How to send a proxy profile to Apple TV over the network

Updated October 8, 2026

Typing a URL with the Apple TV remote is the slowest part of the setup. Since version 1.1, ProxyBeam can skip it: pair the Apple TV with your Mac once, and ProxyBeam sends the profile straight to it — the same way Apple Configurator and Xcode talk to an Apple TV. You only confirm the installation on the TV. The device-wide proxy still installs only on a supervised Apple TV — a one-time setup with Apple Configurator.

Open “Send over network” in ProxyBeam

In ProxyBeam 1.1 or later, drop your proxy’s root certificate in and choose Send over network. Apple TVs already paired with this Mac — in Apple Configurator or Xcode, for example the one you supervised — appear in the list right away, so you can skip to step 4.

Put the Apple TV in pairing mode

On the Apple TV, open Settings → Remotes and Devices → Remote App and Devices and keep this screen open until pairing finishes. The Mac and the Apple TV must be on the same network.

Pairing works with any Apple TV — supervision is needed only for the proxy setting to install. If the Apple TV was supervised with Allow devices to pair with other computers turned off, it pairs only with the Mac that supervised it.

Pair it in ProxyBeam

Next to your Apple TV, click Pair. When the TV shows a code, enter it in ProxyBeam. If the code is wrong, ProxyBeam says so and lets you enter it again. After a moment of Finishing pairing… the Apple TV moves to the list of paired devices.

Pairing is remembered on this Mac, so you do it once per Apple TV.

Send the profile

Click Send. ProxyBeam sends the same profile it serves by URL — the proxy settings and your proxy’s root certificate. On the Apple TV, confirm with Install. If the Apple TV isn’t supervised, ProxyBeam warns you up front that the proxy setting won’t install.

Trust the certificate

Go to Settings → General → About → Certificate Trust Settings and enable trust for your proxy’s certificate. tvOS asks for this for any profile that isn’t installed by Apple Configurator or MDM — without it, HTTPS traffic can’t be decrypted.

Send again when something changes

If your Mac’s IP address, the proxy port or the certificate changes, ProxyBeam resets the status — click Send again. The new profile replaces the previous one.

If something goes wrong

My Apple TV isn’t in the list. Make sure the Mac and the Apple TV are on the same network and the Apple TV is awake. To pair a new Apple TV, open its Remote App and Devices screen — then it shows up with a Pair button. Pairing is stuck on “Waiting for the code on your Apple TV…”. The Apple TV isn’t on the pairing screen. Click Cancel, open Settings → Remotes and Devices → Remote App and Devices on the TV and click Pair again. The profile won’t install. Profiles that set a device-wide proxy are only accepted on a supervised Apple TV. Supervise it once with Apple Configurator on a Mac — this erases the device first — then send it again. No internet after installing the profile. The Apple TV’s HTTP(S) traffic goes through the proxy now — the proxy app must be running on your Mac. Start it, or delete the profile in Settings → General → VPN & Device Management.