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Q: Getting Apple Music to play on Apple TV.

I Recently subscribed to Apple Music, and I would like to play it through the audio system in my home that is connected to Apple TV. I can't get Apple TV to connect with my iMac, so I would like to bring up Apple music on my iPad, and play my playlist through Apple TV, while I'm in the kitchen cooking.

 

THanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 4 gigs of RAM

Posted on Mar 26, 2016 12:58 PM

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Q: Getting Apple Music to play on Apple TV.

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  • by ChitlinsCC,Apple recommended

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Mar 26, 2016 1:02 PM in response to meanjoeg
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    Mar 26, 2016 1:02 PM in response to meanjoeg
  • by meanjoeg,

    meanjoeg meanjoeg Mar 26, 2016 3:29 PM in response to ChitlinsCC
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    Mar 26, 2016 3:29 PM in response to ChitlinsCC

    THank you for responding! The link you provide shows the newest Apple tv model, but I have third generation and when I select music on the home screen, Apple Music is not a choice. It is a no brainier that it should be easy to do, considering it's a pay service and I'm certainly not going to shell out money to buy a new Apple tv device, when this one isn't very old, and is perfectly good. My only other choice would be to cancel the service, and I don't want to do that...

  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Mar 26, 2016 3:38 PM in response to meanjoeg
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    Mar 26, 2016 3:38 PM in response to meanjoeg

    I have none of your stuff - new or old

     

    What about the AirPlay link? ( I believe that you said " I would like to bring up Apple music on my iPad, and play my playlist through Apple TV " )

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Mar 26, 2016 6:16 PM in response to meanjoeg
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    Mar 26, 2016 6:16 PM in response to meanjoeg

    Apple Music is not (no longer) supported on Apple TV 3.

    Apple TV 4 has no separate audio output, so even if you bought one you would probably need some extra kit to split audio out of the HDMI channel.

    You should be able to AirPlay to your Apple TV 3 from your iMac or an iOS device.

     

    tt2

  • by xenolalia1,Helpful

    xenolalia1 xenolalia1 Mar 31, 2016 1:30 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Mar 31, 2016 1:30 PM in response to turingtest2

    So we temporarily were able to stream Apple Music from our Apple TV3 but now that is disabled?

     

    I thought this was promised by Apple but did not keep a screenshot of what was said. I kept checking for updates to the software but the last update did not add Apple Music to the Apple TV 3.

     

    I am not inclined to purchase an Apple TV4 just to add Apple Music since my primary TV is a smart TV and gives me most of what. So I will have to think about paying the monthly fee for Apple Music since my spouse wanted such on her primary TV.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Mar 29, 2016 10:47 AM in response to xenolalia1
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    Mar 29, 2016 10:47 AM in response to xenolalia1

    It's possible I'm confusing Apple Music with iTunes Radio (not itself to be confused with Internet Radio). I believe ITunes Radio was previously available on ATV3 but is now only on ATV4 (plus computers and iOS devices) with an Apple Music subscription. I cancelled my Apple Music subscription before I got an ATV 4 and I can't be certain now which features were available on the ATV3.

     

    tt2

  • by xenolalia1,

    xenolalia1 xenolalia1 Mar 29, 2016 11:04 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Mar 29, 2016 11:04 AM in response to turingtest2

    I will look again because Apple Music on my ATV3 is a feature of value to my spouse.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Mar 29, 2016 11:10 AM in response to xenolalia1
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    Mar 29, 2016 11:10 AM in response to xenolalia1

    Oh, I'm certain Apple Music doesn't work on Apple TV 3 now. The uncertainty is that it might have at one point.

     

    tt2