ATV 2.4 update screen saver issue?
I've been with Apple TV since the first month it appeared on earth and have been very happy about it. Right now I own three of them. The feature I always use is to listen to the streaming music and watch all my photo floating on the screen. Since this recent 2.4 update, I think there's a bug involving this. If I turn on the ATV and use it right away, screen saver would turn my TV blank, not a slide show. Anyone got this issue? It's already on my two out of three ATV. And, without opening ATV and remove the HDD, is there any way to step beack to 2.31?
Thanks
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Like many others, I'm also having problems with the screen saver after the 2.4 update. Normally I use the "slideshow" screensaver option with music playing. Since the 2.4 update, this screensaver option works for maybe 2-3 minutes, then it begins cycling through pictures quickly and the ATV becomes completely unresponsive and requires reboot. Not good. The other screensaver option, the one with the cascading pictures, doesn't work well either (lots of blank screen with occasional bouts of pictures).
I have to say, I'm very disappointed with this update ... doesn't Apple test this stuff? It's a pretty basic function of the device, and I can't believe it's not well tested before the software is released.
If anyone figures out a workaround, other than turning off the screensaver, I'd love to hear it.
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11-10-13 2:13:18.304 AM [0x0-0x4f04f].com.apple.systempreferences: System Preferences(540,0x7fff77286960) malloc: auto malloc[540]: attempted to remove unregistered weak referrer 0x102021a10
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I had a few songs that were not added to the iTunes library, instead referenced from other locations on my hard drive.
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Then find and select the song file.
That's all I had to do to get the screen saver working... All your songs have to be added to your iTunes Library.
I think my brother was messing around with my playlist... I hope Apple nails a better way to lock-unlock/secure OS X soon (proximity sensor, biometric 3D face recognition, unique voice recognition, soul recognition, etc.).
That malloc error message still shows up; that must be an unrelated issue with the screen saver.
I hope this helps out all those suffering through the same issue with their iTunes Artwork Screen Saver.
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