using, because you indicate it's a third-party model.
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Version 10.6 and 10.6.1 of Mac OS had a bug that affected all third party software using the Apple Remote, not just Mira. However, since 10.6.2 this problem no longer exists.
Version 1.3.5 was released back in April with its beta this past February. And today we have just put up 1.4.0 which includes a new pref pane in 64 bits and recognizes all the buttons on the silver aluminum remote when using the built-in Apple receiver.
If you're still having any issues, contact us directly and we'll resolve them. just visit the web site: http://twistedmelon.com/contact/
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Mac OS 10.6.2 has since fixed this issue and Mira, along with other software that uses the remote can once again work normally.
There is one additional possible cause for a similar issue which can be attributed to one particular third-party application. It's been reported to us that Hulu Desktop can still cause Mira and other remote software to lose exclusive access. This may be due to Hulu using old code for their Apple Remote access, but I don't know that for sure. Access to the Apple Remote should be disabled in the preferences of such multimedia applications when using Mira or other programs which function as extenders to the remote.
If you're seeing any issues with double actions or any other issues at all, please contact us via our web site http://twistedmelon.com - we provide generally quick customer suport as well as pre-sales support for people running the demo software.
None of these issues have ever affected the use of USB IR receivers incidentally.
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They certainly didn't do anything wrong, but somehow it does feel a little "unfriendly" at least.
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http://twistedmelon.com/shop/promos/
You'll see a link on that page that shows Mira at a $3 discount - you just need to type your MacAppADay email address into the coupon field on the order page.
Also, we released many versions to which MacAppADay participants could upgrade to for free. The promotion was in December 2006 and the first version of Mira to stop working with those serial numbers was in August of 2007, three quarters of a year later.
At the time of the promotion we promised a discount whenever that date were to come where a purchase would be needed to move forward. That discount had in fact been in place since December 2006, the day of the MacAppADay promotion.
I think we've been pretty fair about the promotion and we were always up front about the licenses not being for every single future version update of Mira.
I was trying to be clear that I was never accusing you of being unfair.
SegNerd FKA neo979
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mrkane reviewed on 29 May 2009
This product is currently unusable, so I wouldn't spend the time installing + downloading it until this fix is made.
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Tried to like the software, but cannot accept interference with normal and core OS behavior. I guess I will be back to Sofa Control or Remote Buddy.
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I tried installing version 1.3.4 and it goes through the installation process fine, but when I go to the Mira preference pane, it still says version 1.25. Any ideas what's up? I'm running OS X version 10.5.8 on an Intel Imac.
Also, you may want to try the beta of 1.3.5 which has some changes to its installer script. There's a slim chance your previous installation didn't get overwritten by the new one, but I've never personally seen that and it hasn't been reported on any recent versions.
Nonetheless, if there's something about your installation that causes this to happen, I want to find out what it is and make sure we can cure it.
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No go. Mine is still at 1.25.
I'd trash all the prefs and start out fresh, but fear I'll lose my licensing.
I guess I'll write you folks.
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Uninstalling it via the pref pane wouldn't work either, but I was able to trash every Mira file I could find.
This got me to 1.34, but as an unregistered user.
I replaced the prefs files with my old ones and now all is well and I'm running 1.34 registered.
So that's my happy ending. :)
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msager rated on 24 Dec 2011