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Install Overflow, in Maintenance->Manage Plugins sudo chmod +s /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/appliance/Contents/Resources/mHelper.sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/appliance/Contents/Resources/mHelper.sudo mv appliance /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns.ssh into your AppleTV and issue the following commands:.Navigate to Contents/Resources/root/Contents/maint/.Right-click on aTV Flash and select “Show Package Contents”.

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Since I can copy a component from my expired copy, I’m not going to waste my time looking for my registration details and contacting Firecore again for an updated installer. I’m not going into their lame excuses which I find unacceptable. Unfortunately Firecore deliberately put an expiry date on the ATV Flash installer I paid for. (Optional) Installing Maintenance (for Overflow)įirecore’s ATV Flash has a nice add-on that lets me install Overflow easily, now that Software Menu is broken and I can’t install it the old way.

(Optional) Make & copy Symbolic Link to Thumbnails in “userdata”.

(Optional) Change HDMI Output to RGB High, AppleTV->Settings->Audio & Video.

(Optional) Setup auto-mount remote drives in nitoTV->Network.

(Optional) Change Hostname and Set Time Zone in NitoTV->Settings->General.

It breaks up the Intro Movie! We don’t need Perian in XBMC anyway (i think).

After rebooting, install & run Smart Installer in nitoTV->Settings->Install Software->Smart Installer.

Open Terminal on your computer, ssh into your AppleTV, and enter the following commands (one line at a time): It is also required if you want to attach a USB hard disk to your AppleTV USB input.

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NitoTV lets me mount my remote afp drives at my MacBook Pro where I keep my collection of multimedia files. ~/frontrow/Library/Application Support/XBMC/addons/, and.That saves you the trouble to re-setup everything! Just make some changes to identify the new setup. (Good news) If you have XBMC v11 on another machine, you can simply copy the contents of the two following folders over. Select “XBMC 11.x – Eden”, from Launcher -> Downloads The files are required for the Smart Installer we will run later on.

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( Read this post to find out if you need, and how to set up MySQL on your Mac OS X.)īefore we install XBMC, let’s save some time while we are downloading XBMC later on by copying the following two large files into ~/frontrow/Documents . It’s hacked you’ll see a new menu item “Launcher” in Frontrow. ( Crucial Step) Switch off the AppleTV, and unplug the ATV USB Stick.Hacking is done when text has stopped scrolling, in no more than a minute or so. Switch it on, and watch a bunch of text scrolling by the TV screen.Switch off the AppleTV, and plug-in the ATV USB Stick you created earlier.(Optional) Setup Network, changing it from DHCP to Manual, if necessary.After restoring, set up and sync your AppleTV with iTunes, making sure everything works as it should.Press and hold the Menu+Down buttons until the white LED turns amble, to go into Restore mode.

Preparing the AppleTV by Restoring it to Factory Condition

Hit Enter to launch the app into OS X, and follow Step 2 of this guide to create the USB stick. Come back here after that to start hacking your AppleTV.

Drag & drop the “atvusb-creator” executable file into your Terminal.app (it’s in your OS X “/Application/Utilities” folder).

Navigate to /Contents/MacOS/atvusb-creator.

Right-click on the atvusb-creator app, and select “Show Package Contents” from the pop-up menu.

Download atvusb-creator-1.0.b13.zip from here.

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Preparing the ATV USB Stick in Mac OS X 10.8 This time around, however, I’m not spoon-feeding you with very detailed instructions, but I hope it’s still easy enough for most of you. Well, I’m glad it’s still possible, and here I detail the how-to. Much to my horror, 2 years is a long time and the USB stick failed to be created in Mountain Lion! So I went looking for answers on how to hack my original AppleTV in Mac OS X 10.8.2. So off I went to restore it and re-hack it, reading my own how-to as I go along since I’ve forgotten how to do it. Somehow XBMC dies whenever I leave it idling for a while. But after all these times, I felt the set in my Living Room needed a refresh. They have serve me very well, and are still going strong. I bought and hacked my “Silver” AppleTV over 2 years ago, on the day Apple announced the “new” black AppleTV (2nd generation).