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BODYBUILDERPAUL

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Feb 9, 2009
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Hi Guys,
How reliable is the cross platform of watching iTunes film rentals?
I had a problem last night since updating to the latest iTunes, tvOS12 and iOS12.
On Thursday evening we watched Joyride on the Apple TV 4K. I watched a few minutes on it on my MacBook yesterday morning, then on the evening I decided to watch a bit of it on my iPhone X to check out the picture quality.

After watching it on the iPhone with the latest iOS12 I'm not unable to watch it on the MacBook and ATV. The wording 'To watch this film, stop watching on another device' or something simular appears.

Is this a bug in the new OS?
I've signed out of iTunes etc, restarted, checked everything and no luck. Sadly a few hours later, the film deleted as its 48 hour window disappeared.

Has anyone experienced this? Is it better to watch a rental on just one device even though Apple confidently advertises that it works across all platforms?
 
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