Is my apple TV busted

For no reason what so ever my Apple TV seems to have gone tits up.
If I restart it, it loads up with the funky graphics and music, then a I briefly see the Apple logo again, then the appleTV menu, then back to the apple logo then back to the menu, its doing this constantly.
What can I do?

Have you tried to get the tv to go into diagnostic mode and see if that helps at all? You can do a factory reset from there, which will erase everything on it and return it to its original out-of-the-box settings.
See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305190 for specific instructions on how to do this.
If it won't go into diagnostic mode at all, or restoring it to factory settings doesn't help, then you might need to send/take it in for service.

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I hate the date file structure for iphoto. If I move to a programme which isn't iphoto, I cannot navigate through the date structure to find certain photos.
Why is it when I name a photo in iphoto, the name does not show in the file structure. Is there any way around this or am I stuck with using iphoto for ever. Could be a probleem if Apple went bust
TIA Anteric

Hi anthony,
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When importing from a camera, make sure you name the roll with a date and text before the import.
The title you give a photo in iPhoto stays within iPhoto. the image file name remains the same in the Finder.
If you want to rename images, it should be done before importing into iPhoto.
download using your camera software or Image Capture, rename the photos, then import into iPhoto.
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There are some third party applications that can read the xml file and can navigate the iPhoto library and show you the Albums. Hopefully more applications will be revised to read this file.
Until then you will have to Share/Export the photos to the desktop. You can then navigate to the desktop to use the photos (example: web uploading from online photo site)
If your application supports drag and drop, you can drag the photo from an open iPhoto Library window into your application.
For email you can also use the email icon within iPhoto to open a message with the highlighted photo attached.
You can also use spotlight to find images in an Album...
This is what I have done using Spotlight to find my images that are in iPhoto albums without opening iPhoto..
In iPhoto, select the album, then select all, go to Photos/batch change.
Change the comments to text. In the text field I put the name of the Album.
Do this for each album.
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Open Spotlight and put in the name of the Album ( you have to remember the names of the albums or have then written down)
In the spotlight search results. click on "show all"
Under "Images" click on the "xx more" to show all the images in the album.
Make sure you have it in icon view, the icon view box is the last one on the blue images line.
Now you can control click on the image to "reveal in finder", open in iPhoto or Mail, etc.
I am not sure if this is going to make you happy and it is a little more work, but you can find images in albums and even view them in a slideshow (by clicking the play arrow at the end of the Images highlighted blue line) using Spotlight, all without opening iPhoto.
One important thing to know is you can set up a graphic program to be an external editor (when you double click an image in the library} such as PhotoShop or PS Elements. You set up that within iPhoto Preferences. Just make sure you save the image flattened and with the same name. The edits will then be relected in iPhoto when you hit "save".
I have just found this useful piece of info at Macoshints.com
"Since Apple developed its "digital hub", with iLife and now iWork, I have wanted to have a system-wide panel that would let me choose pictures from my iPhoto library without having to open the application.
For example, if I want to add a picture to a TextEdit RTFD document, I had to launch iPhoto, chose the picture, and drag it to the document. Waiting for iPhoto to launch can be long if you have a lot of photos.
But there is a way to get around this, using an Automator action.
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Next time you need a picture from your iPhoto library, select this action from the AppleScript menu, and you'll have a media browser that lets you do so without opening iPhoto. "
Two Apple kbs for you to read
Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto library folder
About the iPhoto Library folder

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HT202157 I brought a new apple TV after it was going thru its update, it lost power? I tried the reboot with the down arrow and menu button, but no love. Is this unit busted?

I brought a new apple tv. I tried to update it. When it finished, it lost power. I tried to reset it with the down arrow key and the menu button, but no love. Does this mean that i should take it back to the store?

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How can i enter network info on apple tv without remote

HELP!
I was trying to change my dns number to get American netflix in Canada. I thought I had done everything right, was heading back to check out that it was working and accidently pressed enter too many times. I told my apple tv to forget my network. I know that all I need to get back on my network is the password, but small problem, my apple tv remote is busted. Is there anyway to get back on without it? I tried via the remote app on my phone, but it says my apple tv isn't connected to the network. I know buying a nrew remote is the easy soltuion, but I would love to fix this before my darling husband wakes up, oy!
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As far as I know, there is no way to input your wi-fi password without an Apple remote. You have several options:
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I had an I tunes account on my work computer and used my work e mail as my apple I'd for I tunes .
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Hello
That Apple ID will work a user name and password to log into iTunes. You can always download any previous purchased by following the steps in the first aticle below.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
If you want to change your Apple ID, then check out the next article to go about doing that and what to do after you change it.
Apple ID: Changing your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5621
Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID
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