Can I change the screen saver on my apple tv? or change the display to the awesome equalizer while i stream my music?

I am trying to find a way to change the screen saver for my apple tv while I stream my music. Anyone have a solution? Besides my photos, can i show the awesome equilizer? Or can I show the album artwork screensaver that the macs have? I feel like this feature is much needed on the Apple TV while I stream my music to the Apple TV 2nd generation!

Hi byee322!
If you are using devices that meets these criteria:
iPhone 4S (or later), iPad 2 (or later), iPad mini, or iPod touch (5th generation)1
Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation)2
Wi-Fi (802.11a/g/n) network
iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)
you may want to try using a feature called Airplay Mirroring to show whatever you'd like on the screen while your music is playing. We have a couple of articles about that online that can tell you more information about Airplay Mirroring. The first one here is about using Mountain Lion to mirror the display from your Mac onto the TV to which the Apple TV is connected, and can be found here:
About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X Mountain Lion
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5404
The second is an article with more information about Airplay Mirroring in iOS, and can be found here:
iOS: How to use AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5209
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

Similar Messages

Can I change the screen saver pictures on Apple TV?

Can I change the screen saver pictures on Apple TV?

Yes. Use an iPhone browser, such as iExplorer, to access your iPhone's file system. The screensaver photos are stored here;
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppleTV.framework/DefaultAnimalPhotos
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppleTV.framework/DefaultFlowerPhotos
Once you locate these files, you can replace the photos with your own or add more to the folders. Do not change the name of the the folder.

How do i remove the airplay option from the screen saver on my apple tv. Its blocking all my pictures

The Airplay Screen saver option telling me to choose a wi fi and choose this apple tv keeps poping up on my apple tv when it goes on screen saver mode. It blocks all of my photos showing on my screen saver. Can anyone help me to remove this

Welcome to the Apple community.
Assuming that both devices are connected to the same network and that airplay is not turned off in your Apple TV settings, then you should be able to see the airplay icon when playing content on your iPad, by tapping the screen to reveal the playback control bar.
If you do not see the airplay icon when you do this, you might try restarting the iPad, the Apple TV and your router.

IMac freezes when changing the screen saver

Hi all:
I originally posted this in the "Using Mac OS X" forum (iMac freezes when changing the screen saver, but thought I'd post here as well since the issue arises on a freshly installed OS.
We've got three 350MHz slot-loading G3 iMacs (with 512MB RAM) which we're planning to use for basic word processing. The install of Panther (10.3.5 from black retail cds with 10-seat volume license) went fine on the first two. Ran the updates to 10.3.9, installed MS Office 2004, everything working great (they're a little slow, but after all, they are only 350 MHz).
On the third, the first problem we noticed was the computer would lock up whenever we changed the screen saver from the default (Flurry; Computer Name also works). It continues to do so even after: repair permissions; repair disk; Disk Warrior; reset pram; reset nvram; reset pmu; change RAM; change hard drive; erase hard drive; write zeros to hard drive; reinstall with different set of retail CDs; trash preferences, and delete cache files. (If there's anything I've left out, it's in the other thread).
Now we've noticed that we can't create any new user accounts. We've thought about putting this one in production, just warning the user that they can't change the screen saver, but god only knows what will turn up next.
I'm starting to think it's a logic board issue, but could it be that selective? And would you see the same problem with another hard drive and different install discs? Am I missing something?
BTW, there's a crash log with the other thread.
Andrew
Dual 2.0 GHz G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I'm going to mark this one as answered.
I removed the hard drive from the iMac, and put it into another 350 MHz iMac, and everything works great. I can select any screen saver without having it freeze, create new accounts, whatever my little heart desires.
In checking the history of the problem iMac, there was an assortment of problems with booting (both from the hard drive and from the CD-ROM drive) which were never satisfactorily resolved. The problems just seemed to go away after sitting unplugged for a few days, as much as for anything we actually did to it.
Now we just have to decide whether it's worth fixing, or using it somewhere in a non-critical role with OS 9 installed.
Cheers,
Andrew

I recently upgraded to 0S 10.6.8 on mab pro and now have pink lines around the desktop borders. A horrible red colour appears in the background of the screen saver, and in parts of Safari and other applications including MS Office. please help

I recently upgraded my Macbook Pro to SL OS 10.6.8 and now have pink lines around the desktop borders and some menus. There is also a horrible red colour that appears in the background of photobooth and parts of Safari. The screen saver looks like an alien life form with red in the background. There are odd translucent colours in the background of other applications including MS Office. It looks like a horrible psychedilic trip from the 60's. I ran the upgrade again but nothing changed. Can you help?

