Apple TV (1st gen): how to free up space?

how do i delete some of the content to free up space for new content?, Apple TV (1st gen) : how do i delete some of the content to free up space for new content?

If you want more space or take certain things off then just manualy select what you want on it. I just check the shows I want on it the when I want them off I uncheck them and then resync he ATv to get them off etc.. Easy as pie....pi !
As for the purchased items not going away, scroll down to make sure that playlist is not checked on the computer under movies or shows etc...

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TS1741 If I only have an iPad and Apple TV 1st gen how can I get it to work

Will I'm trying to use my new iPad as my remote for my first generation cause I keep losing it. I do not have a computer is there any other way to connect them too.

vazandrew wrote:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/remote/id284417350?mt=8
If I'm not mistaken, that is for the Canadian iTunes Store.
If the OP is in the U.S. this should work: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/remote/id284417350?mt=8

How can I retrieve photos from my Apple TV (1st gen) to put onto my new iMac?

How can I retrieve photos from my Apple TV (1st gen) to put onto my new iMac?

See if this helps:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1315
Cheers,
GB

How do I save itunes contents to apple tv 1st gen.

How do I save itunes contents to apple tv 1st gen.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Which content, from your library or content you purchase on the Apple TV.

How to recreate list of media or Library in iTunes and link to Apple TV (1st gen)

Here's the scenario:
I have the iTunes folder pointing to an external device (Time Capsule). I have most, but not all of my media content on the Time Capsule, as my MacBook Pro only has a 122GB drive. (Yes, I have been warned that changing the iTunes folder has consequences, but I'm sure iTunes is still happy I'm buying content.)
I also have different content purchased on the Apple TV which is not on the Time Capsule, or on my MacBook Pro.
Upgraded iTunes to 10.4.1 & result - list of media AKA 'Library' (TV shows & Movies) was reduced to nil.
(Thank you Apple - not what I expect, although iTunes is the most obscure piece of software I have ever used.)
I re-added all the Movie and TV content stored on the Time Capsule to the 'Library' in iTunes, called "MyLibrary". I am unable to add the content on the Apple TV to that same library.
When on the Apple TV I can view all content stored on the Apple TV. It currently is linked to an old library and it is greyed out on the Apple TV. I am afraid to disconnect it in case the information in that library indicates that the content has been synced, in which case that content will be 'removed' from the Apple TV.
The 'Computer' link on the Apple TV points to a shared Library --- "MyLibrary".
If I add the shared library "My Library", I can view the content stored on the Time Capsule by accessing "Shared Movies"/"Shared TV Shows". That's good, however ...
I want to integrate the two libraries together and to copy the purchased content on the Apple TV (1st gen) to the Time Capsule.
(Just had a thought ... if I could arrange to download those purchases again, the problem would be solved.)
The reason I want to do that is I can not 'see' the content on the Apple TV through iTunes, nor do I have a duplicate copy of all that content on the Apple TV should the Apple TV storage fail. Also, I cannot connect to the Apple TV through iTunes except through the Shared Library "My Library", which now only contains content on the Time Capsule.
I know this is complex, but for those of you who understand the innerds, do you have any suggestions?
Thx
Moira

I'd strongly suggested posting this in the ATV forum if you haven't already.

Remote app on Ipad 2 (and Apple TV 1st gen)

Hi,
I have an Apple TV (1st gen) which I control thorugh an Iphone 4 and Ipad 1. I recently bought an Ipad 2 and installed the Remote app. The app finds my ATV and I can control the music in it, but the control function (that allow the ipad screen to become a trackpad) is missing, so I cannot navigate on the ATV's menu. I can still do it on the Iphone4 and Ipad 1 (even with the updated IOS). I have tried deleting and reinstalling the app on my Ipad2 but the control function is still missing. Has anyone experienced this before? Do you know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance!

Have you tried resetting the iPad, to do this:
Press and hold the Home button and the Wake / Sleep buttons at the same time, keep them both pressed until you see the Apple logo appear on the screen (ignore the swipe to turn off message, keep the buttons pressed).

