iTunes Remote Control Made Easy

Apple already lets you play songs on a remote Mac through the Mac you’re sitting at with its Sharing feature. But what if you want to control songs playing on that remote Mac? Maybe the computer in the kitchen controls an Airport Express connected to your stereo. Can you fire up a playlist on the kitchen Mac from your Macbook in the den? You can. And there are a couple of ways to do it. The easy way? Get yourself a copy of Remote Remote.

It lets you skip through songs, select playlists, and even rate your tracks. Remote Remote has a clean interface with well-designed controls. You can even add tracks to a special playlist to mark them for further action later.

Remote Remote requires a user password on your Mac hosting the iTunes library. And you have to enable Remote Apple Events in the System Preferences. But that’s not much to ask.

The iTunes interface doesn’t have built-in keyboard shortcuts for rating your tracks. But Remote Remote does. Murphy hopes to have a rating on every track in his library by 2019. Other features include putting a remote Mac to sleep, starting iTunes on the remote Mac, adding track comments, and controlling the equalizer.

You could use something like VNC to control the remote Mac, but Remote Remote handles the task far more directly. Watch the screencast to see Remote Remote’s features in action. Or download it here and try it out for yourself.

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