Screensaver Customization In Apple TV

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Screensaver Customization In Apple TV
The fourth generation Apple TV offers a wide
variety of screensavers to embellish your TV
screen when its kept idle for some time. The
latest Aerial View which has been recently added
as the default screensaver features some
mystifying views of the cities, landscapes and
mountains taken by drones and helicopters. Howev
er, in case you dont want to see the same old
pictures all the time, you can change the
screensaver anytime or switch to a personalized
view which showcases pictures from your own
photo gallery. In this blog, Ill tell you how to
do that. Besides that, youll know how to change
the transitions and how to change the start time
of a screensaver. So, lets get started! You
may also like Home Screen Optimization In Apple
TV.
How To Change The Screensaver
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Changing the default screensaver (i.e Aerial) is
pretty simple. You can easily switch to the
personalized view. All you need to do is change
the Screensaver Type from Apple TV Settings. In
order to do that, follow these instructions.

• Launch the Settings app using the Siri Remote on
  your Apple TV.
• Go to General gt Screensaver gt Type.
• Under the Screensaver Type section, youll find
  several options, with Aerial set as default.
• Here you can choose from the Apple Photos, My
  Photos, Home Sharing and My Music whichever
  suits you.

How To Change The Transition Settings You cant
change the transition style in Aerial but for a
different Screensaver Type, you can choose from
several transition styles such as Cascade,
Random, Snapshots and Origami. You can do that
by following these simple steps.
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• Launch the Settings app on your Apple TV.
• Go to General gt Screensaver gt Transition.
• Select the Transition effect of your choice and
  youre done.
• You can also see a different transition for a
  every picture if you choose Random. Doing that
  will enable all the available transitions and
  theyll keep on changing with every new picture.

How To Change The Start Time of Screensavers You
can also change or set the start time of your
screensaver by following these steps.

• Launch the Settings app using Siri TV Remote.
• Go to General gt Screensaver gt Start After.
• Set the time as per your preferences.

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