The sneaky two-second tweak each Apple TV proprietor must know

Like all streaming units, the Apple TV 4K is not free from issues right here and there. To its credit score, the Apple TV 4K is my most important streaming gadget, and I can not think about going again to a world with out one. I’ve a first-gen device, and whereas it nonetheless works, there is no denying it is getting older and older by the day. One factor I discover is when I’ve too many apps open on the identical time, issues do not transfer as shortly as I need them to. The Apple TV 4K is typically blazing fast, so it’s totally noticeable when it is not. The easy repair to that is force-closing the app — it will not all the time remedy the issue, however in my case, it is labored far more typically than it is failed.

The method is only a few steps, and inside a matter of seconds, you possibly can open your app again up and get again to binging your subsequent present. All you must do is comply with the directions I laid out beneath. In case you nonetheless have issues, there are some extra issues you possibly can strive, too.

Easy methods to force-quit an app on Apple TV 4K+

Get that app operating easily once more

In case you’re caught on an app and have to reset, ensure you have your Apple TV 4K remote useful — you may want it. Whereas there is no devoted button for closing an app, in the event you hit the TV icon twice, you may deliver up a display that exhibits your entire open apps. From there, scroll to the one you need to shut and swipe up in your distant. Hitting the up arrow additionally works if you do not have the swipe enabled.

1. Go to your Apple TV 4K residence display.
2. Double click on the TV icon in your distant.
3. Scroll to the app you need to shut
4. Swipe up or double faucet the up button in your distant.

Following these steps will close the app down, and you are able to do it for your entire apps in the event you’re having pace issues.

The Apple TV 4K places all of its apps in a relaxation mode of kinds that permits you to hop proper again to the place you left off, however that is going to be a difficulty down the road if it is doing that for 30 apps at a time. The method takes only a matter of seconds, and the one draw back is dropping your home when you open the app again up. That is probably not an enormous difficulty for issues like Netflix or Max, so it is not the identical as having an extended boot-up time for a online game like you might have in your Xbox or PlayStation.

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What to do if that does not work

Maybe a much bigger repair is important

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In case you’re nonetheless having hassle with the app even after closing it down, you might need to uninstall it and reinstall it. Oftentimes, that is a strategy to get an app operating easily once more, and it’ll additionally include all of the wanted updates. In case you nonetheless have issues, you may discover some fixes by giving your Apple TV 4K a tough reset. Meaning all of the content material you might have put in shall be wiped away, but it surely provides your gadget a clear slate that ought to get issues operating nicely once more.

Performing a tough reset is usually a final resort and may solely be achieved if you’ve exhausted all the opposite choices. Fortunately, apps on the Apple TV 4K set up a lot faster than applications on a recreation console or PC. In case you do need to wipe every thing away, you will not have to attend hours for every thing to put in once more. Essentially the most annoying factor shall be signing again into all of the streaming companies, however that is a small worth to pay if it fixes your entire points.

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