And you know that how? The release notes give little information and yes every update!
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Apple TV 4 tvos 9.1 beta
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Because when there is a major change to any of the sdk's they make it known, it's in their best interest. Or at least they have over the past 5 years I've been doing it.
I much prefer to have as stable a device as possible for testing purposes, that way you can be sure any issues that arise are real and not some random ghost in the machine a bug has introduced.
But hey, we're all different, that's what makes this little ball we all live on such a fun and interesting place to be.
I own a dev box that I've had for a month and another device which I purchased. Ones on 9.0 and the other on 9.1. That's how I test everything. Phones, tablets etc, it's fool proof that way. But to each their own, I'm safe instead of sorry. But keep talking up this thing like its the second coming of Christ! Be honest, what's Apple Pay you to work in the advertising dept? I'll ask them to give you a raise!
I also like to keep a selection of devices to test on, always have. Doesn't mean I'm going to go and update them all willy nilly. I read the release notes, gauge opinions on the developer forums and then if I'm satisfied that there has been a feature worth updating for, I'll do it. I don't bother updating for a handful of minor things that can be worked around until a more stable and/or worthwhile release hits. That way I don't feel the need to whinge about it on forums. If any of your apps are so badly affected by the issues that have been addressed in this first update, then by God, yes update.
If you've been following my posts so closely, you'll also have noticed then the ones where I expressed my disappointment that things such as the lack of Bluetooth keyboards, a remote app that offers only basic functionality, the poor showing of the AppStore at launch, the lack of a choice of keyboard layouts, the under used Siri features. Just to name a few.
But I'm also a rational, patient grown up with many, many years of Apple (and tech in general obviously) purchases behind me. I'm quite capable of giving a product the benefit of the doubt when it's been on store shelves for less than a week. If, and only if, the manufacturer has a good track record.
So no, I'm not on the Apple Pay roll. I'm just not the type of person who is going spit my dummy out and write off a company and its new product in the first week of launch because it doesn't have every little feature I want it to. Nor, unlike some, am I childish enough to present anything but a rational argument for, or against, a product or service. So forgive me if this is all a bit too wordy, rather than just summing it up in a nice little bundle of, oh my god you must work for Apple.
I can consider my grievances and think back on past products and from that think, OK, there's no great option for keyboard input. But you know what, they'd be crazy not to have some implementation of one, so I'll wait and see how it pans out before jumping to conclusions. I'm sure there's s reason other than I don't want to as to why they haven't made the first cut.
I can look at the state of the AppStore and be 100% certain that it's not going to stay like that. They wouldn't be so stupid, it would affect sales so I'm sure that will be remedied. Oh look, it's already starting now.
I think they really should have had a better Siri implementation at launch, but oh well, they didn't and they've already announced some improvements for the next few months and that they are opening up the api. So that's something to look forward to.
Instead I can think back to their past performance and product launches and draw a conclusion from all of these things. This is after all the company who released a smart watch that couldn't even run third party software by itself. But then, they didn't bother fixing that either did they.
I'm more than happy to admit there are flaws with the state of the current Apple TV, it's far from perfect. But I'm not so blinkered or impatient to realise that the majority of the issues will be resolved.
I learned growing up to appreciate the things I had, to get enjoyment from them and to be thankful that I was lucky enough to be able to have those things when so many in the world go without. Theres disappointing elements to the Apple TV for the moment. Of that there's no doubt, but when you kick back and just enjoy what is there, you begin to see that there is actually quite a bit to like as well.
I've had mine on auto update since I got it and it hasn't updated yet. Either their taking their time doing it, or it's a plug it in and update job.
The first beta is always through iTunes, then beta 2 etc is ota as well as the final version. So you don't need to go buy a cable. It will auto update when 9.1 is ready for public release.
NEVER.
You can never update a final version software with test beta software OTA....never
No no..I'm saying you can generally connect the device to iTunes and select to either update or restore. With the new aTV, the only option you have is to restore it. There is no "update" option in iTunes.
I didn't have to put mine into DFU to restore to 9.1 or to downgrade to 9.0.
But yea, recovery mode is Menu and Play/Pause