Timeline for How can I control my Apple TV from my Mac?
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| May 6, 2022 at 3:59 | comment | added | iconoclast | I'm not sure why you claim it makes no sense. I currently have my Apple TV playing music through the HomePod in my bedroom, and I'm sitting on my bed with my laptop, which is the most convenient way for me to find music and add it to the queue without interrupting the current song. Why did I play music from my Apple TV to my upstairs HomePod? Because I was previously playing it in my living room and had lots of songs queued up that I wanted to simply transfer upstairs. If you can't think of a reason, that doesn't mean it makes no sense, and saying so implies that the question is dumb. | |
| May 6, 2022 at 3:49 | comment | added | iconoclast | @KirkMcElhearn when you say "Apple does not generally want to provide users with ways to control accessories from a computer" you're just making an almost identical claim and presenting it as though it gives evidence, but it's not evidence, it's just another unsubstantiated claim. Just because you classify both Apple TV and iPod as "accessories" does not mean that Apple sees them or treats them exactly the same. (After all you can control an Apple TV from an iPhone but you can't control an iPod from an iPhone as far as I know. Belonging to a common category does not make them identical.) | |
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| Apr 9, 2013 at 12:56 | history | edited | bmike♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 9, 2013 at 12:47 | history | edited | bmike♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 9, 2013 at 12:45 | comment | added | bmike♦ | Folks - this is actually the root of a decent answer (and potentially correct one). 1) the opinion about what "Apple" wants "you" to do is unsourced, so I removed that. I'd say add it in again if it could be clarified, or sourced or plain old just attempts to explain. 2) I think the brevity made it look more negative than @KirkMcElhearn probably intended. | |
| Apr 9, 2013 at 12:26 | history | edited | bmike♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed the unsourced and vague speculation. If you want to explain how you came to believe Apple doesn't want that person or the "collective you"
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| Apr 9, 2013 at 12:23 | history | notice added | bmike♦ | Needs citation | |
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| Apr 9, 2013 at 12:21 | history | notice added | bmike♦ | Needs detailed answers | |
| Feb 23, 2013 at 7:58 | comment | added | Kirk McElhearn | The Apple TV is an accessory; Apple does not generally want to provide users with ways to control accessories from a computer. They do it from iOS devices. This is the same as, say, not being able to control an iPod - even in a dock - from a computer. Also, the Apple TV's main interface is a TV set, not a computer, so adding an additional layer of abstraction - giving access from a computer, where you wouldn't be playing the content - makes no sense. | |
| Feb 22, 2013 at 18:09 | comment | added | MDMarra | Why do you think that apple wouldn't want me to do it? I could accept "No, there's no app for that" as an answer, but "they don't want you to" is a bold statement. To me, it just seems like an oversight given the different management paths that OS X and iOS have had until very recently with the departure of Scott Forstall. Do you have any actual facts to back up your claim that they actively do not want people to be able to do this? | |
| Feb 21, 2013 at 8:06 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Feb 21, 2013 at 7:50 | history | answered | Kirk McElhearn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |