How to connect Apple TV with Mac for development?

Question

What kind of cable do I need to connect to the Apple TV with my Mac to deploy the app using lightning cable - like I do with iPhone. In the keynote presentation it looks like it's lightning port:

And this is what I have, the icon is different - USB:

So the question is how to connect to Apple TV to deploy an app?

Archibaldo

The USB port on the Apple TV is a USB Type-C port. So you need a USB Type-C cable to connect it to your mac! – Beanpole

Answer 1

It's not actually a lightning port in the picture, it's a USB-C port. To connect the AppleTV to your laptop you'll need a USB-C to USB-A cable, something like this:

Shellyshelman

Thanks, I came to the same conclusion after googling what type of plug would fit in this hole :) – Jeanicejeanie

Not sure I should ask this as a separate question but: has anyone used any 3rd party cables with the appletv? Is there anything special about the apple one? – Sacroiliac

As far as I can tell it's just a standard cable. – Shellyshelman

I've used a third party cable and it worked wonderfully. Actually, the only Apple USB-C cables for sale are for connecting peripherals to the new 1-port Macbook, and they have the wrong 'gender' on the USB-A end, so you can only buy from third parties. Some devs from the first round of Dev Kits got one cable in the box (so I assume there exist Apple branded ones), I got in during the second round and there was no cable, so I had to buy a 3rd party one. – Stirpiculture