You don't have to check randomly... it does periodic checks to see if a new version is available. It is only when you are compulsively checking every 5 minutes that you manually have to do it. This is exactly like iTunes and the iPod/iPhone software updates.
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Apple TV 2.02 Just Released
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I'll give it a try. How do you do that? and where is that setting for wide channels? I can't find it. Thanks for the help
I sure hope this update fixes the bug where new movies are being made available for rent at a very slow rate!
Have Harmony 1000 x 2. Has been buggy but improving steadily with firmware updates over past year. Love the interface... Controls ATV well with obvious volume control
But for some reason requires a firm press (and mild hold) in order to register the command....
Have Harmony 1000 x 2. Has been buggy but improving steadily with firmware updates over past year. Love the interface... Controls ATV well with obvious volume control
But for some reason requires a firm press (and mild hold) in order to register the command....
Have you seen this thread?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/290426/
I had a Harmony 880, and I recently just upgraded to the Harmony ONE, which is by far the best remote I've ever used. The 800 was very good too, but the button layout left a lot to be desired. The ONE has a great button layout, and the touch screen works really well. I've got several components and it handles them all flawlessly.
I just set up a Harmony One yesterday. It is my first universal remote and I am generally happy with the result. (If the damn dog would stop standing in front of the components when I am trying to turn things on, it would help!) I will point out that support for the Apple TV seems to be very good. Unfortunately, I don't remember what I entered to set it up, but I know that I did not need to do the "Mac Mini" trick. I entered Apple TV. It did not ask any questions or need to train from the remote. It seems to work fine.
No ... though there is an option to manually check, the atv software checks *periodically* ( as in, not necessarily the moment the update comes out ) itself going all of the way back to 1.0. In fact, I just recently did a factory restore as part of a hdd upgrade so it went back to 1.0, after about 5 minutes from booting 1.0 I got the "There is a sofware update available. Would you like to download it now?" screen. I don't think it alerts you if your using the atv, but rather when it is idle.
In fact, the folks with hacked atv's over at AwkwardTV have to actually intentionally *disable* the atv's automatic update checker so that they do not accidentally break their hacks with an errant ATV OS update and have no intention of updating.
At any rate, I guess its largely semantic.
EDIT: confirmed, it checks for updates weekly, so no my atv is not magic
In fact, the folks with hacked atv's over at AwkwardTV have to actually intentionally *disable* the atv's automatic update checker so that they do not accidentally break their hacks with an errant ATV OS update and have no intention of updating.
At any rate, I guess its largely semantic.
EDIT: confirmed, it checks for updates weekly, so no my atv is not magic
Mine were 2.0 from the start (and a factory restore returns it to 2.0) so maybe it's disabled in those by default as I've never seen an update mention on it ever.
Not sure if this was reported, but I noticed something I haven't seen before...
Now when you use AirTunes to stream to AppleTV, e.g. while controlling the playlist from a computer, you can see the progress bar and album cover screen for the track you're streaming.
Previously it would just show the screensaver with title info in the lower left corner, and go to the AppleTV user interface screen you last used if you pressed any of the remote control buttons.
This is a nice step for house parties and stuff... I would like to see either some interface options for DJ style control (crossfaders, BPM sync, pitch lock, etc.)... I saw one plugin so far that is supposed to do BPM sync but it is pretty buggy.
Now when you use AirTunes to stream to AppleTV, e.g. while controlling the playlist from a computer, you can see the progress bar and album cover screen for the track you're streaming.
Previously it would just show the screensaver with title info in the lower left corner, and go to the AppleTV user interface screen you last used if you pressed any of the remote control buttons.
This is a nice step for house parties and stuff... I would like to see either some interface options for DJ style control (crossfaders, BPM sync, pitch lock, etc.)... I saw one plugin so far that is supposed to do BPM sync but it is pretty buggy.
I just wish the AppleTV unit itself at least had a basic dot matrix display on the front that could show artist/song/time information. I don't like having to have my TV on just to see what song is currently playing. This would be especially helpful when streaming Internet Radio stations to it or when playing unfamiliar songs from your own catalog.
On the other end of things, it would be really nice if AppleTV had a Visualizer system (preferably with plugins). I'd love to see some trippy stuff on my 93" home theater screen with certain artists. The slideshow stuff is nice, though. I'm still scanning my photo albums in to the Mac to display them on there.
