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christopherjac

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Apr 18, 2008
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Apple TV kept crashing repeatedly, so I followed the instructions to restore it:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203028

When I plug it into a computer with iTunes, it does not show up in iTunes UNTIL I plug in the Apple TV power cable (so it has power from the wall but is connected to iTunes via USB). After connecting to wall power it shows up in iTunes.

iTunes does it's thing and it says "restored successfully", but when I plug it back into the TV with HDMI it only shows the large "connect to iTunes" icon and isn't usable.

Seems stuck in endless loop of being prompted to restore. Any suggestions?
 
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