I see no way to hang a drive off of it. It does connect to the network though so ostensably, you have access through it to other putters.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 5:19 AM Subject: Re: connecting Macbook pro to a tv set Ok, well then the Apple rep I spoke to didn't explain it exactly right then. However, the other issue I myself have is that I can't connect an external drive and I have enough content to far exceed the ability of the internal drive. So, if they'd allow one to hang a drive off the unit, that would be perfect. On Dec 7, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Apple TVs have built-in hard drives, either 40gb or 160gb depending > on which one you get. You can put content from your iTunes library > on it, and thus it doesn't need access to the library constantly. In > this way it functions much like an iPod, but with more features. > Unfortunately there's no accessibility features on the Apple TV as > of yet. I don't have one, or I'd try to hack VO into it just for the > fun ot that project. > > > On Dec 7, 2008, at 18:13, Scott Howell wrote: > >> The only problem with Apple TV as I see it is the ability to put >> your own content on it. You must stream/download it from an iTunes >> library which means you'd have to leave a machine up all the time >> in order to share the iTunes library. >> On Dec 7, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Tim Grady wrote: >> >>> >>> On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:31 AM, David Poehlman wrote: >>>> Apples solution for this btw is apple tv. >>> >>> So let me get this straight, because I didn't find a good >>> description of what Apple TV was. Is it like a receiver that you >>> would hook up to a TV and transfer stuff from computer to it to >>> play on your TV? Does it only work with hd tvs? Also, is there a >>> s-video connection from Apple TV? Finally, is it true that Apple >>> TV can't be accessed by us? >>> >> >> Scott Howell >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> > > The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a > thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot > possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible > to get at or repair. > --Douglas Adams > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
