TS4223 why does it take SO LONG to transfer a movie form my Mac to Apple TV. It tales like an hour. I cannot stream it in the meantime. Very frustrated.

why does it take so long to transfer a movie form iMac to apple TV hard dirve. This is crazy. it takes like an hour to move a movie that i rent on itunes on iMac to our apple TV. i am so tired of this i don't know what to do...

I have the exact same problem. I purchased apple tv several years ago, and every time I go to rent or buy a movie it takes anywhere from 3 to 7 hours to download the movie. There is no spur of the moment "hey lets rent a movie tonight" because I know it will take overnight to complete the download. I've checked my internet speed and it spot on. I've noticed other threads with people having the same problem but no one seems to have a solution.

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Why does it take so long to download a movie from itunes onto our apple tv?

Can you pleaes tell me why it is not documented that you have to wait several hours to download a film from itunes store onto our apple tv, stupidly we thought this would be instant! We have changed our download resolution but still no help!!

Because you apprently have a very serius network issue. Purchased TV Shows and Movies can generally be viewed with in about 30 sec. of buying them. I believe rented shows have to be fully downloaed before they can be viewed which depending on your internet connetion could take several hours or longer.

HT1595 Why does it take so long to download a movie?

Why does it take so long to download a movie on Apple TV

How long is "too long?"
What's your actual (measured) Internet data rate?

Why does it take so long to download a movie rental from I tunes. I want to then transfer to my Ipad

Why does it take so long to download a movie rental from itunes. I am doing this to transfer to ipad.This is a question.

I have noticed this here on several machines in our office, all running Leopard.
I just did a test and subscribed to the same 16.8MB podcast on a machine running 10.4.11 and another running 10.5.8.
The Tiger raced straight through and downloaded at a constant rate, taking about 15 seconds.
The Leopard raced until 1.2MB downloaded and then slowed to a crawl, going up 0.1MB every 10 or 15 seconds.
Very strange. I've noticed the Leopards were having similar problems doing downloads through the Software Update utility.
I compared downloading an update from Support Downloads in Safari and there is no problem.
So (for me) this issue is applying to Leopard rather than Tiger, and only to downloads via SU and ITunes, not regular http downloads through a browser.

Why does it take so long to download a movie on itunes

I just purchased via Itunes a movie and it says it will take eight hours to download! Why on earth would it take so long?

Depending on the type of connection you have, most likely you're sharing that connection with your neighbors and if everybody is using it all at the same time you are probably having some reduced bandwidth. Second, depending on the quality of the movie you're downloading (SD, 720p 1080i/p) it could be several gigabytes of data and that may take a long time. Ten megabits per second isn't really that fast anymore when we are moving such large amounts of data.

HT1657 why does it take so long to download a movie on my ipad?

Everytime Im going to take a flight I try and download a movie and it takes days to do it. Why? Should it not take minutes? Very frustrating!

Welcome to the Apple community.
The first thing to check would be your internet download speed, you can do this at www.speedtest.net.
1080p HD movies require a recommended speed of 8 Mbps, 720p HD movies require a recommended speed of 6 Mbps, while SD movies require a recommended speed of 2.5 Mbps.

Why does it take so long to download a movie?

I have now tried to rent twice two different movies: one on my computer and one from Apple TV on my TV. The first was going to take 9 hours plus to download and the second was going to take 5 hours and 45 minutes. At the suggestion of an Apple agent, I made sure I was downloading in standard definition, which even then was to take five hours and 1 minute. What's up with this. Netflix streams flawlessly from my Apple TV and Amazon from my computer.

Most likely a slow internet connection.
Check somehwere like speedtest.net
Netflix adapts quality downwards for slower connection speeds whereas itunes video is fixed size - if you are below a certain threshold speed the video has to buffer before AppleTV will play an itunes rental (or it would play/rebuffer/play etc etc).
SD requires 2.5 Mbps, 720p HD 6 Mbps and 1080p HD 8 Mbps to play near instantly.
AC

Why does it take so long for microsoft to incorporate good ideas into programs, but then after they do no one elses software will work on the system?

