Multiple Apple TV's (gen4)

[jac2598]

I have had a gen4 Apple TV since around launch. It's all set up the way I want, has the apps I use and it's sitting in our family room.

I've recently acquired a second gen4 and want to have that set up identical to the existing. Is there a process somewhat easily allowing for "cloning" an existing household device?

I also assume there are others who have multiple Apple TV's in their house - how do you handle this situation?

Thanks.

 

[priitv8]

Not tried myself, but Apple Configurator comes to mind as tool created for this kind of task.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7302890?tstart=0

 

[jac2598]

Thank you for the suggestion. I might have to give this a try.

 

[Rigby]

To my knowledge there is no way to clone the existing configuration of an Apple TV. Configurator 2 is useful if you want to deploy multiple Apple TVs, but you'll first have a create a new profile from scratch. It'll also not help with settings for 3rd party apps (like entering passwords in cable-authenticated apps etc.).

 

[rockyromero]

To my knowledge there is no way to clone the existing configuration of an Apple TV.

Apple may address this in the future when more people start adding more.

I have (2) older model 3, in addition to my model 4.

I'll be upgrading in the near future.

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[2010mini]

Well you can use your iPhone to set up the Apple TV with your network and Apple ID info via Bluetooth. That should make it a lot easier.