Apple TV not showing up in iTunes

Medic278

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Feb 1, 2012

• #1

So I went out today and purchased Apple TV however after hooking it all up it will not show up in iTunes I am running the current version of iTunes and have tried troubleshooting it however it has not shown any results. Any ideas?

 

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emt1

macrumors 65816

• Feb 1, 2012

• #2

It isn't supposed to show up in iTunes.

 

verwon

macrumors 68030

• Feb 1, 2012

• #3

You just turn on home sharing in the Apple TV itself.

 

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waw74

macrumors 601

• Feb 1, 2012

• #4

emt1 said:

It isn't supposed to show up in iTunes.

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not entirely true...
it should show up in the airplay menu at the bottom right of the iTunes window.

other than that, make sure you have home sharing turned on in iTunes, then go to the "settings->computers" section on the tv, and sign in there

 

betman

macrumors 6502

• Mar 21, 2014

• #5

When in iTunes, should Apple TV show up in the menu on the left (where you have 'Library', 'Store', 'Genius', Playlists')?

One of the guides mentioned that it should show up in the bar on the left though in my case I have never seen it there.

 

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bt22

macrumors 6502

• Mar 22, 2014

• #6

betman said:

When in iTunes, should Apple TV show up in the menu on the left (where you have 'Library', 'Store', 'Genius', Playlists')?

One of the guides mentioned that it should show up in the bar on the left though in my case I have never seen it there.

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No, the new Apple TV does not show up under devices. The first Generation was the only Apple TV to show up there. You were synced to the first gen, you only stream to the new TV