Mon, 20 Feb 2012

Apple - why do you hate me? Why?

In order to use netflix now that it's come to Ireland, I had to update my Apple TV. It failed, resulting in a perpetually flashing white light on the front and an apple logo displayed on the connected monitor.

Apparently this is (almost) normal. This support thread would seem to suggest that this is a fairly regular occurrence. The same failure is reported here.

In fact, it appears this failure is so common, someone has taken the trouble to write a comprehensive recovery howto, which I'm just about to try now.

If that doesn't work it's back to Apple it goes. Next time, please TEST your update software before releasing it. I buy Apple products to save my time, not to waste more of it.

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