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tvOS 17.2 Apple TV App Wishlist

I have just updated to 17.2 on both of my 4K ATVs (2017 and 2021 model), the new ATV app is nice and all, certainly faster than the old Movies and TV Series app, especially the TV Series app when it comes to a show like 'Supernatural', where it would often take 20 to 30secs to load everything in.

HOWEVER, what I don't like is both my wishlist (from the Movies app), and favourites (from the TV series app) are completely gone.

I had almost 200 movies in my wishlist, and now, nothing, they are just gone.

Granted the wishlist / favourites on the ATV never synced with any other device (eg. if I looked at iTunes on my PC, or the store on my iPad, I could never see what I had wishlisted or favourited on my ATV), but still.

It would have been nice if those could have been rolled into the new ATV app and force-synced with the rest of the Apple ecosystem.

I guess I should have been more prepared and manually gone through both and written down everything that was in there, but still.

I will never be able to manually rebuild those 2 lists :(

Apple TV HD, tvOS 14

Posted on Dec 11, 2023 12:32 PM

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rayherring Author

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Posted on Jan 1, 2024 12:18 PM

So it was pointed out to me by someone that the Movies app has now been updated to have a 2nd tab in the menu when you open it.

It defaults to the 'iTunes Movies' tab where you can either 'Library' or 'Purchase' and they will take you to the ATV+ app.

However 'Wishlist' has now appeared as the 2nd tab, and it shows your original wishlist as it stood before updating to tvOS 17.2.

So Apple listened to us :D

I just took a look, I didn't have 'almost 200 movies' in my wishlist...

When I went into it, 6 movies per row, I have exactly 49 rows of movies in my wishlist, which brings my wishlist number to 294, so it was 'almost 300 movies' :P

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CUSJS

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Dec 22, 2023 10:52 PM in response to lkrupp

I can no longer see movies that were purchased after Apple updated to TV OS 17.2. This is an absolute nightmare, as nothing is easily accessible, which app is usually known for.

Does anyone have a remedy for finding movies you previously purchased, without having to go name by name to find them?

Dec 30, 2023 6:04 AM in response to dapre71

Agree iTunes Movie App had much better functionality overall and there was separation of Movies and TV shows

An aspect I find frustrating now in Apple TV app is lack of specific info on Apple Movie selections EG if I search for War of the Worlds (Spielberg version) via Apple TV+ on Pad it brings up its link to Prime which is showing as in HD but I know that the Apple version is in 4K but nowhere is this stated or obvious. It was clearly specified in iTunes App. Wishlist function was very useful for checking if Movies/Shows had changed price. Pity as it was all working fine and did not need ‘fixed’.

gregj529

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Jan 8, 2024 8:56 PM in response to rayherring

Wishlist, revert the update to tvOS 17.2. It sucks. Movies won’t play that own without a reboot. Everything is a mess. Why would you make these changes? It’s awful.

Seriously, an option to rollback an update would be at the top of my list.

rayherring Author

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Dec 11, 2023 2:15 PM in response to lkrupp

Thanks for that.

I had great difficulty finding something like that on the Apple website.

JJUser82

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Dec 12, 2023 7:10 AM in response to rayherring

You can still retrieve it. It is in iTunes, just click wishilist icon on the music section.

Don’t know how long it will be there

Dec 16, 2023 6:04 PM in response to rayherring

Yes, I am even furious Apple deleted my wishlist without warning and ways to save it. Apparently, Apple does not care about their users anymore

dapre71

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Dec 17, 2023 1:44 AM in response to JJUser82

By 16/12/23 Itunes is gone. You are redirected to the Apple store.

Dec 17, 2023 4:21 AM in response to lkrupp

Thanks for posting the link - negative feedback submitted.

Might be time to try Amazon Prime for rentals…

Dec 17, 2023 6:43 AM in response to lkrupp

I did submit feedback ... and did a chat with support. We'll see if anything happens.

Dec 18, 2023 4:06 AM in response to rayherring

The wishlist was my starting point to buy movies. It seems, Apple is not willing to sell ther content anymore.

Dec 18, 2023 11:03 AM in response to lkrupp

Cartr_B

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Dec 19, 2023 12:53 AM in response to dapre71

Not sure who this is targeting or rather who this visually appeals to. Too messy and I would like my wishlist back as well:(

Vancouver22

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Dec 19, 2023 2:34 AM in response to JJUser82

this is regarding the Apple tv box

FJH57

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Dec 21, 2023 6:41 AM in response to JJUser82

That does not work, they do not sync

Vancouver22

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Dec 21, 2023 4:03 PM in response to FJH57

The iTunes app wish list on other devices like iPhone or iPad never did sync with the Apple TV box one.

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