The iPhone will stay signed in as well though. I think they just store some kind of cookie that keeps these apps signed in so you don't have to enter the info every time.
----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Foret Jr To: Mac Visionaries List Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Interesting question about the Apple TV Truth to tell, there is no accessible way, of which I am aware, to judge whether those apps are really and truly closing when the main menu is returned to. Some would, I suppose, say that in this case, it really does not matter. Seems to me, if Netflix's behavior is anything by which to judge, however, that the apps truly do close when the main menu is returned to. This, I judge by tha fact that every time I return to the main menu and then open up Netflix again on my Apple TV, I land in the screen where I am asked "who's watching netflix?'. The fact that I stay apparently signed in, though, could also be interpreated to mean that the app is not really closing. I suppose, for what it's worth, that they do actually close. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in On May 8, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: This question applies both to the 2nd and the 3rd generations. So, I take close note here of realizing that to close one of the... well... as I call them, applets on the device, by applet, I mean any of the things on your menu, like Netflix, Movies, Hulu, HBO Now, PBX Kids, etc. Anyway, to close any of these, you simply either hit your back button until you reach the main home screen menu, or, you press and hold down the menu key. I know depending on if you have the accessibility menu on or off, you then may have one more step to get to the main menu, but my point still remains either way. My question is, how do we really truely and honestly know if those applets really indeed are fully closing? We don't really have an app switcher/chooser, nor do we have a process manager/task manager of sort on the device, so really Apple can say all the doo da day that these apps are closing, but, you know as well as I, whether you like admitting it or not, that some companies, not saying just Apple here, I mean this more generalized, have a tendency to stretch or omit the truth with some things. I just wonder if maybe the memory resources are actually not totally being cleared up just by backing out of something. I wonder if on the low level end, if there's an accessible way that we could find out and know for 100% sure what *really!* actually happens when one backs out of one of those apps. Kind a makes you wonder, doesn't it? Chris. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.