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Repurposing 3rd Gen Rev A Apple TV (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago by Sleightly@slrpnk.net to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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My 3rd Gen Rev A Apple TV (Model A1469) has been sitting around in a drawer for a long time and I was considering recycling it. But it works perfectly (minus the drawbacks of it having old technology) and I can’t stand the idea of wasting something useful. Is it possible to repurpose it for Home Assistant? I’m still working on getting started with HA - is it possible to use this to run the OS?

How else could I repurpose this? Has anyone else successfully done something like this?

Any help that explains like I’m 5 will also be especially appreciated since I am still learning these things 🙏🏻

Thanks!

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I do not believe it will work that way. I don't think Linux will even run on it well because of unknown hardware. You can run xbmc or Kodi I believe after you jailbreak it though.