I had to open communication with the apple remote through the IOKit. There are several tutorials on how to accomplish this if somebody was inclined to add it to AMP
Were you referring to a 3rd party app that would bind the apple remote to keys?
IMO using the apple remote is a very nice method for controlling a FE in the car. so long as your IR port is visible

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Once I finally get a mini in my car it is going to be my primary input.