Rename AppleTV in iTunes

How do you rename the AppleTVs? I have two of them and need to change how they are described in iTunes to reduce confusion, and for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it without resting to factory settings. Thanks!!

If you use iTunes on the computer that is the sync master for the TV you can click twice or double click the name in the device list and it will enable you to edit the name. I don't think there is anyway to do it on the TV itself.

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It was only this last time that I noticed that these lost files were not only getting moved, but they were getting renamed as well. When everything's working fine, my music has been moved and named like has been renamed by iTunes and looks like "C:\My Music\The Dresden Dolls\The Dresden Dolls\03 Missed Me.mp3". Some process in iTunes or in Windows is renaming only certain albums to look like "C:\My Music\Stephen Lynch\A Little Bit Special\10-Gerbil-Stephen Lynch-A Little Bit Special.mp3".
When the files get renamed like this, iTunes can't find them anymore until I go in and fix things, file by file. This takes forever. If not for the fact that I need to preserve my playlists and my play count numbers, I would just blast the whole library and reimport the folder, but I can't do that.
So, any one have any ideas why this happens, how to keep it from happening, and a way to fix things while preserving my metadata without having to double-click on a few hundred songs?
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Actually, I found a good solution based on another question. If I re-import the folder, it finds all of those misnamed files and adds them to the library. Then I tell iTunes to keep my music folder organized, and it fixes all the file names and folders. Then after I make sure the original entries work again, I can sort the list by date added, and delete the new entries.
But I still have no idea why those albums are getting renamed. It's not just the most recent ones or the oldest ones, it's not ones that haven't been played, it's just random-seeming.

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Did a software update to my AppleTV and now it shows plugging my AppleTV into iTunes. How do you do this? Is there a special cable to use?

not a special one just a microUSB in 1 end and normal usb in the other
it's pretty common as all smartphones and tablets apart from apples use it for sync and charging so any supermarket should have them around

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You can use Get Info for a selected song - with a song selected at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Get Info - the keyboard shortcut for this will be available next to the Get Info selection.
iTunes includes an option to check for album artwork for songs that don't have it, or search the web and download your own which can be added via the Get Info function for a selected song. The last tab for the various selections is the artwork - it can be added there.

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How do I move a rented movie on appletv to itunes.
You can't. A rental done on an Apple TV can't be played anywhere else.
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I can see my AppleTV from iTunes, but all music is grayed-out.
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Thanks!

Thank you Return, I had tried this earlier thinking it might have helped, but unfortunately it didn't resolve the problem, everything like before. Unlike others who reported problems with streaming which could be traced to poor signal strength, when I switched to Wifi, I had an excellent signal.
Oddly, when I switched on this morning with nothing changed from last night, the streaming worked perfectly in all scenarios (stream from internet, push from Airplay PC, push from Airplay IOS device, pull from ATV Home Sharing). Wary however due to my previous temporary improvements, I stopped a movie halfway in an ATV Home Sharing pull, to see if the same movie could be pushed from the same iTunes PC from which it had been pulled. No luck! And now also no streaming from Internet.
I really don't get it!
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Hi shyanne23,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. If your iTunes library file has become damaged in some way, you may want to try recreating your iTunes library and playlists by following this article:
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
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- Ari

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The old AppleTV required iTunes to be running if you wanted to stream anything. Does this still apply to the new one?

I'm pretty sure it wouldn't. You'd be accessing Netflix directly via the net, without iTunes as an intermediary. (Like YouTube.)

Can you batch rename tracks in iTunes for Mac?

