Nelson Au
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Hey guys,
I was doing some additions to content in my iTunes on my Mac Pro and I was curious how it would look on the Apple TV. I have a later generation Apple TV 3 and an Apple TV 4. I don’t have an Apple TV 4K yet. In the past I had no trouble doing Home Sharing with my Mac Pro to the Apple TV 3. But I do have the latest iTunes running as I needed it for the iPhone X. So in attempting to connect the Mac Pro to the Apple TV 3 this morning, it would not work. It’s just not seeing my Mac.
So I fired up the Apple TV 4 in the Home Theater set-up and Home Sharing works great there. I realize that the Apple TV 4 is essentially a new platform and OS. So what does this mean? Is the Apple TV 3 obsolete?
Up until today, the AT3 has been working OK as I can stream from my CBS All Access account. And watch YouTube. Perhaps there is something I’m missing as I would think that Home Sharing would still work. Could anyone shed some light on this? I’ve already thought of replacing the ATV3 with a 4. But I have two ATV3. Hate for them to go to waste. But then I realize in our tech world, devices go obsolete very fast. Thanks for any insight.
I was doing some additions to content in my iTunes on my Mac Pro and I was curious how it would look on the Apple TV. I have a later generation Apple TV 3 and an Apple TV 4. I don’t have an Apple TV 4K yet. In the past I had no trouble doing Home Sharing with my Mac Pro to the Apple TV 3. But I do have the latest iTunes running as I needed it for the iPhone X. So in attempting to connect the Mac Pro to the Apple TV 3 this morning, it would not work. It’s just not seeing my Mac.
So I fired up the Apple TV 4 in the Home Theater set-up and Home Sharing works great there. I realize that the Apple TV 4 is essentially a new platform and OS. So what does this mean? Is the Apple TV 3 obsolete?
Up until today, the AT3 has been working OK as I can stream from my CBS All Access account. And watch YouTube. Perhaps there is something I’m missing as I would think that Home Sharing would still work. Could anyone shed some light on this? I’ve already thought of replacing the ATV3 with a 4. But I have two ATV3. Hate for them to go to waste. But then I realize in our tech world, devices go obsolete very fast. Thanks for any insight.