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Presenting the Apple TV (4th Generation) Password Tester

Earlier, I sent out this hopefully-humorous tweet about the difficulty involved in clicking one's passwords into the new Apple TV password input screen:

Presenting LIMNOPHILE, a 10-character yet easy-to-type Apple TV password.

The chart is just an Excel file, with absolutely no logic—I just colored the squares and counted to fill in the data. But then I got this reply…

So I thought "Why not?," and created an actual spreadsheet that will "click check" any all-letter password you feed it. Here's what it looks like in action:

Just replace RIDICULOUSLYLONGWORD with whatever you like, and see how it'll "click out" on your Apple TV. Obviously, this tool is totally tongue-in-cheek!. Any password built with this tool will be weak as heck. It's just for fun, so don't take it seriously.

Feel free to share and modify, but I'd appreciate a credit back if you do so.

Download Apple TV Password Tester (44KB)

Please note that this is an Excel file, and it relies on conditional formatting, so it may not work in Numbers.