Quickesign Digital Signage for Apple TV Setup

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Install Quickesign Digital Signage on an Apple TV, link it to your account, and keep the TV from going to sleep.

What you’ll need

  • An Apple TV with tvOS 16.4 or later, ideally dedicated to the display, with a steady internet connection.
  • A Quickesign account, and a computer or phone to link the screen.

Steps

  1. Open the App Store on the Apple TV, download Quickesign Digital Signage and open it. It shows an activation code.

    The Quickesign app on Apple TV showing its activation code
  2. Sign in at dashboard.quickesign.net, click Link New, enter the Activation code, a TV location and a Screen name, choose a Starting layout if you like, and click Link device. The TV confirms that it is linked.

    The Link New page with the Activation code field highlighted, and the TV location, Screen name and Starting layout fields below it
  3. Turn off the screen saver and sleep, or the Apple TV stops showing your content after a while. On the Apple TV, open Settings → General.

    The Apple TV Settings menu with General selected
  4. Choose Sleep After and set it to Never.

    The Apple TV Sleep After setting with Never selected

Installing on many Apple TVs

With Jamf or another MDM: in Apple Business Manager, get volume purchase licenses for Quickesign Digital Signage (it is free). Search for the tvOS app by its ID, 6775843900.

What’s next

Adding Layouts to the Screen’s Playlist: choose what the Apple TV plays.