Apple has released Apple TV 2.0.2 Update.
The update offers no details on either Apple’s Website or the Apple TV itself, so we are assuming it to be a minor update with bug fix(es).
Apple TV 2.0.2 Update can be obtained by using Apple TV’s Settings>General>Update Software command. Users will then see a “Software updating” message and after a few minutes (3 minutes via fast cable modem in our case) the user will be presented the choice “Update now” or “Update later.”
Choosing “Update now” leads to a restart, then approximately four Apple logo flashes, an Apple logo with a progress bar, then about 5 more logo flashes and finally the short Apple TV intro movie.
Users who navigate to Settings>General>About will see their Apple TV software has been upgraded to 2.0.2.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “RIchard” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Note: If you notice anything new or different about Apple TV after the update, let us know below.
Is it snappy?!
I wonder what version Blockbuster’s new product is?
very fast, a lot faster………
and I think the intro is new, (I think)
I haven’t heard any one comment, but when I updated to 2.0.1
The little trick with the 24 hour rental went away
Before with 2.0.0 if you started watching a movie, and paused it till you had time to finish, it would still be there
when I went to 2.0.1, they leave after 24 hours
we rented 9 movies before, would start to watch when kids in bed, then finish the next night, I can’t do that now, really need at least 48 hours to finish
Sounds like they need to work on the intro. Multiple flashes of the Apple logo over the course of two restarts?
No changes that I can see…
I’m waiting for the day Apple can stream movies straight into my brainpan.
I know it was late Monday, but hey, maybe someone pushed the Tuesday Update button by accident on Monday, thus yielding an update release that doesn’t do anything? Now they have to wait another week before hitting that Apple Tuesday Update button again. LOL
Wahoo! Genres work right now in My Movies. Rather than showing a list of every possible combination of genre for movies with multiple genres, it now shows a list of standard genres and properly displays a list of movies for that specific genre. Thank you Apple.
I take that back… 🙁 I was looking at the wrong genre list, not the one in My Movies. My movie genres still work like crap…
One this it didn’t fix was the Compilations problem in the artist menu. Come on Apple. You can group compilations in iTunes and the iPod. Why not Apple TV.
Can anyone see the new snappier button on the main screen? i enabled it but its just making thing snappier.
Not sure if it does anything else.
I got the apple TV recovery window where I could choose restore to factory settings, restart and run diagnostic. After I clicked restart it worked
I’d really like to find who first used “snappier” in conjunction with updates and skullfsck them to death.
ok. The only changes that I can see are – under the menu there are pics of movies available. And the intro movie is different. And just for Stan…
It’s SNAPTASTIC!
@Stan,
I did that to my girlfriend this weekend – but not too death, just to the gag level that she likes.