With Home Sharing enabled, you can share photos from your Mac and view them on Apple TV 4K. You can pick which photos to share based on albums in Photos, or just choose a folder on your Mac. The albums or folders you share show up in the Computers app.
The steps differ a bit between macOS Ventura or later and earlier versions. Here’s how to share photos from your Mac to your Apple TV 4K.
Share photos to Apple TV 4K (macOS Ventura or later)
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click General in the sidebar, and then click Sharing.
- Turn on Media Sharing. Click the Info button in the Media Sharing row.
- Select Home Sharing and enter your email address or phone number and your password. Click Turn On Home Sharing.
- Select Share photos with Apple TV and then click Choose.
- Click the Share Photos from pop-up menu and make sure your preferred photos app has a checkmark, then choose a folder to share.
- Choose whether you want to share all your photos and albums or just selected albums and click OK.
The photo albums or folders you share appear in the Computers app on Apple TV 4K.
Share photos to Apple TV 4K (macOS Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey)
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Sharing.
- Make sure Home Sharing and Media Sharing are selected and enter the email address or phone number and password used to create your Home Share.
- Select Share photos with Apple TV and then click Choose.
- Click the Share Photos from pop-up menu and make sure your preferred photos app has a checkmark, then choose a folder to share.
- Choose whether you want to share all your photos and albums or just selected albums and click OK.
The photo albums or folders you share appear in the Computers app on Apple TV 4K.
Share photos to Apple TV 4K (macOS Mojave or earlier)
- In iTunes on your Mac, go to File > Home Sharing > Choose Photos to Share with Apple TV 4K.
The Photo Sharing Preferences window opens.
- Select Share Photos from and then select Photos or iPhoto, or choose a folder to share.
- Choose whether you want to share photos and albums or just selected albums. Then click Apply.
The photo albums or folders you share appear in the Computers app on Apple TV 4K.
Not all features and content are available in all countries or regions or on all Apple TV hardware models.