On the other end of things, it would be really nice if AppleTV had a Visualizer system (preferably with plugins). I'd love to see some trippy stuff on my 93" home theater screen with certain artists. The slideshow stuff is nice, though. I'm still scanning my photo albums in to the Mac to display them on there.
S/W 2.0 has always done this, although it's only just starting working *properly* in 2.02 - it always used to freeze up and show glitches beforehand.
I rented No Country For Old Men in HD last night and it took almost two hours before it was ready to watch (compared to 1 minute for the two rentals I had last week). Even 2 minutes previews were taking like 2-4 minutes to load. I hope this is not a sign of things to come for their rental service. They need to be able to keep up with demand. It's not my ISP. It's consistently 4.8Mbit usable at all times I've ever done a speed test.
So is 2.02 still the current version of AppleTV's software? Either way, what kind of download times are people getting before an HD movie is ready to start playing in the current software? I'd like to update my AppleTV units to the latest, but I don't want it going from 1-2 minutes on average (barring the occasional slowdown of iTunes Store for unknown reasons) to 15-30 minutes or more as some past claims have mentioned. I've seen little to no discussion on the rental times in the past month or so.
Also, how are the Quicktime 7.4.5 and iTunes 7.6.2 updates? I seem to recall reading about some problems/issues with one or both of them when they were first announced, but I'm having a hard time even with the search engine finding those threads and current comments on them (I've told the search engine on here in advanced to ONLY search thread TITLES for "Itunes 7.6.2" and yet it STILL comes up with some massive list of results with no such keywords in the titles as far as the eye can see; I don't think that option works on here). I don't want to upgrade them if it's going to make something worse. Right now iTunes 7.6.1 and AppleTV 2.0 seem stable here for the most part.
One 'bug' I have found in AppleTV 2.0 (don't know if it's fixed in 2.0.1 or 2.0.2 or not) is that if you're looking at your own photo galleries and have clicked PAUSE (so the music stops and it's just showing your photo) and you then sit there until the screensaver time elapses (if set), the entire system will become unresponsive and just sit with a black screen until you physically unplug/replug the system to force a reboot. It completely ignores all remote control button presses. I've since disabled the screensaver timeout for now after having this happen to me about 5 times while pausing to discuss a particular photo with a family member, etc. I'm curious if the latest update has fixed that bug or if it's still there.
Also, how are the Quicktime 7.4.5 and iTunes 7.6.2 updates? I seem to recall reading about some problems/issues with one or both of them when they were first announced, but I'm having a hard time even with the search engine finding those threads and current comments on them (I've told the search engine on here in advanced to ONLY search thread TITLES for "Itunes 7.6.2" and yet it STILL comes up with some massive list of results with no such keywords in the titles as far as the eye can see; I don't think that option works on here). I don't want to upgrade them if it's going to make something worse. Right now iTunes 7.6.1 and AppleTV 2.0 seem stable here for the most part.
One 'bug' I have found in AppleTV 2.0 (don't know if it's fixed in 2.0.1 or 2.0.2 or not) is that if you're looking at your own photo galleries and have clicked PAUSE (so the music stops and it's just showing your photo) and you then sit there until the screensaver time elapses (if set), the entire system will become unresponsive and just sit with a black screen until you physically unplug/replug the system to force a reboot. It completely ignores all remote control button presses. I've since disabled the screensaver timeout for now after having this happen to me about 5 times while pausing to discuss a particular photo with a family member, etc. I'm curious if the latest update has fixed that bug or if it's still there.
I finally went ahead and updated to 2.02. Despite what some have said, it didn't change the time until ready to watch at all. Cloverfield in HD was ready to start in about 1-2 minutes or so at the 2% mark, same as it always has been save that one night when the network seemed to be going so slow for whatever reason.
So far, I've had zero problems connecting to the two AppleTV units I've got either, but then I use a NetGear Gigabit Draft N router, not an Apple Aiport to talk to them (I do have an Airport Express "N" unit, but it was slower talking to AppleTV than the Netgear router at 2.4GHz and was horrible with it at 5GHz. I might try that 5GHz connection again since a few other components have been updated since then).
So far, I've had zero problems connecting to the two AppleTV units I've got either, but then I use a NetGear Gigabit Draft N router, not an Apple Aiport to talk to them (I do have an Airport Express "N" unit, but it was slower talking to AppleTV than the Netgear router at 2.4GHz and was horrible with it at 5GHz. I might try that 5GHz connection again since a few other components have been updated since then).