Pressing spacebar exits fullscreen instead of playing :(

When I hit spacebar to pause video in the Apple TV app, toggle away, and then toggle back, pressing spacebar again always exits full screen instead of playing video. Not a question. Just a complaint.

Posted on Dec 11, 2022 7:36 PM

Similar questions

Menu button returns too far after tvOS 17.4 update A really annoying thing has happened, watching YouTube Subscription videos. I have subscribed to a lot of channels. Trying to scroll down has been an issue for a few months now in fast mode. It seems to scroll real fast, not going all the way through, yet I end up almost where I started. Ive lived with it. But now, something’s happened that that makes navigating to the next video really aggravating. For example, after scrolling through various subscriptions, and locating a channel, I’ll watch some of a video and decide to go back by hitting the menu button. It doesn’t just go back to the channel, it goes all the way back to “All”. It seems to have happened after the update. Really really cumbersome and time consuming, when one has a lot of channels. Any ideas? How does one determine if this is a YouTube issue or tvOS? Deleting a bunch of channels didn’t help. One thing I noticed, was it didn’t seem to do it after watching “shorts”, but I didn’t make a study of it.
353 1
Fullscreen Issue - Apple TV Application on MacBook Whenever I am in fullscreen mode on the Apple TV application on my MacBook and I receive a phone call the video completely disappears and I cannot get it to come back up without forcing the app to quit. Also, the same issue happens if I use the ESC key to exit fullscreen. Is this a bug or a feature? If this is intentional is there a shortcut key to reopen the video? Or is there a way to change something in the settings to avoid this? 2023 MacBook Pro 16" M2 Pro Chip - Running Ventura 13.3.1
819 2
Apple TV app keeps crashing Every time I click on the episode I wish to watch, the entire Apple TV app crashes. I have restarted my MacBook multiple times as well as force quit and reopened the app but it is still crashing every time I try to watch an episode.
1307 1

2 replies

Urquhart1244

Level 10

145,842 points

Dec 12, 2022 5:37 AM in response to aaronmark

What is your version macOS?

I can’t replicate it on macOS Monterey 12.6.1.

To help improve the app, please let Apple know through the feedback form, as the appropriate team at Apple is very unlikely to read about it on this forum. Feedback - Apple TV App - Apple.

aaronmark Author

Level 1

8 points

Dec 12, 2022 9:35 AM in response to Urquhart1244

11.5.2

Feedback form submitted.

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Pressing spacebar exits fullscreen instead of playing :(

Welcome to Apple Support Community

A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.

Learn more Sign up