Better Remote: TV Controller
Control Apple TV from your Mac
Only for Mac
$2.99
Better Remote makes controlling Apple TV as easy as using your Mac.
Use your keyboard and trackpad to navigate, play, pause, adjust volume, enter text, launch apps, and more.
Keyboard shortcuts make Apple TV control feel as fluid as the rest of your Mac, while the Dock app, menu bar, and a universal hot key keep Better Remote close at hand.
The Now Playing panel shows artwork, playback progress, and controls directly on your Mac. Open artwork for a closer look, or continue supported content on your Mac when available.
Features include:
- Apple TV navigation with your keyboard and trackpad
- Playback, volume, mute, and other remote controls
- Keyboard shortcuts for fast, familiar control
- Dock, menu bar, and universal hot key access
- Now Playing with artwork, progress, and playback controls
- Text entry from your Mac keyboard when Apple TV requests it
- Apps sidebar with favorites, reordering, hiding, and restoring
- Multiple Apple TV support with custom names inside Better Remote
- Appearance options to match your preference
- Haptic feedback for the six primary remote controls and D-pad controls
Better Remote is a simple companion for the Apple TV. It makes your Apple TV feel like an extension of Mac.
more App icons now refresh to reflect updates on your Apple TV, including the new Apple Music icon. Fixed an issue that could cause older icons to continue appearing in the app picker.
1.3.8 Oct 22
App icons now refresh to reflect updates on your Apple TV, including the new Apple Music icon. Fixed an issue that could cause older icons to continue appearing in the app picker.
1.3.7 Oct 21
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior. Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings. This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands. A new menu bar app puts your Apple TV remote within easy reach, without opening the main window.
1.3.6 Oct 17
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior. Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings. This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands. A new menu bar app puts your Apple TV remote within easy reach, without opening the main window.
1.3.5 Oct 14
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior. Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings. This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands. A new menu bar app puts your Apple TV remote within easy reach, without opening the main window.
1.3.4 Oct 9
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior. Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings. This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands. A new menu bar app puts your Apple TV remote within easy reach, without opening the main window.
1.3.3 Oct 1
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior. Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings. This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands. A new menu bar app puts your Apple TV remote within easy reach, without opening the main window.
1.3.2 Sep 25
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior. Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings. This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands. A new menu bar app puts your Apple TV remote within easy reach, without opening the main window.
1.3.1 Sep 14
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior.
Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings.
This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands.
A new menu bar app puts your Apple TV remote within easy reach, without opening the main window.
1.3 Sep 14
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior. Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings. This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands.
1.2.2 Sep 12
This update specifically addresses a crash on macOS 15. Sorry about that!
--Zac
Previous update:
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior.
Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings.
This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands.
1.2.1 Sep 12
Updated for macOS 27 with refreshed Liquid Glass controls and improved window behavior.
Better Remote Fidget now has improved 3D interactions and an experimental option to use it as your default remote window. Enable “Prefer 3D window” in Advanced settings.
This update also improves Apple TV connection recovery and fixes delays that could occur between remote commands.
1.2 Sep 10
Fixed the app icon appearing too large on macOS 15. Added Better Remote Fidget, a playful 3D remote with working controls, available from the Window menu and Apple TV picker. You can hide its menu entries in Advanced settings. This update also includes Apple TV connection improvements.
1.1.3 Sep 6
Better Remote 1.1.2 adds configurable menu bar “Send Click” actions and improves pairing compatibility with newer Apple TV models and software.
The menu bar icon includes four options for primary and secondary clicks. For example, use primary click to toggle play/pause and secondary click to send a click without bringing the main window forward.
This update also adds clearer recovery options when pairing stalls and includes additional reliability improvements.
—Zac
1.1.2 Sep 2
Better Remote 1.1 introduces redesigned onboarding, configurable menu-bar clicks, a playback-aware play/pause menu-bar icon, updated settings organization, and titlebar improvements for macOS 15 and macOS 26. Build 47 removes the optional Input Monitoring/media-key feature and its permission UI, and includes stability and polish throughout.
1.1.1 Sep 1
New: Dark mode theme is now, well, darker.
--Zac
1.0.3 Aug 15
Swiping Better Remote's trackpad wasn't always reliable. Sorry about that! This version should resolve the issue.
-- Zac
1.0.2 Aug 15
Adds Now Playing widgets and menu bar actions, media sharing support, plus sidebar, widget, and reliability improvements.
1.0.1 Aug 14
App icons now refresh to reflect updates on your Apple TV, including the new Apple Music icon. Fixed an issue that could cause older icons to continue appearing in the app picker.
more Version 1.3.8 Oct 22
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