Who uses their Mac's IR port, and what for?

cosmonutcosmonut
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
With the elimination of the IR port from the new TiBooks and comments such as, "I don't think very many people used it anyway," I'm curious:



Who here has an IR port on their Powerbook, early iMac, or has added on an IR port; and ACTUALLY uses it?



I have one on my Pismo, and I use it to sync my Visor Edge with Palm Desktop when I'm away from the Visor's cradle. Very convenient, and I'd actually have issues with buying the new TiBook for that very reason.

It may be a little thing, but it's important to me.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    I wrote a little program that lets my TiBook act as a remote to my television and DVD player, and my roommates stereo.



    Just kidding.



    As you know I'm not a user of the irda port, but like you, I know people who seem to use it for the Palm.



    But that little quip above does give me an idea. . . . <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 2 of 10
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    i had my mom's rev. A iMac set up to hotsync through the infrared port. seemed to work well, no wires and no USB hassle. i've also had it set up to print over IR, but that was really slow and just a pain.
  • Reply 3 of 10
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    So that's it? TWO people here use the IR port on their Macs? Hmmm.
  • Reply 4 of 10
    existenzexistenz Posts: 57member
    [quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:

    <strong>So that's it? TWO people here use the IR port on their Macs? Hmmm.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Many people here doesn't have an IR port on their mac
  • Reply 5 of 10
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    Use it for palm syncs. my brother uses it for something with his eMates, not sure what. Mother uses it I believe with HP printers at work. And we were about to purchase a cell phone that could connect via infrared
  • Reply 6 of 10
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I use the one on my PowerBook 2400 to sync with my Palm handhelds, but that was it really. I use the IR port on my PC to synchronize my heart rate monitor... which I'd do on my Mac if Polar supported their software on a mac
  • Reply 7 of 10
    arnearne Posts: 29member
    i use my tibooks ir port

    for internet access on the

    road with my mobile...



    or for data transfer with

    other tibooks on the

    road... i always seem to

    forget to carry some

    elementar cables...



    [ 05-02-2002: Message edited by: arne ]</p>
  • Reply 8 of 10
    amoryaamorya Posts: 1,103member
    [quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:

    <strong>With the elimination of the IR port from the new TiBooks and comments such as, "I don't think very many people used it anyway," I'm curious:



    Who here has an IR port on their Powerbook, early iMac, or has added on an IR port; and ACTUALLY uses it?



    I have one on my Pismo, and I use it to sync my Visor Edge with Palm Desktop when I'm away from the Visor's cradle. Very convenient, and I'd actually have issues with buying the new TiBook for that very reason.

    It may be a little thing, but it's important to me.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I use it loads for internet access with my phone. I wouldn't mind if they replaced it with bluetooth (my phone can be upgraded with bluetooth), but to get rid of the port completely means I won't be getting a new TiBook for a while.



    Amorya
  • Reply 9 of 10
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I used mine go to webwards whilst in southern Africa: bought a local SIM card on pay-as-you-go and never looked back.



    Mail from the top of Table Mountain?



    Well, why not.



    (I didn't actually do that. But I could have. If I'd wanted to.)
  • Reply 10 of 10
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    Got a Pismo. Never once used the IR por.t
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