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I have a New iMac and I have used time machine to restore data from my old iMac. Everything other than iTunes is fine.
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I've checked various support articles and they all say that "look for Apple TV's" option should be selected in preferences.
I don't have this option in preferences. I can use the Apple TV as remote speakers.
Does anyone have any suggestions??

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.
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