Universal Ir Apple Remote for any computer running OSX

There was a post about a guy who installed an Ir receiver from a Macbook Pro 15" into a dell mini 9, but I thought that mod was cool except for the fact that it was limited to only that computer. So I got a Macbook Pro Ir receiver and used an old cheap $1 chinese Ir dongle and removed the usb male connector from it, then soldered the new Macbook Pro Ir receiver onto it and plugged it into different hackintoshes to see if it was compatible with all and turns out it was, so now I can enjoy using my Apple Remote on any hackintosh that I have.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Apple
• Remote
• Infrared
• Dongle
• USB
• Hackintosh
• Universal
• IrDA

[enigmo08]

@details1st I looked at a usb pinout, and the cables on the ir receiver had similar colors, but substituted yellow for white. So I soldered it 1st to do a test connection before I crammed it inside the casing

[details1st]

Hi,

how did you figure out the pinout of the MacBook's IR receiver? I'd also like to use the IR receiver of my old white 13" MacBook on other machines, but there are no colored wires attached to it.