Apple TV 1st Gen not in iTunes devices or preferences

Not sure how many other people have had this problem, but if you find that your 1st gen Apple TV disappears from iTunes devices and preferences this is what I had to do to get it all back:
In brief I believe this is linked to the email @mac and @me alias's and my inability to keep everything in sync. If this is obvious to you my apologies, but looking at the threads out there I think more than one person has this problem.
I had a 1st & 2nd gen Apple TV, an iMac with Lion, an iPhone 3GS and iPad 1st generation not talking to each other - they had all communicated perfectly well over the last few weeks and months (post and pre Lion upgrade).
A few days ago (after the latest iTunes update 10.4.1 (10)) my 1st Gen Apple TV disappeared from the devices section of iTunes and so after much reading of communities to find an answer (no joy) I decided to remove it from the iTunes Apple TV sync menu in iTunes preferences. I then couldn't get it back and it disappeared from the iTunes menu. Heres how I fixed it:
When Apple changed the mobile me accounts from @mac.com to @me.com I started using both, e.g. [email protected] & [email protected].
My iTunes account on my iMac was set up to my @mac alias but I turned on home sharing with my @me email address.
All my devices listed above were set up for home sharing (except ATV 1st gen) with my @me alias and worked fine until recently
In the last week I have regularly had issues with my 2st generation Apple TV password / email alias not being recognised by the iTunes store.
In addition my iPad, iPhone and iPod touch have also had issues with the remote app with both Apple TV's where they have 'disappeared' from within the remote app.
Today I lost everything on every device.
Here's how I fixed it:
Factory restore Apple TV 1st gen and set up with @mac.com email address details (not my @me email alias)
As above for Apple TV 2nd gen
Turn off computer, iPad, iPhone, BT Home Hub, Netgear Wireless router, unplug Apple TV 1st generation & Apple TV 2nd generation (mains and HDMI).
Go to shop to buy gin and tonic ingredients
Turn on BT home Hub and when completely booted -
Turn on Netgear router and when completely booted (make G&T during this time) -
Turn on computer and launch iTunes
Plug in Apple TV 1st Generation and select general > computers and the 1st option with the infinity logo
Apple TV 1st gen appears in iTunes (phew, drink G&T))
Register Apple TV in iTunes, rename it (to whatever) and thank goodness everything back to normal albeit with long re-syncing (but that's why I bought a seperate wireless router from Netgear in the first place, so not so bad).
modifyed my home sharing account details in iTunes from my @me email to my @mac email alias
Turned on iPad and changed home sharing account from @me to @mac
Apple TV 1st Gen 'appears' when I select add shared library along with iTunes from my iMac on the iPad
turn on iPhone 3Gs and repeat the above (as per iPad) - again everything suddenly worked again
Plug in Apple TV 2nd Gen and changed home sharing, itunes account to my @mac account from my @me account (NB: I was able to see my iMac in the computers menu on the ATV 2nd gen using my @me email alias before changing it)
2nd Gen ATV appears for the first time in a few days back in the remote app.
All back to normal.
Now this may be blindingly obvious to you, but just in case it isn't, I thought I'd write it all down in the hope it helps someone. It may not be the email alias, it may just be resetting everything, but I did try that first before fixing it using the steps above.
Best wishes.

I assumed that by using time machine to import everything onto the new iMac that the new machine was effectively the "old machine". Maybe not. It was set to sync to the old mac, so will try setting up the Apple TV again on it's computers tab.
Still worried that I can't find the "find Apple TV's" option in iTunes prefs though.

