Apple tv & internet download allowance
Hi there everyone
I have recently changed over to an iMac and also have been given as a gift apple TV and am delighted with everything. Although I do have a question regarding my internet download usage which is 40gb a month. I watched a film of my own stored on iTunes and viewed it through my apple TV. On checking my download usage for that day, when little other internet activity was done I was surprised to see my usage for that day was 2gb. I can only think it was watching the movie through the apple TV that was responsible for this. I have done a search on the internet regarding this and there seems to be conflicting opinions regarding download usage when playing your own movies, music and viewing photos through apple TV, any views would be helpfull.
Welcome to the Apple community.
This all depends on what you classify as your own movie.
If it is a movie that is stored in your iTunes library on your computer and not one that you have purchased from the iTunes store, then there will be no Internet usage whatsoever.
If it is your movie that is in your iTunes library but was purchased from the iTunes store, then there may be a small amount of Internet usage while the Apple TV checks home to make sure that the content is authorised, this would be nowhere near 2 GB though.
If you are talking about a previously purchased movie from the iTunes Store, that you download from the purchased section of the movies feature on the Apple TV, then yes this will use the Internet to re-download this movie to your Apple TV.
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