Moakle
Level 1
(9 points)
Q: itunes is currently unavailable
My Apple TV 3 has been playing up for a few days, possibly since the latest update - not sure.
Basically, i can no longer play any purchased TV/movies or iTunes Match music via the Apple TV (still fine via my other Apple devices - Mac, iPad 2, iPhone 4S) and the following message appears, accompanied with a black screen and yellow triangle "iTunes is currently unavailable. Try again later."
I've searched the forms boards and found a bunch of possible solutions that haven't worked: reset and/or restart Apple TV, Sign out and back in to iTunes on both the Apple TV and my Mac, switched Dolby Digital from Auto, On and Off - nothing has worked.
Could this be an Apple server authentication issue? On purchased movies and TV, it's at the authentication stage that things seem to stop.
Any help/advice would be hugely appreciated. Right now, iTunes Match and Apple TV aren't doing the job I paid for.
AmIStillaBeliever?
Level 1
(10 points)
Hey Whizzo
This may help:
1 Go to Settings/Airplay
2 Check option "Play from iTunes in the Cloud". Switch from Auto to Off
You should now be able to stream iTunes purchased music and iTunes Match music from your iPad to Apple TV as a fix until Apple find a solution to the Apple TV issue. With the iTunes in the Cloud option switchex to Auto, your iPad will hand over responsibility for fetching music from the cloud to your Apple TV. So you're back to the same situation as asking Apple TV yourself to play the song.
