TV Companion

TV Companion is a macOS menu bar app that automatically turns your TVs on and off when your Mac connects, disconnects, sleeps, or wakes. It supports LG (webOS), Roku TV, Sony Bravia, and Samsung (Tizen) televisions.

Contact

Email [email protected] with any question, bug report, or feature request. Include your macOS version and TV model when reporting a problem.

Common questions

The TV does not appear after Discover.

The TV must be on the same network as your Mac and powered on (not in deep standby) during the first scan. You can also add it manually in Settings with its IP address.

Pairing keeps failing.

Accept the prompt shown on the TV screen within a few seconds. For Sony Bravia, set a Pre-Shared Key on the TV (Network settings > Home Network > IP Control) and enter the same key in the app.

The TV does not wake.

Wake-on-LAN needs the TV's wake setting enabled: Quick Start+ on LG, Always Ready on Samsung, or IP Control / Wake On LAN on Sony. If wake is still unreliable, set your subnet broadcast address (for example 192.168.1.255) in Settings > Wake-on-LAN.

The TV turned off while I was watching something else.

By default the app only powers off a TV that is still showing your Mac's input. Check that "Only power off when on this Mac's input" is enabled in Settings.

Privacy policy - TV Companion collects no data.