Filed under: iTunes, Software Update, Apple TV
iTunes 9.0.2 is out, Apple TV 3.0 as well, and they love each other

The Apple TV update refreshes the look of the main menu, Genius Mixes and internet radio. It also adds iTunes Extras and LP support. Here's the official press release.
Notice any other new stuff? Tell us in the comments.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
LD said 3:44PM on 10-29-2009
I notice I don't get iTunes Extras for the movie I bought that had them.
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Jonathan A said 5:58PM on 10-29-2009
Apparently you have to re-download them?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3938
BW said 3:50PM on 10-29-2009
iTunes LP content is not showing up, either.
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Jimbeam said 3:54PM on 10-29-2009
Yawn..... someone wake me when they add support for Genius Mixes, internet radio, iTunes Extras, LP to FrontRow. Oh, and allow us to play rented movies via front row.
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javierhall said 4:00PM on 10-29-2009
i'm listening to internet radio on my apple tv right now.
Jordan said 5:04PM on 10-29-2009
Agree. This looks like some nice updates to AppleTV, however it's still decades behind Windows Media Center
BW said 3:57PM on 10-29-2009
Well, actually - the support in 3.0 is there for iTunes Extras and LP's, it's just not showing up. Internet Radio and Genius Mixes are working just fine... not sure what else we have to do to get the iTunes Extras and LP's to show-up (the 9.0.2 iTunes update allows you to synch these) on the Apple TV.
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Fletcher Tomalty said 4:02PM on 10-29-2009
They also enabled a dark background in grid view.
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kaganbuck said 4:09PM on 10-29-2009
THANK YOU GOD/STEVE JOBS! (caps were deserved)
d-man said 5:05PM on 10-29-2009
how???
Joe said 5:28PM on 10-29-2009
General preference pane. "Grid View" setting.
Beto Verli said 4:04PM on 10-29-2009
What a dumb move... just sold my AppleTV hoping for a hardware upgrade! :-) Guess I will have to wait...
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mike said 9:41PM on 10-29-2009
hint. any huge change to the hardware would basically mean all owners of AppleTV would be shunned. the best you could have hoped for is more storage. Not that exciting.
Alex said 4:05PM on 10-29-2009
Has anyone tried to apply Patchstick yet? I don't believe XBMC or Boxee would work right away, but perhaps SSH would still be functional? I'm only looking forward to install the codecs (still at work so cannot try out myself).
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Alex said 5:00PM on 10-29-2009
OK, responding to my own question... According to the Boxee forum, the current patchstick partially works and at least installs SSH. It also installs an extra menu item with currently unusable contents, but having SSH it is easy to remove. Will play with it once I get home.
mothershipryan said 4:07PM on 10-29-2009
Anyone know if it kills the Boxee hack?
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Alex said 4:13PM on 10-29-2009
I bet it does. Most complex plugins / frapliances are broken by the major releases. What I'm hoping for is the basic stuff like SSH and QT components (a.k.a. codecs) - I can't try it myself right now but hopefully someone will post their results here.
Mr Lizard said 4:51PM on 10-29-2009
It kills it.
http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=12605
David said 4:10PM on 10-29-2009
Holy crepe, the main menu looks like a bad rip-off of this Mediacenter project called Moovida?: http://www.moovida.com/screenshots/
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Alex said 4:15PM on 10-29-2009
I wanna say it looks more like a REALLY BAD ripoff of Aeon theme for XBMC...