Apple TV (1st gen) photos in an Event not in date order

I have synced selected Events from iPhoto to my Apple TV 1st gen with iTunes 11.0.1
The events synced are "merged" events from 2 cameras on a month-by-month basis.
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HT3199 connect iTunes on new macbook to apple tv 1st gen. library

On my formar macbook I had iTunes to synch with Apple TV 1st generation.
After upgrading to a new macbook pro with iTunes 11.0.3 I observe following problem:
1. on apple tv 1st gen. the library from my old macbook is there but in light gray, i.e. not connected to new macbook
2. when connecting new computer to apple tv 1st gen. it will create a new library (instead of connecting with existing library).
3. in iTunes, Devices Apple TV, only buttons "Settings" and "Photos" appear on top of window. "Music", "TV-shows" are missing.
How do I connect the two libraries, i.e. iTunes library on my new macbook with library on my apple tv 1st gen (last synched with my old macbook)?

AppleTV 1 was designed to sync with a single computer, but apart from untransferred purchases made on AppleTV, the sync was to AppleTv only.
You cannot make the new computer sync with AppleTV without removing the old sync connection on AppleTV under Settings>Computers. Doing this wipes the AppleTV of content tomprepare tobsync with a new iTunes library.
AppleTV1 also allowed streaming only from several computers other than the synced one - content will appear under My Shared Movies and so forth when the computer is on.
you really need to remove both computer entries from the Computers settings screen then re-add the new iTunes as a sync library.
Hopefully you have still got the old computer to allow you to copy media to the new one, or have copies of he media somewhere.
If most of your stuff was from iTunes Store then you should be able to redownload in iTunes.

ITunes looses photo sync settings for Apple TV (1st gen.)

Since the update to the new Photo app on my Mac, iTunes forgets the photo sync settings for my Apple TV (1st. generation, 160 GB HDD).
Every time I open the photo section of the Apple TV sync settings, all the options are turned off. Then I mark a couple of albums and sync the Apple TV >> all album appear on the Apple TV.
But after closing and re-opening iTunes in the photo settings everything is unmarked again. So on every following sync the photos on the Apple TV are easily erased :-( Resync them to the Apple TV takes hours (>30'000 photos!).
All the other sync settings in iTunes remain intact.
Environment:
- MacBook Pro Retina 15" with the latest SW (Mac OS, iTunes, Photo App, etc.)
- Apple TV 1st gen 160 GB HDD

Restarting iTunes resolves the issue in the majority of cases, if it doesn't my second guess would be your security software.
What really seems strange here is that there have been no updates since well before Xmas, so after initially setting it up, the first update would have brought you right up to the most recent (and indeed the very last) .
Agh, how silly of me, I see it's iTunes you have updated.
If that's about all you've changed, you might want to try reinstalling iTunes and bonjour.
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The Remote App on my iPhone no longer works with my Apple TV 1st Gen

I don't use it that often but when I want to, I want to...u know how it goes. Since one of the updates for the Remote app on the iPhone it no longer "sees" my 1st gen Apple TV, any ideas or am I SOL? Apple TV 1st gen doesn't do homesharing does it?

there used to be a dark gray "pad" area on the display of my phone in the remote app that I could use kinda like a track pad to move around the menus on the appletv, u could tap it, swipe it etc, that's gone cause it no longer sees my apple tv library, I can't find the library on the apple tv, is that cause homesharing isn't available and it only sees things thru homesharing?

Movies in my iMac's iTunes do not show up Apple TV(1st Gen)

So frustrated. Movies in my iMac's iTunes do not show up on my Apple TV(1st Gen) in the Shared Movie area. I've done the Media Type fix to "movie." I've re-started and re-booted and changed the Apple TV from ethernet to wireless and re-connected iTunes. Renamed the library. Everything's up to date. Grrr.

I have now restored Factory Settings on the Apple TV. Looked promising until iTunes hangs everytime I tried to enter the podcast page of the sync options. And I get errors that my newest movies, created in Final Cut Pro X with the Share with 720p Apple Devices export settings are not compatible with Apple TV.
Unbelievable.

