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How to Change the Screensaver on Your Apple TV

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How to Change the Screensaver on Your Apple TV

Apple TV offers you various screensaver options. The default and latest one is known as Aerial. In case you wish to change the screensaver on your Apple TV, then you need to move to the personal screensaver which includes photos in the Photo library. Here’s how you can create a photo screensaver on Apple TV.

Steps to change the screensaver on your Apple TV

·        Go to the Settings tab.

·        Choose the General option.

·        Choose the Screensaver option.

·        Choose the Type option.

·        Select any other screensaver by going to the Aerial, Home Sharing, My Photos, and My Music.

Steps to change the screensaver transition on your Apple TV

·        Go to the Settings tab.

·        Choose the General option.

·        Choose the Screensaver option.

·        Go to the Transition.

·        Choose the option.

Steps to change when the screensaver begins on your Apple TV

·        Go to the Settings application.

·        Choose the General option.

·        Choose the Screensaver option.

·        Choose the Start After option.

·        Start changing the time to two, five, never, 10, 15, or 30 minutes.

Steps for changing how frequently Apple TV downloads new screensaver videos

·        Go to the Settings application.

·        Choose the General option.

·        Choose the Screensaver option.

·        Choose the Type option.

·        Choose the Aerial option.

·        Click on the Menu option.

·        It is the first option located on the left-hand side.

·        Choose the Download New Videos option.

·        Select the time to download a new video.

Steps to tweak Home Sharing for using all images from the Photos application as Apple TV screensaver

·        Go to the system, click on the iTunes.

·        Choose the File option.

·        It is located on the horizontal bar.

·        It is located on the top left-hand side of the system display.

·        Choose the Home Sharing option.

·        Press on the Choose Photos to share with Apple TV.

·        Ensure that Share Photos from is chosen.

·        Choose the Photos application.

·        It is located in the pull-down list.

·        Press on All photos and albums option.

In case you want to save all the photos in a particular folder on the system, then choose the folder rather than the Photos application.

·        Go to the Settings application on your Apple TV.

·        Choose the General option.

·        Choose the Screensaver option.

·        Choose the Type option.

·        Choose the Home Sharing option.

·        Choose the Photos option.

·        Choose the album.

·        Otherwise, choose the Photos app.

·        It is located on the upper side of the menu list. It will help you to use the photo library.

·        Choose the Set as Screensaver option.

Steps to tweak Home Sharing for using all photos from the Photos application as the screensaver on your Apple TV with the tvOS 13 and macOS Catalina

·        Enable the Home Sharing option on the Mac.

·        Press on the box given near to Share photos with Apple TV.

·        Press on the Choose option.

·        Press on the pull-down list to select from where you will send photos to the Apple TV.

·        You need to find it on the Photos application.

·        Otherwise, on any other folder.

·        Press on the options to send all the photos and albums, or any other chosen albums.

·        Press on the checkbox in case you wish to send video also.

·        Press on the Checkboxes given near the albums you wish to share in case you are sending the chosen albums only.

·        Press on the People option.

·        Press on the checkboxes in case you wish to send photos of any particular person with the Apple TV.

·        Press on the OK button.

Emily Williams is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technical industry since 2002. As a technical expert, she has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

Source: http://msofficeoffice.com/blog/how-to-change-the-screensaver-on-your-apple-tv/

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