Important note #2: You did read the important note above, right? In any case, this advice is offered without warranty, etc, etc, do so at your own risk, things do go wrong, don’t get trampled by elephants, but if you do it’s not my fault, and so on and so forth. Important note #1: Restoring performs a full factory reset You’ll have to re-enter your Apple ID and set up your Apple TV with any other modifications (screensavers, etc) to use it once restored. That may take some time depending on your connection, but unlike the “waiting for the update server” problem, you’ll be able to see some progression in the download, however slow. Connect all three up, and launch iTunes, and it should spot your Apple TV connected.įrom there, select your Apple TV from within iTunes, choose “Restore”, and it’ll contact Apple’s servers and run through the download process. You’ll need a microUSB cable for this task - the Apple TV is the only Apple product that uses the otherwise standard cable - your Apple TV power supply and a PC or Mac running iTunes. So how do you bypass it? By using the iTunes update method. This may well have to do with Apple’s server caching, but it’s annoying nonetheless. If you’re like me, you may have one or more Apple TVs that resolutely refuse to update, instead stating that they’re “waiting for the update server”. While iOS 8 has garnered a lot of the headlines recently, Apple also snuck out a quick update to the Apple TV, putting the UI in line with the flattened look of iOS 7/8 and adding a few tweaks.įor most Apple TV users the update should be all but silent, as the default is to update automatically when new updates become available. Here’s how to fix that problem and update your Apple TV if it does get stuck. There’s an update for the 3rd Generation Apple TV that frequently hangs waiting for the update server.
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