Why mess with Apple TV Rental menu?
Talk about making it harder for customers!
Rentals use to be simple - it was on the main menu but I can't see it anymore. Now I have to search through the Settings and then find Rentals and then watch it sitting there spinning away!
Who is messing with the simple beauty of the menu systems?
Surely it doesn't need to be this hard Apple!
Ok - logged out and had to log back in and it's back. Why does an update mess things up? Oh well. Now off to the Apple store to fix my iPhone 5 that doesn't work as well.
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Possibly why issues with Apple TV & iTunes...
Over the past 24 hours I have had terrible trouble with my Apple TV & iTunes setup - I've never had any issues until now so you can imagine I hit these forums looking for an answer pretty much right away.
I've got an Apple TV 2.0 (160gb) & Mac Mini (Intel Core Duo) running 10.5.2 connected over wifi using an Airport Extreme Base Station.
I've got iTunes 7.6.2 and didn't have a problem when running 7.6.0...
The AEBS is NOT setup for 802.11n as my Mac Mini only supports 802.11g. I have therefore got it setup for g-only (so no issues with wide channels etc on 802.11n).
I started using playlists last week to sync tv shows and movies (my kids always watch the same movies and tv shows over and over so it is the best way to keep these shows on the apple TV and add new content as and when I like).
Everything was working just fine until I added a couple of tv shows yesterday - then the apple TV decided to not play well with iTunes....or rather iTunes kept dropping the Apple TV and would not see it again until restarting iTunes.
Through a tortuous process of elimination I think I may have found the solution to my problem...
Here is what I have done so far :
1 - Reset my Apple TV back to factory defaults (v1.1) - iTunes still drops the connection to the Apple TV when syncing
Note: At this point I should have realised it's an iTunes problem and not the Apple TV, however I ploughed on...
2 - Upgraded Apple TV to 2.0 - still no joy with syncing the tv/movies playlists
3 - Sync'd just photos and music to the Apple TV overnight - no problem
4 - Sync'd one movie (no playlist) this morning - no problem
5 - Sync'd one set of kids TV shows (no playlist) - no problem
I checked the console at steps 1 & 2 above and found iTunes complaining about "can't read data length" when it drops the Apple TV.
So to cut this long story short - the problems I am seeing are likely a corrupt file or a corrupt playlist.
YMMV of course!
Kind regards,
Alex.Hello SamiD77,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Apple TV: Syncing time and streaming performance dependent on the speed of wireless network
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24640
Best of luck,
Mario -
Get a Mini, hook it up via DVI to your TV, and enjoy your music, movies, rented movies, downloaded movies, photos, etc - without streaming anything or buying another box that will just need to be replaced in 6 months. At least with a Mini you get a whole computer for only $300 more that you can also use email, internet, work, etc.
Other than HD, I just don't see the difference...The difference is more than $ 300, there is a major difference in concept when it comes to using a computer to do a consumer products job.
I initially had 4 tv's throughout the house but used the wife's mini in the kitchen in place of an tv there. No one used it and went to another room where there was an tv to use it instead. Eventually I bought the fifth and used it instead of the wife's mini and now everyone uses it.
The mini may well do more, be capable of higher quality and have unlimited storage capabilities and front row may not be all that different to the tv, but that difference is enough to be the difference between whether it gets used or not. -
Patch tool, why mess with something that wasn't broken?
I edit a large amount of product photography and I used to use the patch tool frequently to fix areas that needed cleaned up that had some sort of detail. Below you will find an image I was correcting and the result. I was not trying to get rid of the little nub, just replace it with one that looked better.
I tried to use the content replace tool as well and it not only changed the area I was trying to correct but the part I was taking from. It also left a weird shape around the part I replaced. See images below.
-original -after replace toolThe above edit was done in CS5.
