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1. #How to run xbmc on apple tv 1 how to#
2. #How to run xbmc on apple tv 1 install#
3. #How to run xbmc on apple tv 1 full#

If you want the tool to automatically download the latest Apple TV OS on its own, don't click the "Choose a DMG" button, but if you have another version of the OS that you've downloaded from somewhere, you can click that button to find the DMG file on your computer. Make sure "ATV-Patchstick" is selected in the top left drop-down, then select "XBMC/Boxee for Mac" from the bottom drop-down under "Installation Operations." If the software can see your USB drive, it will show it in the drop-down along the bottom of the window under "USB Target Device." (If it's not seeing the drive, try clicking the refresh button represented by the blue arrows).

In order to get the patched version of the OS onto your USB stick, plug the stick into an open USB port and fire up the ATV USB Creator.

#How to run xbmc on apple tv 1 install#

The tool (as of publication) can download its own copy of the latest Apple TV operating system, so it's unnecessary to dig up your own copy unless you are specifically aiming to install an older version of the OS. Some instructions floating around the Web claim that you also have to download the latest version of the (old) Apple TV operating system, but if you are using the Mac version of the ATV USB Creator, you don't have to take this extra step. It lets you create a patchstick from your USB drive, which will then let you replace the Apple TV's existing operating system with a modified version. The ATV USB Creator is an open source project that, luckily for original Apple TV owners, remains alive and well.

#How to run xbmc on apple tv 1 how to#

Here, I offer you a chronicle of my own experiences setting up these both solutions, and show you how to do the same. The two most popular software interfaces are a version of Boxee and a version of XBMC, both designed for the original Apple TV. You can actually watch all manner of other content on an old Apple TV if you're willing to tinker. Though I have long avoided performing jailbreaks on my Apple products, the old Apple TV gave me a chance to find out what else I could watch on this thing besides iTunes content. After upgrading to a second-gen Apple TV last year, I had actually forgotten the old one was in there. I recently ran into my first-generation Apple TV during a spelunking expedition into the depths of my home office closet. As an Ars reader, you can probably relate.

#How to run xbmc on apple tv 1 full#

The predictable result: a closet, garage, or basement full of aging but not quite obsolete tech. For me, acquiring new gadgets is painfully easy offloading old ones is more difficult.