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Where to store your MacBook's IR remote during use Laptop Macs
Tue, Aug 1 2006 at 7:30AM PDT • Contributed by: timhaigh
Ever wondered where to keep your macbook IR remote so it does not get lost on your desk? Well, inspired by a similar 'feature' on the iMac, I found that you can stick the remote magnetically to the top left of the MacBook display's frame -- like this.

[robg adds: This does work as shown, based on tests with my MacBook.]]
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Where to store your MacBook's IR remote during use
Authored by: solipsism on Tue, Aug 1 2006 at 8:04AM PDT
Is there a similiar solution for the MBP?

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Where to store your MacBook's IR remote during use
Authored by: rspeed on Tue, Aug 1 2006 at 10:34AM PDT
No. This doesn't really seem to be completely intentional. The magnet it sticks to is what MacBooks use as a latch.

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Where to store your MacBook's IR remote during use
Authored by: M dL B Simoni on Tue, Aug 1 2006 at 9:33AM PDT
I really thought this was common knowledge. When the Intel iMac was first on display at the Apple Stores, that is where they were all kept, stuck to the side of the iMac.

But, looking through Apple's iMac web pages, I don't see it being displayed like that, so I guess many newer people wouldn't have a clue.

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Where to store your MacBook's IR remote during use
Authored by: Pokeon on Tue, Aug 1 2006 at 10:05AM PDT
Personally I like to cross it on right side of the screen... so it looks like a bow... and make it seem like there is some kind of female presents in my life...

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Creative name for the computer, BTW :P
Authored by: rspeed on Tue, Aug 1 2006 at 10:08AM PDT
Do you still have the plastic wrap on the remote?

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Creative name for the computer, BTW :P
Authored by: timhaigh on Wed, Aug 2 2006 at 12:17AM PDT
Yes I did on that remote well spotted.

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Creative name for the computer, BTW :P
Authored by: Grommet on Fri, Aug 4 2006 at 2:27AM PDT
Yes, for as long as it stays on without effort.

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Where to store your MacBook's IR remote during use
Authored by: ocpete on Tue, Aug 1 2006 at 8:23PM PDT
I wonder if that is meant as a remote holder, or if that is part of the magnets that keep the lid shut. Is it magnets that keep the lid shut or is there a spring in the hinge somewhere?
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Where to store your MacBook's IR remote during use
Authored by: timhaigh on Wed, Aug 2 2006 at 12:19AM PDT
The magnet is not there specifically for the IR remote. The magnet keeps your lid closed. There is a magnet on the right side of the mabook also.

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Where to store your MacBook's IR remote during use
Authored by: zpjet on Wed, Aug 2 2006 at 1:25AM PDT
you shouldn't use your notebook in bed. according to apple disclaimer, macbook is not a bedtop - it can overheat itself or even burn your bed.

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Where to store your MacBook's IR remote during use
Authored by: timhaigh on Sun, Apr 5 2009 at 6:37PM PDT
I know this. If I use my macbook on a bed it sits on a bit flat piece of wood.



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