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How to quickly find Apple TV aerial screensaver locations

By Sandy Writtenhouse 11 comments Last updated May 6, 2019

If your favorite screensaver for is the Apple TV aerial screensaver option, then you’re not alone. These amazing photos taken from above are breathtaking. And with the release of tvOS 12, you can now see where those aerial scenes were filmed and here’s how.

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Contents

  • Set an aerial screen saver
  • See the Apple TV aerial screensaver locations
  • Switch to another aerial screensaver
  • Download more aerial screensavers
  • Not seeing where a screensaver was filmed?
  • Wonder no more about those stunning views

Set an aerial screen saver

If you currently have a different screensaver on Apple TV, you can quickly switch to an aerial one instead.

Open the Settings on your Apple TV and select General. Click Screensaver and choose Aerial.

Select aerial screen saver for Apple TV
Select an Apple TV aerial screensaver.

See the Apple TV aerial screensaver locations

You don’t have to wait for your screensaver to come on in order to see it. Just move to the top left of the Home screen on Apple TV and press the Menu button on your remote.

When you see the aerial screensaver, just lightly tap the touchpad on your Siri remote. You will then see the location of that beautiful aerial view briefly display on the bottom left of your screen.

Greenland Apple TV Aerial ScreenSaver
Nuussuaq Peninsula in Greenland aerial screensaver.

You’ll see gorgeous scenes like the Nuussuaq Peninsula in Greenland, downtown Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and a space view over the Pacific Ocean toward the United States.

Space Apple TV Aerial ScreenSaver
Space view over the Pacific Ocean aerial screensaver.

Switch to another aerial screensaver

While you do not have an option to select a specific aerial scene as your screensaver, you can switch from one to another easily. When the screen saver displays, just swipe on the touch pad of your Siri remote left and right to move between the scenes.

Download more aerial screensavers

You can download new aerial screensavers for your Apple TV regularly and automatically if you really enjoy them.

Open the Settings on your Apple TV and select General. Click Screen Saver and pick Download New Video. Then choose from Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.

Download Apple TV
Choose from daily, weekly, or monthly aerial video downloads.

Note the message on that screen stating that each aerial video can be up to 950 MB which is quite large. So, if you download a few and don’t want any more due to storage concerns, just head back to this area and select Never.

Not seeing where a screensaver was filmed?

Make sure that you have updated your Apple TV software to tvOS 12 or later. Apple offers a convenient way to automatically update your software, but you can check for manual updates as well.

Head to Settings > System > Software Updates and choose Update Software.

screensaver
Manually update your Apple TV software.

Wonder no more about those stunning views

If you’ve been curious about the Apple TV aerial screensaver locations, and maybe even used Google to try and find them, you can wonder no more. This nifty update to tvOS shows you exactly where those awesome scenes came from.

Do you like to use the aerial screensavers on your Apple TV? And if so, do you find this new feature a cool one? Let us know in the comments below!

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Sandy Writtenhouse

Sandy worked for many years in the IT industry as a project manager, department manager, and PMO Lead. She then decided to follow her dream and now writes about technology full-time. Sandy holds a Bachelors of Science in Information Technology.

She loves technology– specifically – terrific games and apps for iOS, software that makes your life easier, and productivity tools that you can use every day, in both work and home environments.

Her articles have regularly been featured at MakeUseOf, iDownloadBlog and many other leading tech publications.

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  1. Anju says

    September 3, 2022 at 2:53 AM

    It doesn’t show you exactly where they are located specifically the one in Siberia in Mongolia

    Reply
  2. Ila says

    January 4, 2022 at 8:51 AM

    Nope.. none of this is working for me at all. Apple Tv 4

    Reply
  3. Phillippa Crossan says

    April 4, 2021 at 2:14 AM

    Mesmerising! I could look at these for hours. So relaxing and such amazing sights. LOVE it.

    Reply
  4. Ken says

    October 24, 2020 at 9:58 PM

    Super cool pictures Thanks

    Reply
  5. Christina says

    April 13, 2020 at 9:41 AM

    Hi, I have been wondering about these screensavers for a while now and love all the sea life ones. I finally ‘googled’ the subject to find out about them and came across your site. Thank you so much for this information. Very useful. Have a great day! Stay safe.

    Reply
  6. Lionel says

    December 29, 2019 at 8:51 AM

    Is there a way to get the locations to always display?

    Reply
    • Elizabeth Jones says

      December 30, 2019 at 7:49 AM

      Hi Lionel,

      Unfortunately not! It’s a completely random selection of what Apple offers, without any user interface to pick and choose.

      Reply
  7. Meg says

    December 18, 2019 at 8:43 PM

    Love these screensavers and love to know more about the locations – interesting facts as the aerial shots move over.

    Reply
  8. Roy Johnson says

    December 6, 2019 at 2:46 AM

    How do I get the aerial view of the skyscrapers back again, they seem to have disappeared.?

    Reply
    • Elizabeth Jones says

      December 6, 2019 at 9:10 AM

      Hi Roy,

      These screensavers download at random from Apple’s Servers–there is no way to force a download. And you can’t choose a specific Aerial to play on your Apple TV.

      Instead, you can request Apple to download new screensavers by going to Settings > General > Screen Saver and select Download New Video–but you cannot specify which ones!

      The number of screensavers also depends on how much storage your Apple TV has available. Go to Settings > General > Manage Storage to check and delete anything that’s not needed or used to make additional room for screensavers.

      Reply
  9. Matt and Nora Honson says

    June 22, 2019 at 3:54 PM

    This was really helpful! Thanks!

    Reply

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