32 or 64 gb apple tv

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Chahineata Author

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32 or 64 gb apple tv

hi, which is better 32 or 64 gb apple tv? as this is a new platform & i dont know what is the size of apps

anybody has the 32 gb to share the experience ? whether its enough or 64 gb will be better?

Apple TV, tvOS 9.1.1

Posted on Jan 31, 2016 7:26 PM

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Answer 1

vazandrew

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Feb 3, 2016 11:10 PM in response to Chahineata

If you are planning to install a lot of games that will be the main use of space. The initial download of any app won't exceed 200mb but once installed they can vary (games will also call upon the cloud to load assets as needed). I am mainly using for streaming services and a handful of games, the 32GB has suited me just fine and I see no issue going forward.

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Chahineata Author

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Feb 1, 2016 7:21 PM in response to vazandrew

hi, thx for the reply, actually am planning for few games, like 1 or 2, but i see games usually take huge amount of gb, i tried to install like 2 heavy games (asphalt, MC5 ), space increased like by 3 GB, but what you are saying is that it downloads only when needed, so incase you are not using the app/game it will delete/free up the space right?

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Protodd

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Feb 3, 2016 11:09 PM in response to Chahineata

Apps/games are limited to a size of 200mb and download additional content on an as needed basis. I have the 32gb model and have probably 30 apps installed (though only use a few regularly) and room to spare...

The maximum size of an Apple TV app is limited to 200 MB. Moreover, your app can only access 500 KB of persistent storage that is local to the device (using the

NSUserDefaults

class). Outside of this limited local storage, all other data must be purgeable by the operating system when space is low.

https://developer.apple.com/library/tvos/documentation/General/Conceptual/AppleT V_PG/

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Chahineata Author

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Feb 3, 2016 11:09 PM in response to Protodd

yes thx, ill probably leave my 32 gb, as i was thinking to upgrade it to 64 gb (apple return/exchange program within 2 weeks of purchase)

so i think 64 gb is not required if the app size max is 200mb

thx

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Answer 5

Feb 4, 2016 3:36 AM in response to Chahineata

Don't forget to plan ahead. We don't know what is ahead know of course, but it wasn't so long ago I was buying the 8GB iPhone and wondering why anyone would want a 16GB version, I'm now using a 64GB.

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