Backup your files off the computer (not TimeMachine) and disconnect.
Hold c boot off the 10.6 disk, under the Utilities menu > Disk Utiltiy > Repair Disk, and Repair Permissions
(quit and stop if Disk Repair (only) issues a failure and notify us)
Quit and install 10.6 again, reboot and Software Update again, this time download it and then run it. Check Software Update until clear.
c boot off the 10.6 disk and use Disk Utility >Repair Disk again (fixes a bug)
Reboot and check any installed programs, some may not function who have installed kext files into OS X, those need to be reinstalled.
You didn't mention if you upgraded from 10.5 or 10.6.7, the above steps are for fixing a 10.6 to 10.6.8
If you upgraded from 10.5, you should erase the drive in Disk Utility first, then install 10.6 fresh, but then all your programs will have to be reinstalled or updated from original sources.
Also the 10.6.3 upgrade disk has no free iLife, but you can install 10.5 fresh then upgrade to 10.6.3, then to 10.6.8 and then all new programs and that will give free iLife that came on the factory 10.5 disks.
You also can use Pacifist to extract iLife from 10.5 disks.

Not letting me change my screen saver

Every time I open up system preferences and click on "Desktop & Screen Saver" and then click on the "Screen Saver" tab... the system pref. freezes and closes unexpectedly
It lets me change my background but whenever i try to change my screen saver it keeps "Quitting unexpectedly"
then it gives me the option to reopen system pref., report the message to apple (which i have done) or close it... then when I click reopen, i click again on desktop and screen saver and it freezes again and another error message opens up and says
the application system preferences quit unexpectedly after it was reopened... and i have a new set of options
Close, Try Again, or Report
So i click try again and it does actually let me access the screen saver tab... and i change it from what it is now which is the iTunes artwork
and when i click close or quit system pref. another window pops up that says...
New settings have been created for this application.. do you wish to use these settings from now on? and so i click "Use New Settings" rather than "Use original settings"
but then when i start my screensaver... it STILL is my original screen saver that i had before...
so WHY won't it let me change it
I have a MacBook Pro 15" glossy, 160 GB 2.4GHZ
i bought it in July so its still brand new so what is the problem?
Help would be MUCH appreciated

Hi and welcome to the Skype Community,
Please change your password to ensure that no other location is preventing/reverting the name change: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA95/how-do-i-change-my-password
Follow the latest Skype Community News
↓ Did my reply answer your question? Accept it as a solution to help others, Thanks. ↓

HOW DO I CHANGE THE SCREEN SAVER TIME?

How do I change the screen saver tim e?
jamesrhoads

Here is a basic tutorial for Vista, it should apply to WIN7.
I am a volunteer. I am not an HP employee.
To say THANK YOU, press the "thumbs up symbol" to render a KUDO. Please click Accept as Solution, if your problem is solved. You can render both Solution and KUDO.
The Law of Effect states that positive reinforcement increases the probability of a behavior being repeated. (B.F.Skinner). You toss me KUDO and/or Solution, and I perform better.
(2) HP DV7t i7 3160QM 2.3Ghz 8GB
HP m9200t E8400,Win7 Pro 32 bit. 4GB RAM, ASUS 550Ti 2GB, Rosewill 630W. 1T HD SATA 3Gb/s
Custom Asus P8P67, I7-2600k, 16GB RAM, WIN7 Pro 64bit, EVGA GTX660 2GB, 750W OCZ, 1T HD SATA 6Gb/s
Custom Asus P8Z77, I7-3770k, 16GB RAM, WIN7 Pro 64bit, EVGA GTX670 2GB, 750W OCZ, 1T HD SATA 6Gb/s
Both Customs use Rosewill Blackhawk case.
Printer -- HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 Plus

I have been trying to make the screen saver on my iMac 27" to work with no results. I change the settings and don't work neither. Please I need help

Since I bought this 27" IMac desktop I've been changing the settings for the screen saver and has been impossible to make it work. My screen goes black and no screen saver. I have try everything, If anyone can help me with this issue I really appreciate. thanks

first of all the only purpose for screensaver since we moved to LCD panels is if you think it look pretty
the old tube crt screens would get the image they displayed for a very long time burned into the phosphor
that being said then make sure your Energy Saver is not set to turn off the screen before or the same time as the screensaver is suppose to kick in

HT5706 My Apple TV is frozen on the time and date setting and then it goes to the screen saver I tried changing the batteries on the remote and it still doesn't make a difference someone help

My Apple TV is frozen on the time and date setting and then it goes to the screen saver I tried changing the batteries on the remote and it still doesn't make a difference someone help...has anyone else had these problems?

