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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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dapre71

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Posted on Dec 17, 2023 2:08 AM

They want to merge everything into ONE program they say. Fine.

Now AppleTv is a MESS.

Everything is cramped together on one page :

I want to rent and watch movies, I dont want "advertising" about tv series

I want to rent and watch movies, I dont want "advertising" about AppleTv+

I want to rent and watch movies, I dont want "advertising" about other streaming services

Its a mess. The young restless people probably love this caos

I am older, I know what I want, and I do not do Impulse purchases.

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rayherring Author

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Dec 27, 2023 9:34 PM in response to sharlee163

When you go into the Movies or TV Series apps on an updated ATV, it gives you 2 options, 1 is to go to the store, the other is to go to your purchases.

Whichever option you choose, it takes you to the necessary section of the ATV+ app.

If you created your wishlist on your iPhone, then you wouldn't be able to view it on an ATV in the Movies or TV Series apps.

Both the Movies and TV Series apps had their own separate wishlist/favourites section, completely separate from any other Apple Device.

You cannot view your wishlist/favourites that you set up on either of those apps using iTunes on an iPhone, iPad, OSX device, or Windows PC, as they aren't synced to iTunes.

iTunes on a Windows PC has been relegated to podcasts only now too.

The list has been available on all logged in ATV devices since the original Apple TV 4 HD.

I believe on the ATV 3 the lists were separate, but I never used either of the apps on either of my ATV 3 devices.

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’.

Dec 30, 2023 10:00 PM in response to rayherring

You can get to the list from the first page of movies itunes. Instead of hitting go to store or go to purchases you can move to wish list at the top. The problem is that I can not seem to add any movies to the wishlist now. Absolutely hate that the feature was removed and it will cost Apple some money from me as I cannot save a purchase for later. Does not make sense to make this move.

Dec 31, 2023 3:25 PM in response to rayherring

I am super ****** about the AppleTV app merg too, but for other reasons. TV series are all sorts of mixed up now if you own partials and complete series of the same show. If you own "bundles" that are no longer for sale on the store, they're also difficult to navigate and mixed in on 1 "season" tab. Its an absolute joke of an update, and since there's no way to roll back the OS on a ATV4k 5th gen, I'm stuck navigating this garbage.

If it helps, I would recommend downloading CheapCharts on your iPhone to track wish list items, its 100x better than Apple's built in "wish list" ever was.

rayherring Author

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Jan 1, 2024 12:18 PM in response to rayherring

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

Jan 13, 2024 7:51 PM in response to Zysoring

We are not that important to Apple. We are just going along for the ride. This is just how Apple operates. My suggestion is this move helps Apple customers to curb their spending and use of Apple products and movies. If you don’t like what they’ve done, then stop purchasing Apple’s products: movies, music. Inform others to do the same, and keep moving. Apple just helped me to curb my spending on their movies. I can direct my spending elsewhere: DVDs or blue ray or the upcoming new format after blue ray and DVD are replaced. No company operates on less revenue. When Apple understands this, then maybe, just maybe they will consider the people who keep them in business. Long gone are the days Steve Jobs was in control, and did things to excite Job’s customer base. Apple is no longer controlled by Steve Jobs, and the individuals who control it now operate in a think tank quite opposite from the creator of the company. Lob your complaint, but find another outlook for your spending.

rayherring Author

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Jan 15, 2024 7:24 PM in response to Radio Savage

It's basically a 'Here is your wishlist, now start moving it to CheapCharts or some other platform!'.

My guess, the wishlist will likely disappear again in the future, so I hope everybody is now moving off of it, I know I still have to, a job for this weekend.

Mar 23, 2024 10:11 AM in response to ChL_AustinTX

Hi, i just wanted to let you know that you can still access your wishlist by deleting the apple tv pc app and re-downloading the iTunes PC app. It's still available if you prefer using it instead and your wishlist might still be saved on it, i think.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pb2mz1zmb1s

rayherring Author

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Mar 23, 2024 12:48 PM in response to PaulPavloPablo

No, you can't.

The wishlist on the Apple TV has NEVER been available on other devices.

The wishlist you are seeing on the iTunes app on PC is the same wishlist you will see on your iPhone or iPad, but it is not the same wishlist that the iTunes Movies / TV Shows apps on the Apple TV itself.

The Apple TV wishlist/favourites is a siloed wishlist/favourites.

But it doesn't matter anymore, there is no reason for my original thread to exist anymore since Apple made the 'Wish List' and 'Favourites' available again on the old iTunes apps on the Apple TV streaming box.