Apple TV automatic sysncing with iTunes

Is there a way to stop Apple TV from automatically syncing with iTunes and wiping out everything that's currently on Apple TV before I get to customize what I want it to do?

Not sure why Neil said 'No' here, the tv should simply not do this. If your synced content needs updating by adding or removing content, a sync should only affect that content and leave the remainder intact. It might be worth trying to restore your tv and set up an entirely ne connection to your mac/pc.

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Our experience is a little different, we have different iTunes accounts for different family members, each family member has their own iTunes library on their own mac, each mac uses my Apple ID for homesharing and we are able to play purchased content from each library on the Apple TV.

HT202274 Apple ID has my old email address. It will not allow me to change the address and will not accept my password or ID questions. I recently upgraded to OSX Yosemite 10.10.1. I also have an Apple ID that works with iTunes and would like to keep i

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To change the iCloud ID on your devices you have to go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide the password for the old ID when prompted (if using iOS 7), then sign back in with your current ID.
If you don't know the password for your old ID, or if it isn't accepted, you will have to temporarily recreate it in order to delete the existing account. To do this, go to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Click edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change. Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address. You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iPhone on your device, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll. When finished go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.

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why don't apple send redeem codes with itunes gift purchases? the redeeming mail sent does not include a code and when redeem is clicked it tells me to download iTunes again.

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Can't get apple tv to communicate with iTunes or any of my other apple devices.

I have an Apple TV, iPad, and a couple of iPhones and an iTunes account with the Home Sharing feature tuned "on". When I first connected my Apple TV to my network everything worked correctly, I could use the Remote application from each of my devices to control iTunes, I could mirror from my devices to the Apple TV using Airplay and had no problems with Home Sharing. However, after about a week of everything working perfectly it all stop working. Now I can't get any of my devices to communicate across my network and none of my devices can utilize Airplay, Remote app, or access iTunes via my wireless network. I spoke with an Apple customer service rep who told me that the router will monitor traffic from certiain ports and block them if it thinks that the traffic is coming from a perceived security threat. He suggested that I set up port forwarding in my router for the most commonly used ports by apple devices and software. So I followed his suggestion and made the following port forwarding settings:
Service Name
External Start Port
External End Port
Internal Start Port
Internal End Port
Internal IP address
1
Apple Tv - iTunes - Bonjour
5353
5353
5353
5353
192.168.1.4
2
iTunes
3689
3689
3689
3689
192.168.1.4
3
Network time server
123
123
123
123
192.168.1.4
4
podcast servers
80
80
80
80
192.168.1.4
5
iTunes Store via internet
443
443
443
443
192.168.1.4
6
regular DNS
53
53
53
53
192.168.1.4
By the way, my router is a Netgear WNDR3400. After making the port forwarding setting I still can't get any of my devices to work properly. My Apple TV will communicate with my desktop computer if I connect it to the router via a hard wired connection but it will not work via a wireless connection. Anytime I try to access the Remote application on any of my devices I get the message that says "Turn on Home Sharing in iTunes on your computer or on Apple TV. - I have checked multiple times to see that I have Home Sharing turned on and I can assure you that it is.
I am running the most up to date software versions on all of my Apple devices, iTunes, and my Netgear router.
Any help with this matter is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

One thing I forgot to mention is that I am running Windows 7 and I have already gone into the firewall security setting and told it to allow all of the apple programs like bonjour and iTunes through.

Apple tv not working with itunes match

I bought Apple Tv last week and also bought the Itunes match , but whenever i open music on my apple tv , it says
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i have already turned on itunes match on my Apple Tv and computer . Still its not working .

I had a similar issue. As of September 29, 2014. After setting up iTunes Match on my Mac through iTunes, iTunes Match was not working on Apple TV. The weird thing was that it worked on my iPhone 5 and Late 2013 iMac. Strangely Apple TV was the newest device. I and the newest OSs available for all my devices (iMac, iPhone and Apple TV - either OS X 10.9.5 and/or iOS 8.0.2).
I called Apple Support and spoke with someone who had me log out of and back into my Apple account through Apple TV. I was then prompted to activate iTunes Match on Apple TV (3rd Generation).
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If you don't want to use a remote with your computer the easiest thing to do is just to turn the IR off. (System Preferences > Security > General, click on the Advanced button in the bottom right corner - If the button is greyed out, click on the lock icon and enter your administrators password))
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Home Sharing is designed to work on your local network not across the internet/cloud.
Stuff is accessed under the Computers column where your local iTunes library on a local computer would appear.
Home Sharing would share your iTunes content (i.e. stuff stored in itunes on the computer, not in the cloud) with AppleTV or an iPad etc on the SAME network.
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Maybe it has something to do with iTunes Match 'getting in the way' - i think they assume you'll use that whereas you really want to be able to access Purchased music from the cloud without subscribing to itunes Match which is overkill for some.
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@Chris:
I was just referring to the visual graphics (you know, the fireworks, stars and other stuff that reminds me of the 70's....) that you can play on the screen when iTunes is playing music?
I noticed that these effects are not just randomly chosen, they are in fact synchronized to the beat and intensity
of the music, and that struck me as rather cool......

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Apple won't help with iTunes freezing Problem!

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We've both paid for iCloud/iTunes Match with our respective IDs, but only one of us can actually use the service at a time on our shared computer, and then the other is locked out for 90 days. When I login the the machine with my login, my iTunes is linked to my apple ID, but I can't use iTunes Match anymore because my husband authorized the computer to his Apple ID/iTunes Match account.
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Hi, I had the same problem. I changed countries on the Apple TV. This logged me out of my account. When I reverted back to my country and logged back in on the Apple TV, it worked (almost) without problem.

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