Comments on: Backrow – Apple TV’s software https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/ Get more from your shiny box of joy: Taking Apple TVs to the next level Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Backrow https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-219255 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:05:04 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-219255 Backrow is also the name of a great poker communety https://www.backroweurope.org

]]> By: Sam https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-891 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:17:09 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-891 Has there been any sort of effort to run BackRow in regular OSX? I suppose this would be a difficult accomplishment as it is a separate operating system, and Apple could easily thwart such attempts, but osx86 and the new OSX hack for AppleTV have given me hope.

]]> By: Jonathan https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-97 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:40:28 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-97 Diagnostics mode…

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305190

This definitely boots the Apple TV OS from a different partition. I am very interested in seeing the contents of that partition and see if there are any avenues to the USB port or other options in the diagnostic version of the OS. I’m guessing its the 400 MB unlabeled partition on the drive, and when I boot my SSH-enabled Apple TV to diagnostics mode it no longer allows me access.

]]> By: Jonathan https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-52 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:26:07 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-52 Not technically a hack, but there’s at least one Screen Saver on Apple TV that works on any Mac OS X system.

On the Apple TV OSBoot volume, navigate to System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Screen Savers/Apple.frss/Contents/Resources and then copy the AppleLogo.qtz file to /Library/Screen Savers/ or ~/Library/Screen Savers/ on your Mac.

Open System Preferences and choose Desktop & Screen Saver and you will see a new option, Apple Logo.

The other Apple TV screen savers are more complicated QTZ files that have separate dependencies for the cover art or the photos.

It appears that you could change the images or add your own, but I’m not sure how to make the QTZ files work on a Mac as a screen saver. Anyone know more about how QTZs work as screen savers?

]]> By: Ricco https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-32 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:18:35 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/backrow-apple-tvs-software/#comment-32 Man… I want an AppleTV to tinker with :-/

Backrow is also the name of FrontRow’s ugly, unofficial Windows-cousin: https://www.brains-n-brawn.com/default.aspx?vDir=backrow

*shiver*

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