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Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

Clyde Emmanuel — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:48:01 -0000

i have not been successful with installing nitotv to my apple tv 1st generation. i was able to hack the appletv and i have installed boxxe and xbmc. after i was i was also able to successfully install remote hd. one tutorial instructed to do the following [Go to Software Menu -> 3rd Party. Notice there’re only 4 options available. Select “Check for Updates”, and wait patiently. There should be a progress bar or some animation going on the screen but no, it’s a strange blind wait. Nevetheless, you’ll notice there’ll be a whole lot more stuffs after checking for updates is done. Once that happens, scroll down and select “nitoTV”and install it. Reboot ] i did that and after selecting the 3rd party option my apple tv just rebooted itself.

i searched another option with instructions on how to use my macbook and the terminal option. that has not worked either. often resulting in errors that said the operation timed out or that that it was not recognized..
could someone offer me some help please::::::::::::::::?

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

JSim07 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:42:09 -0000

This is so frustrating. It is not obvious to everyone how "SSH" into their Apple TV - and I find myself chasing message boards and incomprehensible posts on Awkward TV to try and figure it out. Now this article link doesn't work.

Can anybody help a newbie out. Just got an ATV fresh out the box - new software. Just want to add Boxee to it. I've made the patchstick - loaded it unto ATV and am stuck at the part where I need to "launch" the software.

Is there a "For idiots" guide for this stuff?

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

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Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

lynnselby — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:50:05 -0000

Is there anyone in the USA that will HACK my apple tv so I can use a 2 TB external hard drive
thanks,
Lynn

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

Paul — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:09:14 -0000

I think that this is a known issue and the problem is being worked on. There is a discussion on this topic at the ATV-USB Creator forums: http://code.google.com/p/at...

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

canchi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:54:16 -0000

me 3 same problem as JD and Paul but I have a question can I do SSH with a PPC or only Intel?

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

Paul — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:16:27 -0000

Hi JD
That's my problem too. Did you find a solution?

Paul

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

JD — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:50:57 -0000

Ok, everything is going perfectly fine & I'm getting the software menu. Nothing happens when I click any of the options though? I'm running 3.1. What am I doing wrong here? I've followed these directions like 20 different times.

Thanks guys,

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

SGGG — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:44:28 -0000

I have followed the above but the harddrive doesn't mount... does the harddrive have to be a certain format? If not what do i do to get it to recognise?

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

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Watch TV Shows Online — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:44 -0000

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

Watch TV Shows Online — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:44 -0000

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

jonavision — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:56:42 -0000

If I do this hack, Can the external HD be used for sharing my itunes and movies between my home computers? Am I better off plugging my external HD into an airport express on my home network?

What I want to do is watch all my media on computers and apple tv and store all the media in one place.

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

klwiz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:28:13 -0000

Hi. After the hack, my ATV works perfectly with additional 1T Buffalo external drive. WHen I upgraded the HD to 1.5T Seagate, the ATV can't seem to locate the drive. The HD works fine with my iMac. Any advice?

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

Charlton Monsanto — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:32:55 -0000

Hello, ATV Newbie here but have 2 and love them. Un-hacked. Recently did something stupid. Posted the following on Apple Discussion Forums, wondering if anyone here can give me some guidance. "Wrote over my master iTunes library. No, the same volume was also the Time Machine Back Up volume. Yes - stupid. However, I do have 2 ATVs, and they have the Movies, Photos, TV Shows that were previously synching with my Master Library. Is there anyway for me to pair up one of the ATVs with my Mac, and tell iTunes to import/copy all media from the ATV down to the new iTunes library?

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

iBenoit — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:08:12 -0000

Here is how I got around that issue:

Google "2Z694-5573-24.dmg" - this will give you a site or two where you can d/l the file.
Once on your HD, point to it instead of letting the patchstick software d/l it.
it should work seamlessly.

Ben

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

rey721 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:27:47 -0000

Hi there:
I have downloaded this software but it's been two days that I have been trying to download the "2Z694-5573-24.dmg." by clicking on Create using button and it gives me a "HTTP Error 404: Not Found" message.
any solution dudes?

Re: Hacking Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive

druchtie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:51:12 -0000

Hi Tomek,
I have post an other article on my site, that you might find interesting.

Run Transmission (bittorrent) on the Apple TV
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