How to Change the TV Library Name in the MacOS TV.app?
In iTunes, it was Settings > General > Library Name… not anymore. Have they really removed this?
(macOS Monterey)
TIA,
Apple TV 4K, tvOS 16
In iTunes, it was Settings > General > Library Name… not anymore. Have they really removed this?
(macOS Monterey)
TIA,
Apple TV 4K, tvOS 16
On macOS 10.15 or later, the Home Sharing settings, including library name, are now set in System Preferences﹥Sharing﹥☑︎ Media Sharing﹥☑︎ Home Sharing﹥.
Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devices - Apple Support
On macOS 10.15 or later, the Home Sharing settings, including library name, are now set in System Preferences﹥Sharing﹥☑︎ Media Sharing﹥☑︎ Home Sharing﹥.
Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devices - Apple Support
I created two TV libraries by option-launching the TV app: the first I changed the name using Sharing preferences to ‘Onboard’ (on the internal SSD of the Mac Studio) and then I created one called ‘Outboard’ on an external disk. I option-relaunch the TV app, and choose the ‘Onboard’ library and, when I go back into Sharing preferences, it’s still saying that ‘Outboard’ is the currently selected library…
surely it should have updated to the name of the currently selected library?
I created two libraries because I wanted to test the responsiveness of having my TV library on a larger, external disk. Although that’s all really rather academic now, seeing as I spent a day reinstalling Monterey onto my Mac Studio, because of the problems I was having with it and now it won’t boot…
[…] now it won’t boot…
I’m sorry to hear that. Get that fixed first, then come back to home sharing, if you want to continue with that.
[…] test the responsiveness of having my TV library on a larger, external disk.
You wouldn’t need a new library for external files. Just set the app preferences to not consolidate (new) library files to the internal disk. In my experience, responsiveness is fine, unless the external disk has to wake from sleep mode.
I’m trying to reinstall as we speak, but it’s telling me that it’s going to take about eighty hours, so I’ll get back to you in a few days…
Thanks Urquhart, I couldn’t post a reply last night for some reason. However, renaming doesn’t seem to work the way I expect it to… I’m reinstalling the OS at the moment, so will post later…
However, renaming doesn’t seem to work the way I expect it to…
What do you mean by that? How was it different from expectations?
I see. I haven’t done multiple libraries for Home Sharing, as my situation is better off with one single unified library, regardless of where the files are (mixed on internal and external).
How to Change the TV Library Name in the MacOS TV.app?