<P> On September 9, 2015, Apple officially classified the first generation Apple TV as being obsolete / vintage which means that owners of first generation Apple TV will no longer be able to get service for their old devices after this date . </P> <P> In September 2017, with the release of iTunes 12.7, it is no longer possible to sync and stream with the first generation Apple TV, although it is not listed in the iTunes update release notes . </P> <P> The second generation Apple TV was unveiled on September 1, 2010, and was the first to run on a variant of iOS . The device was now housed in a very small all - black case, one - quarter the size of the original . The new model did away with an internal hard drive and had 8 GB internal flash storage, enough local storage for buffering purposes; all media was now streamed, instead of synced . The new device could also stream rented content from iTunes and video from computers or iOS devices via AirPlay . All content is drawn from online or locally connected sources . </P> <P> In July 2011, Apple discontinued the Front Row interface for Mac users . </P>

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