Why dosen't my micro USB cable work??

I am trying to connect my apple TV to my macbook pro using a micro usb cable, but neither the computer nor
the apple tv registers the connection, i.e. nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

what are you trying to do?
the usb cable only works for restoring the firmware on the appletv

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