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Getting TiVo to work with Mac |
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Written by Jacob Head
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Friday, 23 February 2007 |
Tivo, as a company, is very similar to Apple. Both companies owe
their success to spectacular user interfaces and attention to detail.
Apparently the Tivo CEO is a Mac fan,
which is strange considering the amount of time it took for them to
support Macs for any of the functions that Windows users had been
enjoying for years, such as sharing multimedia from the PC and copying
videos to the PC. Also, for a while there were many rumors that Apple
would acquire Tivo, but in light of the introduction of the AppleTV,
that no longer is likely.
I have had my Tivo for a week now, and I enjoy it quite a bit. Besides
being a DVR that records what I ask it to, it also goes out and keeps
downloading things that I didn’t ask it for based on my taste and
preferences, which it learns over time. Also, if it is connected to the
Internet (which is the best way to have it), it will provide you with
weather, traffic, podcasts, movie showtimes and tickets, and all kinds
of other nifty features on your television. Also, the ability to send
it recording requests over the Internet is fantastic.
My experiences with getting the Tivo to talk with my Mac were quite
straightforward, but will apply to you in the following situations:
- You have a stand-alone Tivo Series 2.
- Your Tivo is on the same home network (wired or wireless) as the rest of your home computers.
- You have a Mac with OS 10.4 or higher.
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