The sneaky two-second tweak each Apple TV proprietor must know

Like all streaming gadgets, the Apple TV 4K is not free from issues right here and there. To its credit score, the Apple TV 4K is my predominant streaming machine, and I am unable to think about going again to a world with out one. I’ve a first-gen device, and whereas it nonetheless works, there is no denying it is getting older and older by the day. One factor I discover is when I’ve too many apps open on the similar time, issues do not transfer as shortly as I need them to. The Apple TV 4K is typically blazing fast, so it’s extremely noticeable when it is not. The straightforward repair to that is force-closing the app — it will not at all times remedy the issue, however in my case, it is labored far more usually than it is failed.

The method is only a few steps, and inside a matter of seconds, you may open your app again up and get again to binging your subsequent present. All you need to do is observe the directions I laid out under. When you nonetheless have issues, there are some further issues you may strive, too.

How you can force-quit an app on Apple TV 4K+

Get that app working easily once more

When you’re caught on an app and must reset, be sure you have your Apple TV 4K remote useful — you will want it. Whereas there is no devoted button for closing an app, should you hit the TV icon twice, you will carry up a display that reveals your whole open apps. From there, scroll to the one you need to shut and swipe up in your distant. Hitting the up arrow additionally works if you do not have the swipe enabled.

1. Go to your Apple TV 4K dwelling display.
2. Double click on the TV icon in your distant.
3. Scroll to the app you need to shut
4. Swipe up or double faucet the up button in your distant.

Following these steps will close the app down, and you are able to do it for your whole apps should you’re having velocity issues.

The Apple TV 4K places all of its apps in a relaxation mode of kinds that lets you hop proper again to the place you left off, however that is going to be a difficulty down the road if it is doing that for 30 apps at a time. The method takes only a matter of seconds, and the one draw back is shedding your house when you open the app again up. That is probably not an enormous challenge for issues like Netflix or Max, so it is not the identical as having an extended boot-up time for a online game like you might have in your Xbox or PlayStation.

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What to do if that does not work

Maybe an even bigger repair is important

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When you’re nonetheless having hassle with the app even after closing it down, you may need to uninstall it and reinstall it. Oftentimes, that is a strategy to get an app working easily once more, and it’ll additionally include all of the wanted updates. When you nonetheless have issues, you would possibly discover some fixes by giving your Apple TV 4K a tough reset. Which means all of the content material you might have put in might be wiped away, nevertheless it offers your machine a clear slate that ought to get issues working properly once more.

Performing a tough reset is usually a final resort and will solely be achieved whenever you’ve exhausted all the opposite choices. Fortunately, apps on the Apple TV 4K set up a lot faster than applications on a sport console or PC. When you do must wipe every part away, you will not have to attend hours for every part to put in once more. Essentially the most annoying factor might be signing again into all of the streaming companies, however that is a small worth to pay if it fixes your whole points.

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