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Kanora for Apple TV

Kanora for Apple TV pairs with the Mac app and puts the whole library on the big screen. Play through the Apple TV, or use it to control the Mac while the Mac plays to your hi-fi. It is still in development.

Kanora on Apple TV: the album grid with a sidebar of Artists, Albums, Tracks, Playlists and Collections, a Grid, Shelf and Cover Flow selector, and a mini player.
Library
The Shelf view on Apple TV: album spines in a row with one case pulled out to show its artwork, and an A–Z strip along the bottom.
Shelf
Now Playing on Apple TV: large artwork, track, artist and album, transport controls, a progress bar and Up Next.
Now Playing
Where it fits

The Mac’s library, on the big screen.

The Apple TV app has no library of its own. It finds the Mac on your home network, pairs with a short code, and browses the Mac’s library.

You choose how it plays the first time you open it, and can change it later in Settings. Play on Apple TV streams from the Mac and plays through the TV. Control Mac leaves the Mac playing through whatever it is plugged into, and makes the TV the remote.

What it does

What you can do with Kanora for Apple TV.

Browsing

  • A home screen with your Shelf, artists, albums, tracks, playlists and collections, and how many of each.
  • Albums as a grid, or as a Shelf of spines with an A to Z jump.
  • Move around with the Siri Remote. The Back button (Menu on older remotes) steps back one screen at a time.

Two ways to play

  • Play on Apple TV: streams from the Mac and plays through the TV, with the system Now Playing controls.
  • Control Mac: the Mac keeps playing to your hi-fi, and the TV shows what is playing and controls it.

Now Playing

  • Previous, play and pause, next, shuffle and repeat.
  • The next five tracks, under Up Next.
In the app

More of what it looks like today.

Screenshots of the current build. Details may change.

An album on Apple TV: artwork with Play, Shuffle and Artist buttons beside the track list.
Apple TVAlbum
The Shelf view on Apple TV with the open case turned round to show its track list.
Apple TVShelf, back of the case
Not yet

What it doesn’t do yet.

Better to read it here than find out after you install it.

  • There is no search yet.
  • Cover Flow does not work with the Siri Remote yet.
  • It cannot change the Mac’s volume or choose where the Mac plays.
  • Tracks under Up Next cannot be selected yet.
  • In Control Mac, the remote’s Play/Pause button does not control the Mac yet.
  • No Recently Added or Recently Played on the home screen, and nothing live on the Top Shelf.
Other devices

Kanora on your other devices.

Testing Access

Mac

Apple Silicon and Intel Macs

First-class

Where the library lives: rip CDs, record vinyl, fix the details, and share it with your other devices.

What it does

iPhone & iPad

iPhone, iPad and CarPlay

Supported

A library of your own on the device, the Mac’s whole collection at home, and your albums in the car.

What it does

Apple Watch

Apple Watch, with an iPhone

In Development

Control the iPhone from your wrist, or sync music to the Watch and play it there.

What it does

Android

Android phones

Supported

A library of your own on the phone, and your Mac’s whole collection over your home network.

What it does