Have you ever wanted to stream your photos from an application instead of syncing them to your Apple TV? Maybe your a photographer with a photo library and you want to display them on your HDTV to potential clients. Apple TV can do that. You can stream your photos from applications like iPhoto or Aperture on a Mac, as well as Photoshop Album or Photoshop Elements on a PC and then view them on your widescreen television.

It’s important to remember that Photos can’t be streamed to Apple TV if the client computer is setup for syncing.

To set up photo streaming:

1. Open iTunes on the computer you want to stream from.

2. On Apple TV, choose Settings > Computers from the main menu.

3. Choose “Add Shared iTunes Library” and make a note of the passcode displayed.

4. In iTunes, select the Apple TV icon with “Click to set up” next to it.

5. Enter the passcode. While content is being streamed, the computer must remain on and iTunes must remain open.

Now that you have successfully established a streamed association between your Apple TV and your computer, you can stream photos.

To stream photos:

1. Open iTunes on the computer that contains your photos.

2. On Apple TV version 2.0 or greater, choose Photos > Shared Photos from the main menu. On Apple TV version 1.x, choose Sources from the main menu.

3. Choose the name of your iTunes library (for example, My Library).

4. In iTunes, select Apple TV in the Devices list.

5. Click the Photos tab and select “Share photos from…”
• On a Mac, choose iPhoto or Aperture from the pop-up menu.
• On a Windows PC, choose Photoshop Album or Photoshop Elements from the pop-up menu.
You can either stream all photos or select your favorite albums.

6. After selecting which photos to share, click Apply in the lower right corner of the iTunes window.

7. On Apple TV, choose Photos > Shared Photos from the main menu.