Multiple TVs in home

What is Apple expecting people with more than one TV in their home to do? Buy an Apple TV for each TV?
Seems excessive.
Not that you should have more than one TV, or one in the bedroom.

Is there a tech support question here somewhere? If you're asking if on ATV can be hooked up to more than one television, I believe the answer is "no". Just like you have to buy a DVD player for each television, you'd need to buy an ATV for each as far as I can determine.
switchbacker wrote:
Not that you should have more than one TV, or one in the bedroom.
I don't understand that last sentence at all. Sorry.

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I just purchased an iPad 2. I am interested in adding apple TV to my home. My questions are: If I had a apple tv for each of my TVs, would it possible to play videos on multiple TVs in my house simultaneously? Also, Would there be a way to use a second iPad on the same apple TV signal? Any information would be great.

If the content was in iTunes and compatible you could have a computer running itunes and each AppleTv would be able to play iTunes content.
If stuff was bought from iTunes store and available in the cloud in your country you wouldn't need a computer on and could stream iTunes Store purchases from the internet provided your connection was adequate.
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Why is my Apple TV showing the same computer multiple times for Home Sharing? Also have connectivity issues. Sometimes will lose signal.
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I recently updated to Yosemite and never had this issue before.

I'm not 100% sure of the ins and outs, but it's some sort of known issue between Yosemite, Airport and wifi. All you can do is wait for a fix and keep restarting your equipment as and when needed, unless you have the ability to connect your Mac via ethernet.

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Can I broadcast from my ipad to multiple tvs?

I would like to broadcast from my ipad to multiple tvs in the same room. The goal is to present to a small group but have the same slides show on all the tvs at the same time so everyone can see easily. I saw where you could buy multiple apple tvs, but it looked like this was so you broadcast different things to different tvs. I would like to broadcast the same thing to all the tvs at once. Any one have an easy solution? Thanks!

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Pac vs Mayweather PPV - Multiple TVs

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With home sharing, can I sync music and apps on multiple computers at home?

Hi.
With home sharing, can I sync music and apps on multiple computers at home?
Basically, I want to sync my iphone and ipad on 2~3 computers at home without deleting contents in my iphone and ipad.
thanks.

I did some more checking as I still had my old computer online.
I booted and went into iTunes.
Under DEVICES, the TV was listed, along with MUSIC, PHOTOS, PLAYLISTS, much like an iPod/Touch.
When I went into PREFERENCES->TV DEVICES, the TV was listed and on the site, it stated SYNCING.
On the other computer, it listed STREAMING. I did do a RIGHT CLICK on the device and selected "STOP STREAMING" and it disappeard - must RE-PAIR with the unit I guess.
I'm afraid to perform the following, but if someone out there has the equipment, maybe they can check...
Make sure nothing else is managing the TV.
Pair with the unit so you have all sorts of options under the device and it shows 'syncing'.
Now, create a new account and perform the same thing or use another Mac. I believe it will limit you to STREAMING only.
My thoughts are that ONLY ONE computer can sync (just like other device). I have to disconnect the association with the old computer.
Even though I moved everything over with Migration Assistant, I didn't have any issues with managing the iPhones, but I'm wondering if there is a Computer UUID that the AppleTV is TIED to. Since I'm on a different computer UUID, and it's being managed by another one, I'm limited to STREAMING.
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Renaming Multiple Apple TVs in Home Sharing?

Hopefully this is simple, but I can't find an answer online... I have a straightforward Home Sharing scenario which includes one iTunes library on my iMac, a Gen2 Apple TV in one room, and an older Apple TV in another room. All share as expected with Home Sharing.... however, both ATV's show up in the 'Multiple Speakers' control window as 'Apple TV', making it impossible to differentiate one from the other and determine to which room I wish to 'send' the music.
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Seriously... no one knows how to rename multiple Apple TV in a Home Share network so that they can be identified via the Multiple Speakers tool...?

Multiple users on home LAN sharing both the Music folder and library

Hi there,
I've been hunting around the web and not found anything that helps me with this specific situation though various articles come close but I've not actually succeeded yet, I was wondering if anyone can help.
I have a Windows XP home PC, 2 user login profiles, both share the same music folder but have different librarys.Using Itunes 10.
I've recently purchased a NAS, I have successfully moved the music folder to the NAS and now also have a netbook (windows 7) seeing the same music folder.
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Instead, I go into the library options but the library command to compile (can't remember exactly that command) seems to retain the local library store.
Is there a way I can just add my NAS located music folder and point Itunes to a different itunes folder for the library?
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Really appreciate any help on this.
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It is not really practical for multiple users on different PCs to use the same library database. This is because the iTunes database is not multiuser, the can however share the same content files.
So each PC will need it's own library database (iTunes Library.itl) which in this case is best located on the users own PC.
Utilities such as Tune ranger can keep libraries in sync:
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ITunes Match on multiple devices at home?