Case in point: I can not use Xp any longer since it is not supported by microsoft, and latest lan driver requires xp service packs which are no longer available for XP or Vista. So my old software as of April 2014 is now worthless as internet access software(microsoft
will not provide support or service packs for xp). So I get a new pc with WIN7 op system installed and try to do traditional backups to protect myself should my system crash in the future. (usually this means cloning a hard drive or installing Faronics Deep
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hdds. Most of these I try to run turn out to be useless, and I get pop-up messages saying my software is incompatible with win 7 op sys! I am wondering if it is the software or the fact the op system is 64bit (not 32 bit) which means that if you buy any other
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hardware setup is a good idea but without compatible software it is useless! Perhaps if I was using it on my old xp op systems I would have fewer problems with software compatibility issues. I really hate the fact that MS does not provide support for known
good op systems like xp say 20yrs? When the products and markets change so fast they run the risk of alienating customers who can not financially keep up with technology changes especially during an economic depression such as the one we are in now( they predict
it will last 20 yrs). a curious thing about the Acronis disk director 12 software I installed. It seemed I could not get partion size on hdd to change no matter what I did. I found out that if I CHANGED THE DATA BLOCK SIZE ON THE NTFS PARTITION FROM 4 KB TO
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Due to phenomenal development in Windows, Microsoft released 4 generations of operating systems, succeeding Windows XP. Hence, on various aspects, Windows XP becomes too old to be used practically these days. So the support was pulled out.
I do agree that Windows XP is the most successful operating system ever, so far. But, later versions added more features, enhanced security and compatibility. Moreover, at this point, Windows XP becomes more vulnerable, although security patches are made.
Ultimately, we need to move to a more secure, feature-rich and highly compatible operating system.
With improved features in newer versions of Windows, the NTFS filesystem has also been improved, adding new features. Hence, certain feaures that are not availble in Windows XP are available in Windows 7, again, in Windows 8.1. So is the disk management
features.
As for Acronis Disk Director, it's a third party software and hence we can't comment on the features/its working.
Balaji Kundalam

Why does it take so long for a rented movie to download?

I rented a movie on iTunes and began downloading. It is not in HD, and all updates have been made to my iPad. It has been 4.5 so far, and it has downloaded 1.1 of 1.5 GB of the movie. This has been going non-stop and has not moved very fast, obviuolsy. I am using my school (public) WiFi for this movie. I have also downloaded a couple of different times using my home wireless router, and it is no faster. When I read online the suggested times it will take to download, the slowest is 2 hours.... Any thoughts??

iTunes Store: Download times will vary

Why does it take so long to load a movie?

any tips fpr speeding up the download time on my apple TV?? it take forever no matter what resolution i try!!!

On yopu computer go to speedtest.net and establish what kind of speed you have.
For near instant playback of purchased or rental content you need:
2.5 Mbps for SD.
6 Mbps for HD 720p
8 Mbps for HD 1080p
Ac

Why does it take so long to download a movie with my mini ipad?

I rented a movie on my mini ipad trough itunes and so far it has taken 40 minutes to download half the movie. I would like to have a refund on my credit card. This will be the last time i try to rent a movie. I am very disappointed because i bought the connections necessary to be able to rent movies.
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Lise

Hello Lisa,
Your ISP is almost certainly the cause. You can test your Broadband situation on this site and compare it with what your provider claims to provide. But be aware, it is rare for providers to supply more than half their claimed supply rate; there's too many ifs and buts. Your connections will be universal.
Speedtest.net by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test

Why does Firefox take so long to load beta images on some sites?

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Why does it take so long to to restore ipod touch from a backup.

Why does it take so long to restore ipod touch from backup in itunes via usb cable?

What is you internet speed
How big is the SSD on the iPod (8GB, 16GB, 32GB, ect.)
My 8 GB on was restoring for about 5 min.
Try disconnecting it and see if there is a picture of a USB to iTunes

What's wrong with this Forum? Why does Adobe take so long to reply to posts?!

What's wrong with this Forum? Why does Adobe take so long to reply to posts?!
This is actually "specific" to this Photoshop Forum.
I typically get responses back from other Adobe forum promptly.
Chime in.

The Adobe engineering folks DO duck in here from time to time - and that's a BLESSING! Please name any other big company where you get to interact with the engineers AT ALL. I can't. But I suspect the engineers actually have a lot oof real work to do, and their time here is necessarily limited.
Your comments are more along the line of "I pay a huge amount, for that I expect better support". These are very valid comments. But reality is different from what we may expect, and this forum is not the place to expect Adobe support participation AT ALL. In fact, the technical support people at Adobe often direct users to come here (something I've always found amusing).
At the higher level, Adobe may simply not be spending enough on support for literally millions of users. Is is greed or smart business to try to minimize support cost? That's up for individuals to decide.
I suggest you write a snail-mail letter to the Adobe president if you're not getting the support you need.
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Why does it take so long to recognize my camera?

I have a Canon EOS Rebel XS. When I plug it in, iPhoto jumps up and is in front on the screen, as it should, but then it takes 8 or 10 minutes for it to be identified and booted up into the sidebar. I just watch the wheels turn and the red light flicker, but it takes EIGHT or MORE minutes to be recognized!! And, sometimes the camera times itself out. Here is my question . . . WHY WHY WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO BE RECOGNIZED?!?!?!!? I could deal with 30 seconds, but this is just ridiculous. Is this a Canon issue? A driver issue? Heaven forbid, an Apple issue? Does anybody have any insight on this or the same kind of experience?
Mike

Next time you import reformat the card with the Camera - remember this will erase the card, so make sure you've emptied it first. Oh, and the use of block capitals is very impressive. Doesn't make it look like a tantrum at all.
Regards
TD

TS4223 why does it take SO LONG to transfer a movie form my Mac to Apple TV. It tales like an hour. I cannot stream it in the meantime. Very frustrated.

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