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Manage your library in the Apple TV app on Mac
The Library pane in the Apple TV app includes your purchases and rentals organised by category, playlists you’ve created and home movies you’ve manually added to your library.
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Browse your library in the Apple TV app
In the Apple TV app
on your Mac, click Library at the top of the window.
Scroll to browse items, or click a category or genre in the sidebar to filter items.
Access another family member’s collection
If you’ve set up Family Sharing with your Apple ID account, your other family members’ purchases appear in Library. You can easily switch to another person’s collection.
In the Apple TV app
on your Mac, click Library at the top of the window.
In the sidebar, click the arrow
next to Library, then select a family member’s library.
For more information, see View other family members’ purchases in the Apple TV app.
Play an item
Move the pointer over the item, then click the Play button
that appears.
Download a film or TV programme
Move the pointer over an item, then click the download button
that appears.
To monitor the progress of the download, click the Activity icon
that appears in the menu bar, or choose Window > Activity.
See more options
In the Apple TV app
on your Mac, move the pointer over an item in your library.
Click the More button
that appears, then choose an option:
Download: Downloads the item to your computer. This option does not appear for home movies.
Mark as Watched or Mark as Unwatched: Recategorises the item.
Add to Playlist: Opens a submenu with options for adding the item to a new playlist or to an existing one.
Get Info: Opens a window containing metadata associated with the item. If the item is a home movie, you can edit its metadata.
Copy: Copies the title, runtime, director, genre and other information about the item.
Show in Finder: If an item has been downloaded, reveals its location in Finder.
Delete from Library: Hides items purchased from the iTunes Store, and deletes items imported from other sources.
Create a playlist
You can create custom compilations of the movies and TV shows in your library for playback in any order you choose.
Note: Adding an item to a playlist will download it to your computer.
In the Apple TV app
on your Mac, choose File > New > Playlist.
The Library tab is opened and a blank playlist is created.
Type a name for the playlist and press Return.
Your new, empty playlist appears in the sidebar, in the Playlists section.
To add items to the playlist, click a category in the sidebar (Movies, for example), then do any of the following:
Drag an item from your library to the playlist in the sidebar.
Move the pointer over an item in your library, click the More button
that appears, then choose Add to Playlist and choose the playlist.
Control-click an item in your library, choose Add to Playlist, then choose a playlist.
If your Mac has a Touch Bar, select an item in your library, then tap Add To Playlist in the Touch Bar.
Edit a playlist
In the Apple TV app
on your Mac, click Library.
Select the playlist in the sidebar and do either of the following:
Change the playback order of items: Drag the items into the order you want.
Remove an item: Click the More button
that appears with the item, then choose Remove from Playlist.
Removing an item from a playlist does not remove it from your library or storage device.
Import home videos to your library
You can import your own video files so that you can watch them in the Apple TV app.
In the Apple TV app
on your Mac, choose File > Import.
Locate a video file on your Mac, then click Open.
Imported videos appear in the Home Videos category in the sidebar of your library.
Watch home videos
In the Apple TV app
on your Mac, click Library, then click Home Videos in the sidebar.
Move the pointer over the item, then click the Play button
that appears.