Apple Tv doesn't appear on iMac as a device - Help!
Having just bought my Apple TV, I managed to get 1 day of operation from it before the it disappeared from my device list. I reset it to factory, switched off Mac, reinstalled ITunes and reset wireless router.
When I setup the Apple TV to transmit the code for synchronization my Win XP and iBook can see the Apple TV device ready for entry of the Code, but not the iMac (where all the media is stored). The iBook and Win XP PC can stream info shared by the iMac, however for some reason I can't ping the Apple TV from the iMac (I can ping the iBook and Win PC). Doesn't anyone have any ideas as I'm clean out of them.
Hello,
I had a similar issue today Apple TV would not show as one of my devices. What I have done earlier I remembered is that I have changed some network setting in system preferences and added a proxy to my wireless connection setting. After reverting back to the Automatic location which has no proxy and is the default setting for Network, Apple TV showed up under devices.
What I am trying to say is to double check your network setting as they might be the reason.
Hope this helps
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