Renaming Apple TV unit

[MrMars]

What’s the deal with this? It gives you the option to change the name but when I attempt to change it it doesn’t take..??

 

[Tartarus]

What’s the deal with this? It gives you the option to change the name but when I attempt to change it it doesn’t take..??

It’s not the easiest to do, but I successfully changed its name.

 

[MrMars]

It’s not the easiest to do, but I successfully changed its name.

What else do you have to do besides changing the name and selecting “done”?

 

[Tartarus]

What else do you have to do besides changing the name and selecting “done”?

Let me check. Brb

 

[Tartarus]

Well, actually that’s all there is to it.
Maybe a restart of the TV will help.

 

[MrMars]

Well, actually that’s all there is to it.
Maybe a restart of the TV will help.

I’ll try again. I just did the update so I’ll attempt again to change the name and restart.

 

[MrMars]

Maybe it just doesn’t like the name “Apple TV”. When I put the word “my” in front of that it works.

 

[Tartarus]

Maybe it just doesn’t like the name “Apple TV”. When I put the word “my” in front of that it works.

While I’m not sure that that is the reason, I’m glad it worked.
Enjoy.