Apple TV sync is taking forever- Will this happen each time I sync?

are you syncing via wifi or ethernet? and if wifi, what wifi speed?

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Sandra001 wrote:
I am syncing with my wifi. I have AT&T DSL elite, the website says:Downstream Speed: Up to 6.0 Mbps Upstream Speed: Up to 768. How can I tell how fast iTunes is going to AppleTv?

that's your internet speed, that has nothing to do with your internal local network.

is your WIFI "g" or "n". if it is "g" then it can take some time to sync a large amount of data (12 and 650 music tracks is quite a bit).

once the majority of your content is sync'd then you will only be syncing new content to it.
it is usually advisable to do your initial big sync over ethernet as it will be much quicker.

You can sync your Apple TV by connecting it to you Apple using an ethernet cable. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1784

You'll find that method to be very fast.

I cannot help but smile when I red the line - You'll find that method to be very fast.

Sitting here watching nothing happen as I try to sync my ATV with ethernet. I have another ATV in my other place with no problem. I'm afraid to update the software as I feel it is something to do with the latest versions of software.

I think there is a problem out there with AppleTV the last few days. I really feel it has to do with either the new version of iTunes or the OS X update. My syncing is taking forever. I just keep canceling out of it... and I can't connect to the iTunes store on my ATV but can on my computers, iPhone and iPods. It's definitely an Apple problem and not a network problem!

I think you're right, buffinaz. Over the past few days, my ATV has been synching continually. Even if I shut down iTunes, it resumes synching (or starts over again), even though I haven't clicked the "sync" button. Prior to experiencing this, my ATV was synching without any problem and I could sync updated content in, literally, a matter of minutes. But this constant synching is definitely unusual...

Just wanted to add another voice. While I'm not sure when it happened, my AppleTV is recently broken. Similar to the others, it says it is syncing and does this forever (or until I explicitly cancel it). The only way that I can seem to get it to work (but only briefly) is by unplugging the ATV to force a reboot. Even this only seems to help for a short time.

I am having the same problem - just started in the last couple days - it worked fine five days ago and nothing on my end has changed.

I am having a problem where my ATV seems to be constantly syncing, but never actually finishes... Any ideas?

HAs been fine previously - Rebooting the ATV seems to help at first, but then the second time it sync it just goes on for ever again..

I also have has the same issue,
when iTunes is syncing,
on the TV, go to settings, General, Network, Configure wireless, select your network and re-apply the password to your network,
if you can see your computer screen from the TV screen,
the synching stops

just something I have tried, it works until the next network "burp" as it seems

I just bought an Apple TV and began experiencing this problem once I moved my iTunes library to an external drive. I have a MacBook Pro so I was quickly running out of room. I moved my library to an external drive that is attached to my Airport Base Station. But I'm having issues syncing and streaming. It begins to sync but goes on and on and doesn't stop. Even when I try to stream the content it constantly stops to load and repeats the process again and again. My external hard drive is a 1TB Western Digital USB 2.0.

I've read about a lot of syncing issues so far. If this continues I'm going to simply return it because it really doesn't do what it claims it should do very well.

Is this a software issue? Is it because I moved my iTunes library to an external drive? Even when I play videos on my computer it still has issues playing back.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Ditto... exactly the same thing with us... just started happening within the last few weeks.

Hi - I wouldn't return it just yet - been using my ATV relatively trouble free for a year or so, and just this week got this endless sync mode without syncing problem, along with the many other ATV users here. I don't think it's the ATV unit/s, Apple just needs to tweak something. It is odd - I haven't upgraded or changed anything recently - and I'm sure not upgrading to the newest iTunes after reading the recent forum posts on it!

Same problem here. Just noticed it the other day when I tried to rent a movie with ATV. Got endless "Accessing iTunes Store". I then downloaded it to my computer, but then couldn't transfer it to ATV. Instead got endless "Syncing with ATV". What the heck is going on?