The Barkings blog at SmallDog has posted instructions on how you can pair your Apple Remote with your Mac.

It’s pretty simple and took more time to find the remote than to actually do it and confirm the pairing.

First you need to be about 3 or 4 inches from your Mac. Point the remote at your Mac and hold the Menu Next/Fast Forward buttons. Do that for about 5 seconds and you should see an image of the Apple Remote with a link icon appear on the screen. ONce that happens that remote is paired with that Mac.

To be 100% sure the pairing took place you can open up System Preferences and click the Security button. In the window at the bottom you should see a button that says ‘Unpair’. That means the remote is paired and you can unpair it by simply clicking on that button.

Note: You’ll need to be logged in as an Administrator for this to work.

[Pairing Your Apple Remote]