Apple TV 1st Gen can no longer connect to wireless networks

My Apple TV (1st Gen) has recently lost the ability to connect to either of our wireless networks at home. I rean the diagnostics at the reset screen and the Apple TV says it is performing normally. In the settings, whenever I attempt to connect to a wireless network, I am now only offered "Other..." as a choice. Proceeding to the next screen, I enter the name of the network closest to the Apple TV -- an Airport Extreme set up for 5 GHz that this Apple TV connected with daily up until 2 days ago. The Airport base station is perfoming normally, as my MacBook Pro can see it and establish a network connection without any difficulty. The issue is limited to the Apple TV. I did a Factory Restore, and now when I go to Wireless Network > "Other..." > Enter the name of the wireless network" the resuit is always the same, and error message stating: "There was a problem connecting to the network. Check your settings and try again. (-4)".
This message comes up almost immediately, without requesting a WiFi password -- suggesting to me that this Apple TV has lost the ability to connect to ANY wireless network due to a hardware failure.
Q: Has anyone else in the Support Community had a similar experience with their 1st Gen Apple TV, and if so, did you find a solution to it?
Note: When I first noticed the connction to this Apple TV had gone stale (greyed out in the iTunes Airplay Speakers list), and prior to doing the Factory Restore, I could play back iTunes content stored on the hard drive, but could not connect to the local wireless networks. I noticed that the Apple TV was running very hot -- it has alwasy run pretty hot to the touch.
If this Apple TV has died, I will get a 3rd Gen Apple TV, but wiill then have to work through the HDMI to Composite video + Audio issues, as this Apple TV is connected to our older (non-HDMI) TV.

Follow-up: Able to connect with ethernet cable, downloaded software updates, connected to iTunes, and synchec content.
Next, disconnected the ethernet cable. ATV1 froze and was restarted using the Menu + ( - ) combo on the remote. Re-ran diagnostics yeilds: Apple TV is working fine.
Restarted, then went to configure the Wirelss settings. Apple TV once again does not show either of the two wireless networks. Selecting "Other..." and entering the SSID yields the same immediate response:
"There was a problem connecting to the network. Check your settings and try again. (-4)"
No change on the wireless front :-( Bummer.
Looks like an ethernet connection is the only option left to continue using this Apple TV 1st Gen.
Thanks for your help. -- Paul

My Apple TV (1st Gen) will not synch with iTunes on my Laptop

I've been trying to do this for a while, it shouldn't be too difficult i think.
All i want to do is synch all the content on my laptop with my Apple TV (and vice versa) so all the content including photos and home videos is the same on both my Apple TV and my laptop.
Some points:
There's enough hard drive space on both
I'm using Windows 7 ultimate on my laptop
The correct port exceptions have been added to Windows Firewall
I have purchases on both my laptop and Apple TV from the iTunes store
We're using a wireless network and it while it's possible to get them both cable wired, it would be a pain
Home networking is set up in iTunes on my laptop
I've set up my Apple TV to synch (not stream) with my account on my laptop
Both iTunes and Apple TV are up to date with their downloads
I think that's it - am i missing anything, or should this now just work?
Cheers
David

As per the question, really...
"My Apple TV (1st Gen) will not synch with iTunes on my Laptop"
There's no error messages
Only the films i've bought on my AppleTV appear on my AppleTV
It's been synching for over 4 hours and hasnt got past the first film and the progress bar is not moving
David

Apple TV (1st Gen) not being recognized in iTunes 10.5

I recently updated iTunes to 10.5 and my Apple TV (1st Gen) will not longer show up in iTunes; thus I am not able to syn or stream any content from my iTunes library. I am not even able to reconnect/pair my Apple TV with my iTunes.
I have also been having trouble with my Apple TV dropping its wireless connection and not being to reconnect again.
Any suggestions?

ATV 1 is likely to be very low on the totem pole of Apple's concerns at the moment
(ESPECIALLY if no one issues a formal complaint).
So if you want to see a patch anytime soon I'd advise all who are having this problem to submit a bug report at:
http://www.apple.com/feedback
I've already submitted a report under both iTunes and AppleTV (since it's the iTunes developers that need to fix this)

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