I want to do a sequential track naming, but I can't figure how to do this and the Doug's applescript isn't working - it renames my FILES instead of the TRACKS!
These tracks are from an audiobook on CD, and it's tiresome to have to search for the "part" when all the tracks are numbered 1-99 and the only thing keeping them from being in the wrong order is the fact that I told iTunes the disc order in the 'Get Info' menu. It wouldn't be so hard on the MacBook, but I usually listen to these on my iPhone, and scrolling through literally hundreds of tracks takes forever, and sometimes I STILL can't find which track was playing last!
I've done a batch rename using an Automator workflow setup I found on the web, but I can't find anything that lets me actually rename the tracks. I've even deleted the tracks from iTunes, renamed the files, deleted the faulty script that screwed things up, and it STILL comes up with the weird numbers and track numbers and renames the files in Finder!!!
I'm getting really frustrated with this and don't want to have to rename tracks by hand because that takes HOURS.

Hi,
Here is an AppleScript example of how to rename tracks in iTunes :
display dialog "What will be the base name?" default answer "Track "
set baseName to text returned of the result
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Seeing AppleTV in Itunes

I have an appleTV, Netgear WPN824 and a G4 MacPowerbook. I repalced this with an G5 Intel PowerbookPro. I have both Powerbooks connected wirelessly to the network, but only the G4 can see the appleTV in itunes. I have reloaded OSX and itunes on the G5 machine and I have reset the appletv and set it to search for new itunes, but still only the G4 machine can see it.
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Only the mac with the tv primary itunes library (the one that syncs and streams) can see the tv and display it in its devices list all of the time. Secondary (streaming only) libraries need to be selected as the source from the tv before the tv will show up in the device lists of itunes.
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Can find AppleTV in iTunes

Help please!
AppleTV is connected to network (can see Movie Trailers and YouTube) and Mac is also connected to the same network (internet is working).
Somehow, can find AppleTV in iTunes.
Can someone please kindly help? Thanks a lot.

I had the same problem. The machine was simple to set up, but not in trying to figure out why it couldn't find my wireless network (Dlink) and then not showing up in iTunes after the wireless found it. So...
1. Apparently the ATV cannot use WEP security. I changed mine to WPA. After a reset on the router, the Apple TV showed up with routing info. At the TV, the ATV showed it could find my wireless and connect. So far so good...
2. Now iTunes couldn't see the Apple TV. It never showed up as simply as the book described it. After a quick look at the preference settings on iTunes, I checked the box under Apple TV to allow iTunes to search for the unit. Nothing. I shut down iTunes, powered down the ATV (hold Play button for 6 seconds) then started everything up again. This time the ATV showed up in iTunes. Then it was a simple matter to sync the two units.
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iTunes should not have to re-sync your purchased movies if they transferred over correctly,
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When I tried renaming movies in Itunes, it would freeze, leaving me no choice but to force quit. I originally went on here asking for help. I tried deleting the movie, renaming the file, and adding it back. Nope. I had to edit some clips in Movie Maker anyways, so while importing, I made sure the name was what I wanted. Nope again. Then I deleted my trash because I was sure my old movie files were in there. However, unlike deleting music, where it asks to keep the file or move to the trash, it'll delete the movie, but the file won't be moved to the trash. I assume this until I did a quick command+F to find the old files of the movie. I moved those to the trash, then emptied it. For some reason, I have duplicates of the same exact file, so make sure you don't accidentally delete the one you need. *(I found this helped: 1. move the file you need to a folder 2. Right click, check "get info" and move only identical ones (by date and time) at a time to the desktop. If the names are the same, it'll ask something about replacing the file. Say yes. 3. Move to the trash.
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If Itunes match fails to complete its scan process and is stuck in steps 1, 2 or 3 the following steps usually clears problems:
1. Hold option key (Mac) or shift key (PC) whilst turning of match. This clears genius/match cache.
2. Close iTunes. Optional - Reboot computer.
3. Open itunes and turn on match. Select "add this Computer" and see if process completes.
If you see the following when you go into the match screen and it has been likes this for a while, I suggest that you stop process and go to menu > store and select update Itunes match:
You should see this if you progess on from "Sending information" to "waiting for Apple.. This should happen within minutes:
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