Hi i ran into the same problem Ithoght it was the control, i changed the batteries the the control, and stil did not work, in the same connection (network and everything) i installed a new one and it worked perfectly, i can deduct the unit is nit working properly

I've chosen "never" on my screen saver however the screen saver still comes on and there is no way for me to change it, how do i change it? I don't wish to have a screen saver on when I'm watching TV or movies on my laptop

I've chosen "never" on my screen saver however the screen saver still comes on and there is no way for me to change it, how do i change it? I don't wish to have a screen saver on when I'm watching TV or movies on my laptop.

Step one is to log into a newly created admin user account and see if the problem persists. Also,

When my screen saver has been on a while, I have to use the cursor to "rub out" part of the screen saver to see my login section. Can anyone help me with this?

When my screen saver has been on a while, I have to use the cursor to "rub out" part of the screen saver to see my login section. Can anyone help me with this?

I don't have a solution for you, but just wanted to let you know I used to have the exact same problem. I resolved it (for the most part....about 90% of the time, anyway) by adjusting the screensaver and power settings to never let the computer go to sleep.

Is there a limit to the number of Photos one can use in the Screen Saver?

As the title inquires... I recently help set-up a friend's screen saver to use their entire iPhoto library as content. The library has about 2,800 pictures. When the screen saver engaged, the 'Looking for pictures...' dialogue came up, and 10 minutes later it is still there. I am hoping that it is just indexing these photos, and once complete the screen saver will kick in, and future activations of the screen saver will kick in more quickly.
If not, what is the limit? And, if you are from Apple and are reading this, why did you not include this information in an easy to access location, so that going through all of this would not be necessary.

There is no limit as to the amount of pictures the screensaver can use. However the more pictures there is a slightly longer loading time. HOWEVER still, it should not take 10 minutes for 2800 pics. It shouldn't even take a minute.
It would be a little helpful as to what computer your running and what OS, but here is a good suggestion.
The first thing you want to do is to make sure you have the most recent updates for the OS and iPhoto. (Use the software updater)
Next you should repair disk permissions. Go into apps, into utilities, open disk utility, click your hard-drive on the left, and click repair disk permissions. When thats finished (10-30 minutes depending) restart the computer. For reasons that I'm not quite sure, disk permissions fixes many problems and glitches you may encounter.
Try setting you screensaver again.
~Valen

I have over 60,000 photos in my iPhoto. When my screen saver comes on it randomly shows certain photos. Often, these photos are old and I in turn find the desire to print said photo. Is there a way the screen saver can convey a photo file name as well?

I have over 20,000 photos in my iPhoto. When my screen saver comes on it randomly shows certain photos. Often, these photos are old and I in turn find the desire to print said photo. Is there a way the screen saver can convey a photo file name or location as well? Can I create a slideshow of all my photos to cycle through at leisure with photo info? Lastly, I know I have duplicates and have tried numerous software programs to delete duplicates to no avail. What do you recommend as a method to reduce duplicates on iphoto? Thanks for your time.

1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Some apps for dealing with duplicates in iPhoto
iPhoto Library Manager
Duplicate Annihilator
Decliner
iPhoto Duplicate Cleaner

How can I use my Events album for the Screen saver?

I would like to use the "Events" album from my iPhoto 09 for my Screen Saver pictures source, but can't seem to find a way to do this. I tried to create a new folder in the Screen Saver preferences, but couldn't find a way to get to the Events album.
If anyone has a tip I would appreciate the help. I'm using Snow Leopard on a 27" iMac. Thanks much!

Try System Preferences - Desktop & Screensaver - Click the + sign at the bottom of the box on the left (see the picture) then choose where the photos are stored and you should be good to go.

How to Change the Screen Saver Settings to Mystify in Windows 7 using vbscript?

HI All,
How to Change the Screen Saver Settings to Mystify in Windows 7 using vbscript?
Thanks
Divakar

First: What is a GPO?
Second: jrv, that was not too helpful in general. someone should do some actual code.
Bob Blork - Mark as answer if it helped!
This is a forum for technicians and not for home users. GPO is what technical people use to manage Windows. THe script to do this is in the link I posted - how is that not helpful?
I know this is all over your head. I am curious as to why you would respond in a technical forum to a question you do not understand.
We do not provide free scripts. We also will point users at correct answers.
This is not a forum for homw users or for simple support questions. It is also a thread that has been answered for a long time. Perhaps you should start a new thread if you have an actual question about scripting.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Can I change the screen saver on my apple tv? or change the display to the awesome equalizer while i stream my music?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for