Apple Discontinues Third-Generation Apple TV

[Juicy Box]

No all you have to do is pause and then the search bar will fade out.

Still annoying that it works this way.
Plus, this does not always work.

If you are trying to pause on a particular part of a video and you rapidly pause then unpause, the search bar will not fade out.

Example:
Reading all the documents that pop on the screen during a flash in the TV show Chuck.

Or, Jessica Rabbit taxi scene type stuff.

 

[Anuba]

No all you have to do is pause and then the search bar will fade out.

Yes and no. If you pause/resume by clicking in the middle of the touchpad area, the search bar will not go away after a delay. It's only after you've slapped it around with the Info swipe-down-swipe-up that the search bar will fade out.
If you pause/resume using the pause/play button, the search bar will fade out on first attempt, though. I personally never use it -- seems kinda counter-intuitive to move your thumb all the way down there when all navigation happens on the touchpad anyway (skip back/fwd 10s, search, play, pause). That's like having to switch between different pairs of shoes for walking and standing still.

 

[Anuba]

The Late-2011 was the last decent MBP. I love Retina, but, I hate the whole "thin, thin, thin" thing with glued in batteries. Sad.

I had a 2009 MBP 17". After a couple of years, the battery was down to 70% and had started to swell considerably. At first I thought the trackpad had become wonky, but it was the battery that had become so big that the right hand side of the pad was no longer clickable. Opened it up and found that the MBP was powered by one deformed elephant man of a battery.
I had the battery replaced and it was fine for a few months before the graphics card fried itself somehow, rendering the whole thing useless (too old to be worth such extensive repairs). Resorted to iMac for a while.
2 years ago I bought a mid-2014 MBP 15". After 24 months, the battery is still at 97% health (it started at 106% so 97 isn't as impressive as it sounds, but still very good), and certainly hasn't swelled.

Point is, I don't care if the 2014 MBP battery is held in place by superglue, soldering, nails, staples, bolts, velcro, ultrasonic weld or llama spit – it has served me so much better than the 2009 MPB battery, which I miss like I miss the removable batteries of my late 90's Nokia and Ericsson phones, i.e. not at all.

 

[Topperdog1973]

I'll continue to use my Apple TV 3 until it passes on. Does everything I need it to.

Connection wise the AppleTV 3 is far superior than Apple TV 4. Apple can't do anything well anymore and it is REALLY sad.

 

[Tech198]

My Apple 3 *just works* ... Netflix/Hulu/iTunes... never had any problems on Wifi ever..

Not sure how many Apple products u can say that to.

 

[AZ63]

Then make a cheaper version of the 4th gen with somewhat better SoC and the App Store. Or go all the way


You prefer they keep selling older outdated hardware?

For any device they should differentiate on the product to hit different price points. iPhone SE, iPhone and iPhone Plus. Different storage tiers and you can cover many price points.

It's painful when I see people buying older revisions of iPhone or iPads only for them to be run slowly while they're still for sale. How long did all these A5 based devices stick around for?

While updating would be ideal as you suggest that is not what Apple does so it is what it is. The Apple reality. Agree? The SE is the exception as it is a different sized product. I hope Apple does a new SE refresh with the headphone jack. I'll lose the 6s size if I can keep the jack otherwise I'll be looking at the Pixel.

 

[diipii]

I bought some iteration of Apple TV a few years ago and hardly used it because the programme content was garbage. These days I don't watch TV at all because the programme content is still garbage. Luckily, here in the UK we still have BBC Radio 3 and 4, the best examples of how it should be done.

 

[coocooforcocoap]

Apple is still selling refurbished versions of the Apple TV 3 for $59. The fourth-generation Apple TV can be purchased from Apple's online and retail stores in two configurations: 32GB for $149 and 64GB for $199.

Article Link: Apple Discontinues Third-Generation Apple TV

Ha, I just wasted hours trying to get an old Apple TV 3 to use Apple Music, without realizing this. I also have an Apple TV 4, which works fine. It did not occur to me that would have ditched the old hardware like that, when there is so much crap on the internet about home sharing and all the rest. What a JOKE!

 

[Seanm87]

This thread really confused as me as I swear they discontinued it years ago. Then realised this topic is from 2016.

 

[MagnusVonMagnum]

They did update the Gen3 models for the new 'TV' mode and Amazon Prime, though in the past year or so. Abandoned, but not forgotten? They're still quite useful on older TVs (all iTunes purchases are available as are rentals, Netflix, etc. and it works as an Airplay (1) device. I see no point in buying a 4 or 4K unit just to watch/listen to iTunes content.

No Apple Music? So what? Apple Music is for suckers and those that own next to nothing in this world (i.e. Millennials). I'm not paying Rent-A-Center (Apple) to rent music when I already own over 12,000 songs and 500 albums of stuff I actually LIKE rather than the modern garbage (pitch-shifting computer generated crap "sung" by people that can't even stay in farking tune) that they try to pass for music these days. Miss a payment? No library. Drive into a tunnel or out in the country with no cell coverage? No music. No thanks....