How to turn infrared reception on and off on the MacBook

If you have several Apple devices in your home, for example a MacBook and an Apple TV, you may have found yourself in the situation where your MacBook goes crazy every time you want to watch a movie on the Apple TV and use the remote control To prevent this from happening, it is recommended that you deactivate the infrared reception of your MacBook (since I'm sure you do not use it that much either). Here's how to turn infrared reception on and off on your MacBook .

• Macbook

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To activate and deactivate the infrared reception on the MacBook, you have to enter the 'System Preferences' of your MacBook.

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Click on ' Security ' and then on ' System '.

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Once inside the 'Security' panel select the option ' Deactivate the infrared receiver ' or deselect this option to activate it.

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And with these simple steps you have already activated and deactivated the infrared reception on the MacBook.

• If you do not usually use the infrared of your Macbook, we recommend that you have it off, since it consumes energy and you may have problems when using the remote.
• It is very easy to activate and deactivate the infrared of the Macbook, therefore it is not a big problem to activate it when you need it.