How to fix the new Apple TV’s annoying onscreen keyboard

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Want this back on your new Apple TV? Here's how.
Want this back on your new Apple TV? Here's how.
Photo: Rob Griffiths

The old Apple TV used a 6 x 7 grid of letters to let you enter text. It wasn’t QWERTY, but it was efficient, requiring a minimum of presses to enter your text.

Consequently, many people upgrading to the new Apple TV have found the new onscreen keyboard annoying. It’s a horizontal two-line strip that takes a lot more time to hunt and peck your way through.

If you love the old Apple TV onscreen keyboard, though, good news! It’s easy to bring back. Here’s how.

To bring back the old style password entry screen on the new Apple TV, first, you need to have a silver Apple remote, as shipped with the original Apple TV or with your iMac. If you have it handy, Rob Griffiths figured out how to bring the grid keyboard back:

To use the old-style password entry screen on the new Apple TV, wake the Apple TV using the old silver remote, and don’t touch the new Siri remote

Easy peasy! Basically, if you want to use the old grid, wake your new Apple TV with your silver remote. Otherwise, wake it with your Siri remote.

Did that work for you? Which keyboard do you prefer? Let us know in the comments.

Via: iPhone in Canada

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