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Remote Control Your Mac With Your iPhone

One of the things on the iPhone wishlist is being able to use it as a universal remote for your Mac and your Apple TV, but this Telekinesis webserver app meets us at least halfway. By installing this app on your Mac and hitting up the webserver, you can load up pages that allow you to do screen capture, control iTunes, browse your files, run AppleScript, take an iSight image and even do some basic typing.

Sure, it's not what we were asking for, but it is a nice way to get into your machine from across the house (or even across town if you have the right ports forwarded).

Project Page [Google Code]

1:20 PM on Fri Jul 6 2007
By Jason Chen
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morbo at 01:27 PM on 07/06/07
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Actually, a hack I want is using the BT in the iPhone to be a remote to the PS3. (futzing around with a game controller to play a movie is.. odd).
nachobel at 01:35 PM on 07/06/07
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@morbo: Too bad the bluetooth in the iPhone should really just be called "Headset Talking To Technology And Nothing Else" or something similar...
brianseye at 01:39 PM on 07/06/07
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What a shame that they crippled BT in the iPhone - I use it on my Sony Ericsson T616 to control iTunes remotely using Salling Clicker and a class 1 BT transmitter on my G5...
jaylake at 01:57 PM on 07/06/07
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That sounds like the worst kind of hack waiting to happen...
PixelMonkey at 02:02 PM on 07/06/07
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That looks like a great idea but at the same time it does seem suseptable to problems in terms of security.

I recently had been looking into getting a touch screen interface device to control everything in my new apartment. Anyone have any suggestions as to a good device that I can have built into the wall and looks great at the same time?
bobvilla at 02:03 PM on 07/06/07
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@Nachobel
Software updates, my good man.
iamnotdrtran at 02:24 PM on 07/06/07
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Everyone else has been doing this with Salling Clicker.

Controls Macs and PCs over bluetooth or wifi.
TonyRockyHorror at 02:38 PM on 07/06/07
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i've been messing with Telekinesis for the last day or two, and it's pretty cool. mostly, i've just been snapping pictures of the cat from the other room, but i've set it up so that i can connect to my laptop from work or wherever when the laptop is on my home network.

pretty cool stuff.
Kaiser-Machead at 03:22 PM on 07/06/07
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It's gonna be a while before I get used to Gizmodo posting pictures of an iPhone without the Japanime happy face.
SpaceDizzy at 04:31 PM on 07/06/07
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I finally saw the iPhone up close on the 4th and got to handle it. I was...unimpressed...

I'm no Apple hater, but I just can't see the thing being worth that kind of money.
jojonko at 06:59 PM on 07/06/07
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Nice and it even works unlike other "iphone apps". If nothing else it's a good beginning. I'm sure Apple will release some sort of similar VNC remote in the near future.