Comments on: Apple TV gets 2.0.1 software update

By: AnJ

AnJ — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:03:02 +0000

I upgraded the hard drive on my Apple TV to 250GB successfully. Although, prior to doing it I did a factory recovery on the old 40GB. Now when I try to update the software on the new drive, I get the “update failed” warning on my ATV. Also, when I sinked some movies to it that I bought from itunes, I get the “Apple TV is not authorized to….”

Can anyone help?

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:39:34 +0000

Version 2.0.1 has many bug fixes, but new features as well.

New Genres entry for “My Movies”
These genres include not only the default genres available from iTunes, but any genres youâ€™ve added.

Sync podcasts to iTunes
As before, you can download podcasts directly from the iTunes Store to the Apple TV. Unlike before, when the Apple TV is next synced with iTunes, those downloaded podcasts will be copied to your computer, where theyâ€™ll appear in iTunesâ€™ Podcasts area. A Subscribe button appears next to the podcastâ€™s name within iTunes.

Plus for Progress
Just press the Apple Remoteâ€™s Plus button. When you do, the blue Progress Bar appears.

Skip when shuffling
In the Options tab of a trackâ€™s Info window in iTunes, thereâ€™s a Skip When Shuffling option. This is useful when you donâ€™t want your Apple TV to play a short sound effects file or risque Frank Zappa track when the kids are listening. The Apple TV now takes this option as its guide and skips tracks for which youâ€™ve enabled this option.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:02:53 +0000

Just wanted to let everyone know that I updated to 2.0.2 last night and the 2.0 patchstick still works. To people having trouble with the patchstick, check what size usb flash drive you are using. I’m using a 8gig flash drive and I had to modify the createPatch stick file so that it would partition correctly.

By: Tasos

Tasos — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:15:58 +0000

it doesn’t work I update it and now I can’t do nothing with this stupid machine….
is there a way to get back to 2.0??????

By: canti

canti — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:50:07 +0000

I tried to patch it on a ATV 2.01 but without succes….
anyone else and if yes, with wich patch….

By: James

James — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:17:45 +0000

It doesn’t seem to affect the plugins. Just need to update, and reinstall everything

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:39:48 +0000

Yes, I can confirm it is possible to patch a 2.0.1 system with all the hacks. I had a patched 2.0 AppleTV and after upgrading to 2.0.1 I re-patched and everything still works.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:08:32 +0000

Hi guys,

There seems to be mixed opinions. Some are saying that is impossible to install the components (SSH, patchstick etc) on the appleTV if the software version installed is 2.0.1, and others are saying it IS possible. Can someone please verify this?

I have recently purchased an appleTV but haven’t actually opened it, as i originally thought it could play divx, so now i may have to return it if i cannot apply the hack, and therefore I don’t even know what software version my appleTV is.

If i have version 1.0 can i upgrade to 2, or if i have a 2.0.1, can i downgrade to 2 somehow to enable me to setup the divx playback process?

Thanks guys!!

(it would be soooo much easier if apple just gave into divx!!)

By: Holgi

Holgi — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:49:24 +0000

Jason,

opening your AppleTV isn’t required anymore since months. You just plug in a patchstick and reboot it…

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:03:27 +0000

Does this happen each time there is an update? So, do you need open it and do the whole hack again. Sorry I saw the process on revision3 system and it took a great amount of time. But that was including installing the new harddrive.

I know, noob question, but if you ever have any data center blade/rack questions I am your man.

Thanks, Jason

PS. Remember battlestar starts on friday on scifi!