Below is CS6. Instead of recreating the detail, it was eliminated. -
Why is it that everything is fine with my verizon account and apple is messing with my pre order of the iphone 5 telling me that verizon is "rejecting" my order.. My verizon account is fine, and I am eligible for an upgrade, there is no past due balance.. the order went from being prepared to ship back to processing 2 days before it's supposed to get here.. still says it's going to deliver 9/21, yet it still stuck in processing mode, called apple for the past couple of days since i ordered it ON TIME and basically spoke to 17 different people telling me all different things and seems as if it just becomes more and more of a problem..
this what most people say, track in on UPS website using your phone number. its TRUE and better tracking info
more info here
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4311254?tstart=0 -
Why is it that everything is fine with my verizon account and apple is messing with my pre order of the iphone 5 telling me that verizon is "rejecting" my order.. My verizon account is fine, and I am eligible for an upgrade, there is no past due balance.. the order went from being prepared to ship back to processing 2 days before it's supposed to get here.. still says it's going to deliver 9/21, yet it still stuck in processing mode, called apple for the past couple of days since i ordered it ON TIME and basically spoke to 17 different people telling me all different things and seems as if it just becomes more and more of a problem..
this what most people say, track in on UPS website using your phone number. its TRUE and better tracking info
more info here
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4311254?tstart=0 -
I can send tv shows from my ipad to my apple tv without any issues. Why cant i do the same with a movie rental? Or how do i do the same with a movie rental?
Personally I think the iOS devices are poor at reconnecting - Airplay establishes that a link is available but when the iPhone/iPad has been away from the house and rejoins the network i think AppleTV already thinks it's connected with a different IP address and fails to recognise it has joined the network again with new credentials.
Something along those lines anyway.
I find that a combination of restarting AppleTV, router and iOS device tends to fix it, but not for everyone.
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Is Apple Just Messing With Us or What??! (Can't change AppleID!)
This is seriously messed up! Not only can I not change the AppleID on an iPod Touch... I cannot even log in... never mind that, I cannot even VIEW messages on this forum any longer!! Not through my Firefox browser, anyway - viewing an old message from this forum in Google takes me to the create account page! There's not even an option to login if you already have an account! Its only possible to access this forum in Safar, even after I changed my UserAgent in FF to Safari/Mac! This is messed up! Anyway... the main problem:
1. I just want to change the AppleID on an iPod Touch (IOS 8.3). This is not an "insanely great" experience.... it's an "insanely bad" one! First off, every IOS8 guide on the net I've been able to find on the subject does not work! They talk about a DELETE button that does not exist! Ok... so its "sign out". Well there is no "sign out" only "sign in". But fine, i created an iCloud account. Except I can't access this account via iCloud on my web browser, says "ICloud Encountered An Error While Trying To Connect To Server". ...Rubbish! It simply won't log me in no matter what! Not even on Safari browser! (I know it's not an Apple-side server problem when another AppleID logs me into iCloud without issue!).
2. There are now TWO places to sign in on the iPod, "iCloud" and "iTunes" -- I tried signing in the new iCloud account in both menus, no go! (In the iTunes menu, it keeps showing the OLD AppleID email address!). The error I get is "Your AppleID Must Be A Full Email Address To Sign Up". ....Rubbish! It's a HOTMAIL email address, how much "fuller" can it get? This insane error points me to the AppleID website to fix the problem, but does not say how the heck you are supposed to fix it once in the site! Well, all I know then is I click "Manage AppleID" button, there is my Hotmail email address, all verified and green check-marked.
Yet the iPod won't accept the account!
I"m more of an Apple expert than anyone I know... are they serious??! Apple really expect regular customers to go through this and understand why its not working? I can't even come close to sorting out this problem!
Does anyone out there know how I can change the AppleID on an IOS 8.3 iPod Touch?? Please help save a brand new iPod Touch from being maliciously smashed with a brick in an irrational last straw effort at revenge!Hi,
There is no network problem - this is not a network problem thing. The problem accessing this forum may be restricted to Firefox... but it is still a very weird problem, the likes of which I have never seen. I don't know what is causing this behaviour, but I don't see how Firefox alone would cause the site to redirect to the create account page. Thus I was convinced Apple Discussions was restricting people from viewing solutions and participating here, if they did not use Safari!
Now as for the problem with the iPod... There were no restrictions set. It turns out, the reason I could not log in to the account via the iPod nor via iCloud (on the web), had to do with the account itself! Despite having changed the password to this account, despite the AppleID site telling me the email was verified and green-checked, the Apple ecosystem choked itself on this account! it was a Kafka-esque nightmare trying to use this account; whereby the AppleID site would tell it me it could not find the account (when I entered the name, etc), and then when I tried to create a new account using the information I entered to find the unfindable account, the site would tell me I could not do that because that account was already registered!!
If I did not know any better, I'd have to assume the entire AppleID system was programmed by grade school kids on their lunch break.
