Remote Buddy 1.10 Brings iTunes Streaming

Remote Buddy, a shareware utility that allows Mac users to control their iTunes library via their iPhone or iPod touch, has just been updated to version 1.10.1.

The new version, which retails for €19.99 (about US$31) and is available for a 30-day trial download, offers the following fixes and changes:

-Enhancement: Updated Dutch translation (once again, a big thanks to Alexander Henket!)

-Fix: Fixed "double-toggle" bug in the support for multiple AirPort® Express.

-AJAX Remote - novelities and improvements

-NEW: Support for remote access ("streaming") to files stored in your iTunes® library (including playlist & album support)

-NEW: Support for the selection of multiple speakers as well as support for the selection of the default audio output of the Mac Remote Buddy runs on (tap on the "(i)" next to "Computer" in the speaker overview)

-Enhancement: Further speed and efficiency enhancements in the RapidHTTPD core used by the AJAX Remote.

-Enhancement: The launcher will no longer display an icon for EyeTV if EyeTV is not installed

-NEW: Behaviours for even more applications

-NEW: Behaviour for Adobe Media Player

-NEW: Behaviour for Adobe Bridge (CS2 and CS3)

-NEW: Behaviour for Toast Video Player

-NEW: Behaviour for XBMC

-NEW: Support for selecting multiple AirPort Express® speakers

-NEW: Default system audio inputs and outputs can now be switched via the menu (find it in Remote Buddy menu > System > Audio devices by default)

-NEW: Reworked pairing engine and book-keeping in Bluetooth® Receiver

-NEW: A new internal database allows users to see a list of paired remotes directly in "Preferences > Hardware > Bluetooth Receiver", to remove the pairing with that device directly within Remote Buddy.

-NEW: Support for passive pairing (only the BD Remote supports this, the Wii™ Remote does not). BD Remotes, once paired, can now be reconnected to Remote Buddy by the simple press of any button and also much faster. The BD Remote can now also wake up your Mac® even if it was not connected to Remote Buddy at the time the Mac® was put to sleep. In combination with the option to disconnect a remote after a given period of inactivity and the option to disconnect the remote upon sleep, the new support for passive pairing will help you to greatly enhance the battery life time of your BD Remote. Passive pairing also helps to avoid physical 802.11 pollution (as mentioned in Apple's "Bluetooth Device Access Guide") by avoiding Bluetooth® traffic as far as possible.

-NEW: Option to not show a legend of the current remote control mapping

-NEW: Option to directly activate a Behaviour without descending into its context menu first

-NEW: New AppleScript® command "keypress" allows developers to send key press events with manifold options

-Enhancement: Big speedboost of operations on huge iTunes® Music Library

-Enhancement: Whether Remote Buddy should appear in the dock, in the menu bar or both can now be determined on a per-user basis on Leopard. As a necessary change, the default setting under Tiger is now "only in the menu bar".

-Enhancement: Remote Buddy is now a signed application to improve the interplay with Leopard's built-in application firewall and Keychain®.

-Enhancement: Improved reliability in the recognition of Bluetooth® remotes ready for pairing

-Fix: Fixed a bug in the iTunes® Behaviour that would reload the XML database each time a library operation was accessed through the onscreen menu or the AJAX Remote.

-Fix: Fixed a rare timing bug where Remote Buddy could hang when an application was quit, cover art was polled via the AJAX Remote and iTunes changed tracks - all at the very same moment.

[VIa iPhone Atlas]