154: Apple TV

David and Katie dive deep on the Apple TV and discuss how they use the Apple TV for work and play.

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Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• Apple TV - Apple Store (U.S.)
  Apple TV gives you access to the best 1080p HD content — including blockbuster movies, your music and photos, and more — right on your widescreen TV. You can even play content from your iOS devices on your TV using AirPlay. Apple TV requires one HDMI cable
  
• Roku Streaming Player
  
• Apple TV Tech Specs (1st, 2nd, 3rd Generation)
  
• Apple TV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
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  Special guest Shawn Blanc joins Katie and David to talk about setting up a Mac to use as a home server. We talk configuration, use cases, media applications, automation tools and more.
  
• Mac Power Users #38: iTunes Intensive
  
• 5by5 | The Incomparable
  An award-winning weekly show about geeky cultural topics in numerous media, including books, movies, TV, comics, and games.
  
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - IMDb
  A meek and alienated little boy finds a stranded extraterrestrial. He has to find the courage to defy the authorities to help the alien return to its home planet.
  
• Blu-ray Disc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Apple - Support - iTunes
  
• Apple - Apps - Remote
  Put your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch in charge of the show.
  
• K760 Wireless Solar Keyboard for Mac, iPad or iPhone - Logitech
  
• Apple - Apple Wireless Keyboard - The thin, cable-free keyboard.
  
• Mac Power Users #62: Cutting The Cable
  
• TiVo
  
• Can I Stream.It?
  Search Netflix, Hulu, Google Play, iTunes, and more, for movies to stream instantly, rent, and buy.
  
• Apple TV - Channels
  
• Hulu | Watch TV. Watch Movies. | Online | Free
  
• Netflix
  
• Presenting Wirelessly with an Apple TV — MacSparky
  
• Apple - Mac - AirPort Express
  
• Apple - AirPlay — Play content from iOS devices on Apple TV.
  
• QuickTip: Enable AirPlay Mirroring on iPhone or iPad — KatieFloyd.me
  
• Reflector - AirPlay mirror your iPhone or iPad to any Mac or PC, wirelessly.
  
• Kanex ATV Pro
  AirPlay Mirroring for VGA Projector
  
• Apple TV Hacks — Get more from your shiny box of joy
  
• Plex - A Complete Media Solution
  
• XBMC | Open Source Home Theatre Software
  
• ScreenCastsOnline - SCOI0126 PlexConnect on Apple TV
  
• Drobo 5N
  
• Synology Network Attached Storage - NEW NAS Experience
  
• Meet Xbox One - Xbox.com
  
• Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  
• Mac Power Users #137: Workflows with Aisha Tyler
  
• aisha tyler's site
  
• Tuff-'N'-Tiny USB Drive
  
• HFS Plus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  HFS Plus or HFS+ is a file system developed by Apple Inc. to replace their Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system used in Macintosh computers (or other systems running Mac OS).
  
• exFAT - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a Microsoft file system optimized for flash drives.
  
• File Allocation Table - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  File Allocation Table (FAT) is the name of a computer file system architecture and a family of industry standard file systems utilizing it.
  
• Mac Power Users #153: Hardware Development with Geoff Barrall
  
• Mac Power Users #152: Back to School