The solution to this hours-long nightmare came from simply creating a new account with a new email address. Suddenly, the iPod and everything accepted that information!
With Apple making their customers jump through hoops of fire like this, I'm now starting to understand why so many people are opting for Android devices! -
how do a get a refund on a ridiculously slow downloading rented movie for my apple tv dispite a >5mb/sec down load speed? my first experience with appletv movie rental. no good. rented at 4:30pm. still waiting for standard def movie to finish at 8:10pm. Not good enough.
Thanks for the pointers folks. Yeah, 1.5GB is pretty poor isn't it? There are other suppliers, but you have to get a their phone line installed to access the internet so it's an £85 setup fee plus a day off work for a guy to come round and drill a hole in your wall before you even get to the monthly costs.
Don't get me wrong though - I'm certainly not an Apple basher, but am equally frustrated with both them and the ISP.
Virgin Media spend all kinds of money advertising their broadband as the fastest in the UK, but don't tell you (up front anyway) that you'll be cut off if you actually try and use it.
Apple on the other hand carry on with their 'it just works' mantra, but with Apple TV this only applies if you meet certain criteria (again, not mentioned up front).
I guess it aint a biggie, as i was gifted my Apple TV, and love all the other stuff it does, but from the number of posts on this forum can see that there's a lot of angry customers out there who want explanations as to why they're having similar problems to me.
Will be very interesting to see if Apple release any kind of software update that turns the flash drive from a buffer to permanent storage, to at least ease some of the pain...
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Issues with apple tv movie rentals
What is story with apple tv losing your rental if you click menu on the remote? You then have to log out of your itunes account, then log back in to find your rental. Then your rental starts back at the beginning. Cant this work better?
It usually does work better, this is something that has started recently for some users, I'm sure Apple are working on it.
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I have Type kit turned OFF, so why is it still messing with my documents Adobe?
I have Type kit turned OFF, so why is it still messing with my documents Adobe?
Yet again you have managed to "fix" something that was not broken.
Creative cloud has been nothing but aggro since I installed it, wish I could stay on CS5......not that that is much better mind.
I have created documents with the fonts installed before I swapped to CC, now when I open them it replaces the font with default Myriad and the correct font has gone from my fonts menu. Why? the fonts are obviously already installed otherwise how would I have created it in the first place?
Please sort this out Adobe, your products used to be the industry standard. Now they are just SUB STANDARD with no competition, and most users feel they are being short changed because we don't have any other option. Not really good enough is it?I have the same problem were you able to fix it?
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when i try to update OS it's showing this message why? This Apple ID has not yet been used with the App Store.
Hello Daijalove97,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Using an existing Apple ID with the iTunes Store and Mac App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2589
To use your Apple ID at the iTunes Store
Open the latest version of iTunes.
Choose Store > Sign In from the Store menu.
Enter your Apple ID and password, then click Sign In.
Click Review when asked to review your information.
Enter your billing information, a credit card will be required.
Click Continue when you're done entering your credit card and billing information.
Best of luck,
Mario -
Got the dreaded no wifi on my wife's iPhone 4S. Wifi greyed out and no luck with the reset network instructions. Why isn't Apple addressing this issue? We are a family of Apple product users, 2 ipads, an ipad mini, 4 iPhones but one isn't working! Issue began whenwe upgraded the operating system.....
Come on Apple.....get this issue sorted out!Just out of warranty. This is a software issue. everything was ok until the software update. Apple just need to sort it out.
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My MBP is Early 2011 but dunno why cant use mirroring with apple TV, the icon cannot be found. So cannot use mirroring.
I have follow trouble shooting , they recommend to go system preference -> display , thus can find out the mirroring icon if no mean it doesnt support. But according to the web, Early 2011 MBP should be able to use, dunno why.Just realise I havent updated my OS to mountain lion and this is the reason why I cannot use mirroring before ^^
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I would like to pay for apple tv rentals with a different credit card from my iTunes Store. How can I do this?
Any purchases made from the iTunes Store, on your computer, AppleTV, or iOS device, use the same billing information that is associated with your account. To pay with a different credit card, log in to your account and change the payment options associated with your account. If you want to use different payment options on different devices, you may want to consider utilizing multiple iTunes accounts, each with its own payment options.
To learn more about changing your iTunes account information, see this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1918
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