Wondering how to manually force your movies, TV shows, and podcasts to be "mark as watched" on your Apple TV? You might be considering the current Apple TV (2010) is really, really buggy about doing it automatically. Watch something and it's a coin toss as to whether or not Apple TV realizes it. Hopefully Apple will fix it in the upcoming iOS update. Either way, when Apple TV fails, we'll show you how to do it yourself after the break.
Here's how to manually "mark as watched" on your Apple TV:
- Highlight the movie, TV show, or Podcast you want to mark as watched
- Press and hold down the menu button
- A popup will appear asking you to "Mark as watched" or Cancel
- Click the menu button again
And you're done.
It's extra steps, yes. It's annoying, for sure. But even if/when Apple fixes the bug it can come in handy, especially for old content you've added to your Mac or Windows iTunes collection that you want to have handy but isn't really new or "unwatched".
Bonus tip: If you've added a ton of old content, say a bunch of home movies you've ripped, it's much fasted to go to iTunes on your Mac or PC, select it all, right click, and choose "mark as watched" right in iTunes.
Let us know how this tip works out for you, and as always, ask any questions you have in the comments below or get even more help in our Apple TV Forum!
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