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Post by kal on Jan 16, 2024 11:29:54 GMT
The TV UI seems to be in transition at the moment. I guess they didn’t want to change it all in one go but it’s definitely neither one thing nor the other at the moment. Might be ok once they fully see it through.
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Post by askew on Jan 16, 2024 11:33:05 GMT
I hope so. Seems like they definitely had some stakeholder disagreement when it came to removing the TV Show and Movie apps.
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Post by otto on Jan 16, 2024 14:24:46 GMT
Good UI improvements? There's no accounting for taste  Well I prefer the side panel to the weird separate Apple TV+ 'app' that wasn't an app. But most of all I like the long press on the home button that brings up the little miniplayer at the top which lets me change key settings quickly without diving into the settings menu. |
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Post by Dougs on Jan 16, 2024 17:03:21 GMT
I have an iPhone question. My wife has an iPhone 12. Recently my daughter started using a hand-me-down iPhone, so I duly set up the family thing, using my wife's Apple ID as she's under 13. Since then, my daughter's phone number appears to be the primary and I can't delete my wife's number from my daughter's phone. Which means she gets all my wife's calls.
If I look at the Apple ID details on my wife's phone, her number isn't associated with Facetime/iMessage and I can't seem to find a way to make that happen (claims an Apple device isn't associated with that number, when it clearly is). Help! I didn't have this issue with my son's account when he used an iPhone, so I've clearly fucked up somewhere.
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Post by kal on Jan 16, 2024 17:21:52 GMT
I’m not entirely clear on what you’ve done, but my 12 year old has their own ID managed by me as the ‘organiser’ of the family.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 16, 2024 17:31:53 GMT
Hmm. Maybe that's where I went wrong. I find it all way more confusing than Google but I guess that's because I don't use iOS at all.
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Post by kal on Jan 16, 2024 17:40:48 GMT
If you go into the family bit of the iCloud bit in settings there’s an option to create a child’s account.
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Post by askew on Jan 16, 2024 17:42:21 GMT
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 16, 2024 17:47:42 GMT
It’s far easier if you set up the girl with her own iCloud account managed under the family group otherwise you get bits of info all over the place.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 16, 2024 17:51:45 GMT
I think I must have been pissed. I had created her an account but managed to sign in on her phone with my wife's account. So that's sorted. Although still can't associate my wife's number with iMessage etc.
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Post by jeepers on Jan 16, 2024 17:57:50 GMT
What you’ve done here, Doug’s, is gone and fucked it up
Good luck un-fucking it. I’ve spent a year trying to work out how to fix my mum’s iPad. Learning one: Don’t give a landline number for 2fa Mum. It really fucks everything up.
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Post by kal on Jan 18, 2024 19:00:41 GMT
Why don’t Apple do any TV shows in 4K? It’s really strange.
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Post by Reviewer on Jan 18, 2024 19:16:24 GMT
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Post by kal on Jan 18, 2024 19:17:34 GMT
To be more clear I was referring to the non Apple TV+ content. The paid for stuff.
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Post by 😎 on Jan 18, 2024 19:21:04 GMT
4k tv seems to have some exclusivity stuff going on. For the longest time not even HBO/Max had GoT in 4K, it was a Vudu exclusive.
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Post by kal on Jan 18, 2024 19:22:40 GMT
4k tv seems to have some exclusivity stuff going on. For the longest time not even HBO/Max had GoT in 4K, it was a Vudu exclusive. It’s literally nothing though. Even things like Planet Earth. It seems strange that there’d be exclusivity for everything. Seems more likely to be an Apple thing which is weird. |
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Post by 😎 on Jan 18, 2024 19:26:43 GMT
Oh yeah, that is odd. Haven't noticed that until now, though I don't have many purchased shows.
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Post by Reviewer on Jan 18, 2024 20:56:15 GMT
To be more clear I was referring to the non Apple TV+ content. The paid for stuff. Oh the iTunes stuff, yeah that is weird. I know it’s largely a studio decision but most new stuff should be 4k. I can only guess they get charged a higher percentage to sell it as 4k. |
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Post by kal on Jan 19, 2024 13:23:32 GMT
There’s also quite a lot of limitations on streaming TV shows in 4K from things like the IPlayer app, whereas if you use the same app in the TV OS it will have 4K on things like Planet Earth.
In fact, I might be wrong, but as far as I can tell only Movies and Apple+ content is 4K through Apple TV. No other apps or sources of content are.
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Post by Reviewer on Jan 19, 2024 13:39:59 GMT
Amazon Prime and Disney+ both show content in 4k, not 100% of it but a lot of it.
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Post by kal on Jan 19, 2024 13:47:27 GMT
That’s true. It’s the non-subscription stuff that doesn’t seem to be, but is on other platforms (IPlayer, ITVX etc).
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 19, 2024 13:50:49 GMT
I'll see that frustration and raise you randomly being restricted to just subscription content and not being able to see your bought library depending on which platform the app is on.
And STILL not being able to watch iTunes extras if you are kindly granted access to the things you have actually bought.
Fucking streaming, honestly.
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Post by Reviewer on Jan 19, 2024 13:51:05 GMT
Yeah I saw something ages ago that iPlayer was going to be updated to include 4k but I don’t know where they are with that. No surprise ITVX can’t manage it as that app is shit.
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Post by Derblington on Jan 19, 2024 15:07:37 GMT
I'll see that frustration and raise you randomly being restricted to just subscription content and not being able to see your bought library depending on which platform the app is on. And STILL not being able to watch iTunes extras if you are kindly granted access to the things you have actually bought. Fucking streaming, honestly. What platform can’t you see your library on? |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 19, 2024 15:12:21 GMT
Sky Q and my smart TV app. Its literally just a TV+ app. For a full list of complaints:
Sky Q: no personal library
Panasonic TV app: no personal library
Firestick: Can see library but can't actually buy anything
PS5: closest to fully functional in that you can kind of buy things on it
ALL: No iTunes extras
many shitty variations of a single app/service
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Post by Derblington on Jan 19, 2024 15:17:19 GMT
Fair enough.
I know you can’t access the store on Google devices.
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Post by kal on Jan 19, 2024 15:24:12 GMT
I guess there needs to be some reason to buy an AppleTV. If all the functionality was available on the free app you get with other devices it wouldn’t need to exist.
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Post by mrpon on Jan 19, 2024 15:26:47 GMT
The Roku version is pretty comprehensive, see your library, purchase, rent etc..
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 19, 2024 15:36:38 GMT
I guess there needs to be some reason to buy an AppleTV. If all the functionality was available on the free app you get with other devices it wouldn’t need to exist. Yeah, I'm sure there is a spreadsheet somewhere saying they will make more money forcing me to buy an AppleTV than letting me just watch the Aliens Directors Cut on the playstation but just this relatively small level of friction does stop me buying as many things on the store as I would do if everything just worked. |
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Post by Phattso on Jan 19, 2024 16:03:14 GMT
I haven't been able to access Extras in any way for years, on any platform. But my old Philips TV and my current LG OLED both have functional apps where I can buy shit, and watch what I've bought. I do miss those Extras though.  |
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