Remote Login and TV support

Hello Community,

Living abroad, with lockdown, unable to visit my mother. We both have a iMac.

But now seek a way to remotely connect to assist with her watching TV,

switching channels if I need to. For example : buying an apple-tv-4k-box

is possible to login remotely on an "apple-tv-4k" box, changing settings, channels, etc... ?

Posted on Dec 15, 2020 1:03 PM

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1 reply

Urquhart1244

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Dec 15, 2020 2:17 PM in response to Bastiaan1970

Remote login is not possible on an Apple TV box.

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