Comments on: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:09:14 +0000

I think that this is a known issue and the problem is being worked on. There is a discussion on this topic at the ATV-USB Creator forums: http://code.google.com/p/atvusb-creator/issues/...

By: canchi

canchi — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:54:16 +0000

me 3 same problem as JD and Paul but I have a question can I do SSH with a PPC or only Intel?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:16:27 +0000

Hi JD
That's my problem too. Did you find a solution?

Paul

By: JD

JD — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:50:57 +0000

Ok, everything is going perfectly fine & I'm getting the software menu. Nothing happens when I click any of the options though? I'm running 3.1. What am I doing wrong here? I've followed these directions like 20 different times.

Thanks guys,

JD

By: SGGG

SGGG — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:44:28 +0000

I have followed the above but the harddrive doesn't mount… does the harddrive have to be a certain format? If not what do i do to get it to recognise?

By: jonavision

jonavision — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:56:42 +0000

If I do this hack, Can the external HD be used for sharing my itunes and movies between my home computers? Am I better off plugging my external HD into an airport express on my home network?

What I want to do is watch all my media on computers and apple tv and store all the media in one place.

By: klwiz

klwiz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:28:13 +0000

Hi. After the hack, my ATV works perfectly with additional 1T Buffalo external drive. WHen I upgraded the HD to 1.5T Seagate, the ATV can't seem to locate the drive. The HD works fine with my iMac. Any advice?

By: Charlton Monsanto

Charlton Monsanto — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:32:55 +0000

Hello, ATV Newbie here but have 2 and love them. Un-hacked. Recently did something stupid. Posted the following on Apple Discussion Forums, wondering if anyone here can give me some guidance. “Wrote over my master iTunes library. No, the same volume was also the Time Machine Back Up volume. Yes – stupid. However, I do have 2 ATVs, and they have the Movies, Photos, TV Shows that were previously synching with my Master Library. Is there anyway for me to pair up one of the ATVs with my Mac, and tell iTunes to import/copy all media from the ATV down to the new iTunes library?

By: Apple TV with Boxee and more update - Hack a Day

Apple TV with Boxee and more update - Hack a Day — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:19:03 +0000

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By: iBenoit

iBenoit — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:08:12 +0000

Here is how I got around that issue:

Google "2Z694-5573-24.dmg" - this will give you a site or two where you can d/l the file.
Once on your HD, point to it instead of letting the patchstick software d/l it.
it should work seamlessly.

Ben