AirPods connect automatically to Apple TV (4th or 5th generation) running on tvOS 11 if you’re signed in to your iCloud account. When you have already paired your AirPods to your iPhone, especially your iPhone X, before, the wireless earbuds are automatically connected and paired to your iPad / iPad Pro, Mac / MacBook, Apple Watch or Apple TV with the same iCloud account by automatic setup.
tvOS 11 beta can be installed over the air (“OTA”) without using a USB-C cable connected to a PC or Mac. Just download the tvOS configuration profile, install it on a Apple TV 4, restart and then update the Apple TV software. The installed configuration profile directly enables your Apple TV 4 to receive OTA updates. The new features of tvOS 11 are the new TV App with Watch Now section which is also on iPhone and iPad, Directv Now and much more.
tvOS 10 beta can be installed over the air (“OTA”) without using a USB-C cable connected to a PC or Mac. Just download the tvOS configuration profile, install it on a Apple TV 4, restart and then update the Apple TV software. The installed configuration profile directly enables your Apple TV 4 to receive OTA updates. The new features of tvOS 10 are Live Tune-in, Single sign-on to sign in to all apps at once, a smarter Siri with third-party app integration, a Dark mode, and much more.
The installation of a Siri Remote firmware update is either automatically performed while both the Apple TV 4 and the Siri Remote are idle, or can be manually done. Coming along with the Apple TV 4 tvOS 9.2 update, a Siri Remote firmware update was also released adding compatibility with Samsung sound bars and improving general performance.
Since the release of Xcode 7, you can sideload apps on Apple TV 4, running on tvOS, to iOS devices and Macs without jailbreaking your device and without having to go through the App Store procedure. Further more, you do not need to have a paid Apple developer account, the free one is enough to sideload apps. Side loading apps means to install apps on Apple TV 4 without downloading and installing the app via the App Store. You just download and install it locally via Xcode and a connected device. This method applies to tvOS 9, tvOS 10, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, macOS 10.12 Sierra and macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
Learn tips and tricks for Apple TV 4 (4th Generation) including Siri Remote shortcuts and gestures. Controlling the new Apple TV 4 is much more convenient than that of Apple TV 2 and 3, especially because of its newly designed tvOS and remote controller called Siri Remote. Beside asking Siri about more of your television, the Siri remote swipe gestures add additional great features to the Apple TV 4.
Plex, PlexConnect and OpenPlex are running on Mac OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan beta 3. On November 10, 2015, Apple released Mac OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan beta 3 (build number 15C40a, ‘pre-release’). I positively tested it with an Apple TV 3 running on Apple TV 7.2 software. Find more about Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan on Apple’s Website. I had not to re-install OpenPlex.
Plex, PlexConnect and OpenPlex are running on Mac OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan beta 2. On November 3, 2015, Apple released Mac OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan beta 2 (build number 15C31f, ‘pre-release’). I positively tested it with an Apple TV 3 running on Apple TV 7.2 software. Find more about Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan on Apple’s Website. I had to completely re-install OpenPlex after removing all old PlexConnect files including backup. It seems that all security settings were brought back to default with the beta 2 update.
Finally, the new Apple TV 4th Generation with tvOS 9.0 and tvOS 10 has the option to make screenshots, video screen capturing and game recordings. All you need for making Apple TV 4 screenshots and video screen captures is the Quick Time Player and an USB-C to USB cable. In contrast to other tutorials, for the following one you do not need a developer tool like Xcode on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, macOS 10.12 Sierra and macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
Plex, PlexConnect and OpenPlex are running on Mac OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan beta 1. On October 27, 2015, Apple released Mac OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan beta 1 (build number 15C27e, ‘pre-release’). I positively tested it with an Apple TV 3 running on Apple TV 7.2 software. Find more about Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan on Apple’s Website. I had NOT to re-install OpenPlex. The OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 update improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. The focus areas are Graphics, Mail, Wi-Fi, Calendar, USB, Notes, Photos and Spotlight.
