Comments on: Backrow – Apple TV’s software http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/ Get more from your shiny box of joy Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:45:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Backrow http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/comment-page-1/#comment-219255 Backrow Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:05:04 +0000 http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-219255 Backrow is also the name of a great poker communety <a href="http://www.backroweurope.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.backroweurope.org</a> Backrow is also the name of a great poker communety http://www.backroweurope.org

]]> By: Sam http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Sam Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:17:09 +0000 http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-891 Has there been any sort of effort to run BackRow in regular OSX? I suppose this would be a difficult accomplishment as it is a separate operating system, and Apple could easily thwart such attempts, but osx86 and the new OSX hack for AppleTV have given me hope. Has there been any sort of effort to run BackRow in regular OSX? I suppose this would be a difficult accomplishment as it is a separate operating system, and Apple could easily thwart such attempts, but osx86 and the new OSX hack for AppleTV have given me hope.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Jonathan Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:40:28 +0000 http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-97 Diagnostics mode... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305190 This definitely boots the Apple TV OS from a different partition. I am very interested in seeing the contents of that partition and see if there are any avenues to the USB port or other options in the diagnostic version of the OS. I'm guessing its the 400 MB unlabeled partition on the drive, and when I boot my SSH-enabled Apple TV to diagnostics mode it no longer allows me access. Diagnostics mode…

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305190

This definitely boots the Apple TV OS from a different partition. I am very interested in seeing the contents of that partition and see if there are any avenues to the USB port or other options in the diagnostic version of the OS. I’m guessing its the 400 MB unlabeled partition on the drive, and when I boot my SSH-enabled Apple TV to diagnostics mode it no longer allows me access.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Jonathan Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:26:07 +0000 http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-52 Not technically a hack, but there's at least one Screen Saver on Apple TV that works on any Mac OS X system. On the Apple TV OSBoot volume, navigate to System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Screen Savers/Apple.frss/Contents/Resources and then copy the AppleLogo.qtz file to /Library/Screen Savers/ or ~/Library/Screen Savers/ on your Mac. Open System Preferences and choose Desktop & Screen Saver and you will see a new option, Apple Logo. The other Apple TV screen savers are more complicated QTZ files that have separate dependencies for the cover art or the photos. It appears that you could change the images or add your own, but I'm not sure how to make the QTZ files work on a Mac as a screen saver. Anyone know more about how QTZs work as screen savers? Not technically a hack, but there’s at least one Screen Saver on Apple TV that works on any Mac OS X system.

On the Apple TV OSBoot volume, navigate to System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Screen Savers/Apple.frss/Contents/Resources and then copy the AppleLogo.qtz file to /Library/Screen Savers/ or ~/Library/Screen Savers/ on your Mac.

Open System Preferences and choose Desktop & Screen Saver and you will see a new option, Apple Logo.

The other Apple TV screen savers are more complicated QTZ files that have separate dependencies for the cover art or the photos.

It appears that you could change the images or add your own, but I’m not sure how to make the QTZ files work on a Mac as a screen saver. Anyone know more about how QTZs work as screen savers?

]]> By: Ricco http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Ricco Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:18:35 +0000 http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-32 Man... I want an AppleTV to tinker with :-/ Backrow is also the name of FrontRow's ugly, unofficial Windows-cousin: http://www.brains-n-brawn.com/default.aspx?vDir=backrow *shiver* Man… I want an AppleTV to tinker with :-/

Backrow is also the name of FrontRow’s ugly, unofficial Windows-cousin: http://www.brains-n-brawn.com/default.aspx?vDir=backrow

*shiver*

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