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At home we have 3 iPhones and 2 iPads.
On one of them I subscribed to iTunes Match for $25 a year. I thought on all my other devices I would just be able to turn on iTunes match under that one payment of $25, but when I try it says I'm not subscribed.
All the iPhones and iPads share the same apple ID, except in "iTunes & App Store" the apple id is slightly different. I tried to change my phone that says I'm not subscribed to iTunes Match to the same "iTunes & App Store" ID as the one that has iTunes Match....but when I do it says that apple ID is already in use and won't let me save it on my second devise.
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Multiple TVs/Boxes in one room

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Multiple TVs from Mac Pro

I am a video artist and am currently working on a project with multiple displays. I am hoping to use my Mac Pro as the video player to run 6 simultaneous displays.
I have a Dual-Core 2.66GHz MacPro (1st Gen) with the NVIDIA GeForce 7300.
I am thinking about purchasing 2 more 7300s so that I can run the 6 displays needed for the project. Since the quality of the video is SD, my original idea was to use older CRT televisions for displays, and use apples DVI to Video adapter for the TVs. However, the adapter is not compatible with this graphics card.
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Multiple users at home (one calendar)

How do 2 different users on the same iMac share a calendar created in iCal?
My husband has created a calendar in iCal under his user name. I would like this to be our master calendar for the home. How do I access and/or update whatever calendar he has created? I am the admin.
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Here's how to share iCal calendars among multiple users on a single Mac.
What you need to do is to move the iCal folder to a shared folder that is accessible to all users and then replace the iCal folder in each user's library folder with a "symbolic link' to the shared iCal folder. The symbolic link looks like an "alias", but if you try this using "aliases" to the shared iCal folder it will not work (trust me). You can create symbolic links using the Terminal, but I have no idea how, and the idea of using the Terminal scares me. The easiest way that I know of to create a symbolic link is with a shareware application called Cocktail. It allows you to do a number of different things including System Maintenance, Network Optimization, etc. It took me a while to remember how to do this; I originally found the information in the Discussions when iCal was first released, but apparently none of those original postings are listed in the forums anymore.
Here's how to do it (you must have Administrator privileges):
First locate your iCal folder (your user name > Library > Application Support > iCal) and make a copy of it (Finder > File > Duplicate). Drag the copy to your Desktop until you're sure iCal is being shared between users.
Next move the original iCal folder into a Shared folder in the Users folder (Hard Disk > Users > Shared > iCal). To make sure all users can access the information, select the Shared folder, choose File > Get Info, click the little Lock icon, then under "Ownership & Permissions -> Details" make sure that the "Owner" is "System", "Group" is "Wheel" and "Access" for Owner, Group and Others is "Read & Write". Do the same with the iCal folder within the Shared folder, but this time, under "Ownership & Permissions -> Details" make sure that the "Owner" is "your user name", "Group" is "Staff" and "Access" for Owner, Group and Others is "Read & Write" and click the "Apply to Enclosed Items" button. I basing this information on what the Ownership & Permissions are for each of the folders in my system.
Open Cocktail (I'm using version 3.6.5). Once the app is open (you must enter an administrator's user name and password) click on the "Files" button, then click on the "Links" button. Where it says "Create Symbolic Link" click on the "Choose" button. Navigate to the iCal folder (Hard Disk > Users > Shared > iCal) and click "Choose" again. In the "Save As" box that appears enter "iCal", then navigate to the Application Support folder in your Home folder (your user name > Library > Application Support) and click "Save". Quit Cocktail and open iCal. You should see all of your calendars as you did before.
Log in under each additional User, move that User's iCal folder (user name > Library > Application Support > iCal) onto the Desktop, then create another Symbolic Link to replace it, using Cocktail as described above. In each case you should see the same calendar information as when you were logged in under your user name. As a test, add a New Event or To Do in iCal under one user, log out and back in under another user and you should see the changes when you open iCal.
Once everything appears to be working, you can delete the iCal folders from each User's Desktop.
As an additional maintenance measure, use Disk Utility to repair Disk Permissions.
Unfortunately, if each User has his/her own calendars in iCal they will not be in the shared calendars. Only the calendars in the first iCal folder used to set up the shared folder will be available and I don't know of any way to merge or combine the other user's calendars into one.
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Connecting to multiple TVs possible?

Is it possible to connect a single mini to multiple televisions (3-5)? I will want the same signal to play on all of the displays simultaneously. Is this something that is simply done with a high-end splitter?
Also, these would be widescreen 16x9 sets and not standard 4:3 sets. Will that make a difference?
I currently have a G4 mini, but will purchase a new one if I think a solution exists. Any information that some one could provide is appreciated. I've searched the forums, but only find info on dual displays.
Thanks.
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Since you don't have specific TVs in mind at this point, I agree with your assessment that component inputs will be most universal and the right way to go. Almost any wide format TV will have component inputs. Furthermore, since you want all the TVs displaying the same image, you should probably focus on 720p as the desired output from the Mac mini since it should be universally accepted by wide TVs and is a more computer friendly output vs. interlaced (1080i).
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Multiple ereaders, 1 home computer

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