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No sync option in iTunes ?

The iTunes and iTV (v2) are 'paired' I can stream photos/music/movies from my itunes library to the iTV but I can NOT 'sync' ?? When I click AppleTV under devices there is only two tabs (General and Photos) unlike the 8 or so i see in most screen shots (the host is a Windows box running latest iTunes).

Whats up with this ?

iMAC, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Feb 18, 2008 6:05 AM

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Feb 18, 2008 6:49 AM in response to Trichert

When you click Apple TV under devices in ITunes under summary there are two choices. If you choose custom sync instead of automatic sync you will see all of the tabs. (At least on the Mac you do!) At the bottom right it says "sync". Click that to start the process of moving things to the Apple TV. Once you click it if you click again later to resync it will remove what it has already put on the Apple TV. If you close ITunes and use Apple TV it will show whatever content it has already synced, then when you restart ITunes it will continue the syncing process and while it is open your Apple TV can show all of it by streaming what it has not yet synced.

Feb 18, 2008 3:58 PM in response to bkenney1

This isn't my issue .. I wish i could screen picture this for you .. When I click Apple TV in my devices list (my only device) The 'summary' tab shows Name, Capacity, Software Version (2.0), Serial Number and thats it. There are no sync options. At the bottom there is a greyed out Apply and cancel button. If i rlight click on Apple TV the only option is Turn off streaming which if I do that the Apple TV completly vanishes.

Did I miss a step on setting up the partnership ? Is there a way to only "stream" without "syncing" that i've missed ? Help ! Thanks !

Feb 18, 2008 8:09 PM in response to Winston Churchill

I think the problem is that you have it set to connect to a shared library, as opposed to a computer. There are two options "Connect to iTunes", and "Add Shared iTunes Library" You have to do the connect to iTunes options, to get all the syncing tabs. I went in to the preferences on iTunes and selected Apple TV and removed it from the list. Then I went into the Settings:Computers section, and selected "Connect to iTunes". I then was able to access all the syncing tabs for the Apple TV. Hope this helps somebody out.

Feb 24, 2008 12:07 AM in response to TMacken

My wife had the exact same problem and here's what we did to fix it.

* Remove Apple TV by going into iTunes Preferences from your computer.
* Go to Computers under settings on the Apple TV itself and unpair the iTunes connection. This basically removes the content that was on the Apple TV before, unfortunately.
* From the Apple TV, connect to iTunes, as the person above mentioned. Enter the confirmation code. All of the tabs comes back in iTunes for synching.

No sync option in iTunes ?

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