![]() Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Apple TV 2.1 update goes live, adds MobileMe support. Archived from the original on July 14, 2008. Apple's Remote: turns your iPhone into a WiFi remote control. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. ↑ Gallery: Apple TV Take 2 software update.Archived from the original on October 3, 2008. ↑ Apple TV: About Apple TV software updates.Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. ↑ ITV warns Apple not to brand smart television 'iTV'.Archived from the original on October 5, 2009. Apple drops price of 160GB Apple TV, kills 40GB model. ↑ " Apple TV Now Shipping", March 21, 2007." How Apple's iTV Media Strategy Works", RoughlyDrafted Magazine, September 13, 2006. " Apple 'It's Showtime!' event", MacWorld, September 12, 2006. The 1st-generation Apple TV is known to support up to Mac OS X 10.5.5 (with full video and partial audio functionality), 10.5.8 (with no audio), or 10.6.3 (with limited functionality due to RAM limitations). Another option is to copy a bootable disk image to an internal IDE hard drive through a utility like Carbon Copy Cloner and then swap it in. It is possible for it to boot Mac OS X 10.5 from a USB drive, but this may prevent the USB 2.0 port from being connected with other useful peripherals, such as a keyboard. Įnthusiasts have also discovered methods of hacking the 1st-generation Apple TV like a Hackintosh to install unsupported versions of Mac OS X. The 1st-generation Apple TV can be hacked to run Linux as a pathway to installing a customized version of Kodi media center software. Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) could also be installed, but with color-related graphical display issues. A YouTuber managed to get one to boot into Android 2.2 (Froyo). Though declared obsolete by Apple, the Pentium M processor of the 1st-generation Apple TV makes it possible for it to be hacked to run other operating systems. Some users have found Mac mini models that are capable of running Front Row on Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.6.8 to be a usable alternative to newer Apple TV consoles. YouTube is also no longer supported on this device. ![]() Beginning May 25, 2018, the iTunes Store is no longer accessible from the device, due to its obsolete security standards. On September 9, 2015, Apple discontinued service and support for the first generation Apple TV. In July 2011, Apple discontinued the Front Row interface for Mac users. Later updates to the Apple TV, iTunes, and Remote software added support for the iPad, and introduced support for new features as they were added to iTunes. On July 10, 2008, Apple released the Remote app on the App Store, and the Apple TV Software 2.1 update that added recognition for the iPhone and iPod Touch as remote control devices intended as a software alternative to the Apple Remote. Front Row became deprecated, and a new interface was introduced for the original Apple TV in which content was organized into six categories, all of which appeared in a large square box on the screen upon startup (movies, TV shows, music, YouTube, podcasts, and photos) and presented in the initial menu, along with a "Settings" option for configuration, including software updates. The update allowed the iTunes Store content to be directly rented and purchased, as well as photo streaming and podcast downloads from MobileMe (which was called. On January 15, 2008, a software upgrade was announced this turned the Apple TV into a stand-alone device which removed the requirement for a computer running iTunes on Mac OS X or Windows to stream or sync content to it, and making most of the Apple TV's hard disk redundant. The Front Row interface of Apple TV Software 1.0. The name "iTV" was originally going to be used to keep the product in line with the rest of their "i"-based products ( iMac, iPod, etc.), but was not used because the British terrestrial broadcast network ITV holds the rights to the name in the UK and threatened to take legal action against Apple. Apple started taking pre-orders for Apple TV on January 9, 2007. ![]()
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