Apple pulls Apple TV update amid bricking complaints

After downloading the update, some Apple TV users have reported losing device functionality as well as stored content.

Steven Musil Night Editor / News

Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around the San Francisco Bay Area. Before joining CNET in 2000, Steven spent 10 years at various Bay Area newspapers.

Expertise I have more than 30 years' experience in journalism in the heart of the Silicon Valley.

See full bio

Steven Musil

Sept. 22, 2013 8:51 a.m. PT

Apple has apparently pulled a software update for its Apple TV after reports that the update is bricking some users' set-top boxes and causing networking issues.

The on-device Apple TV 6.0 update, which was released on Friday, was taken down Saturday night, reverting to version 5.3 as the most recent update for download, according to 9to5Mac. After downloading the update, some Apple TV users have reported losing device functionality as well as stored content.

for whatever reason the apple tv reset and now it won't log in to netflix or hulu. my life is in shambles.
— Kate MacDonald (@coolstorykate) September 22, 2013

CNET has contacted Apple for comment and will update this report when we learn more.

Apple released a software update for its Apple TV box Friday, two days after the rollout of iOS 7. The new software for Apple TV included the addition of the iTunes Music Store to purchase music directly on the television and AirPlay from iCloud, which lets Apple TV play content from iTunes in the Cloud instead of your AirPlay device when possible.