Pins ¶

Bookmark media, people, and library browse contexts, then reach them from
categorized Library rows or the Pins row on Home. Native Pins use the same
ordered, account-scoped settings format on Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad; Backup
& Restore can synchronize that list between them.

A second variant, timestamp Pins, captures a specific Apple TV playback
moment so you can return to it later.

What You Can Pin ¶

Pinning Items ¶

On iPhone and iPad ¶

• Tap Pin on a media or person detail page.
• Touch and hold a movie, show, season, episode, collection, music video, or
  person card and choose Pin or Unpin.
• Touch and hold an existing Pin card and choose Remove Pin.

iOS does not have a separate Pins settings editor. It preserves the shared
order while adding and removing Pins where their targets already appear.
Browse-context and timestamp Pins created on Apple TV remain usable on iPhone
and iPad.

See Pins on iPhone & iPad for the touch-specific guide.

On Apple TV ¶

From a Detail Page ¶

The first action button on any movie, series, season, or episode page is a
Pin toggle. Press it once to pin the item, again to unpin. No confirmation
dialog.

Long-Press on Any Card ¶

Hold Select on any content card across Home, Library, or Browse. A modal
appears with Pin or Unpin alongside the played-status actions.

From the Episode Menu ¶

Long-press an episode card to open the episode menu. The Pin / Unpin action
appears alongside Mark as Played and other quick actions.

From a Person Page ¶

Person pages have a Pin button next to the portrait. Pinning a person gives
you one-tap access to their filmography.

From a Browse Picker ¶

When browsing by genre, studio, network, or person, long-press any picker card
to pin that browse view. For studios and networks, Neptune normalizes the name
so the Pin matches its TMDB equivalent when possible.

Timestamp Pins ¶

A timestamp Pin captures the exact moment you're watching: position plus a
thumbnail of the current frame.

Creating One ¶

Timestamp Pin creation currently uses the Apple TV player:

1. Start playing any movie or episode on Apple TV.
2. Tap the touch surface to reveal player controls.
3. Press the Pin button on the action row.
4. A confirmation pill shows “Pinned at 1:23:45” for a couple of seconds.

The thumbnail comes from the live frame on screen. If a live frame is not
available, Neptune falls back to the corresponding trickplay tile.

Resuming from One ¶

On Apple TV, select a timestamp Pin card on the Library tab to open three
choices:

• Play from [timestamp]. Jumps to the exact moment.
• Go to Item. Opens the item's detail page without auto-playing.
• Remove Pin. Deletes the Pin and its thumbnail.

On iPhone and iPad, synchronized timestamp Pins appear with their saved time
and open the current media destination. Creating a new saved moment and
choosing exact timestamp playback remain Apple TV actions.

Multiple Timestamps on One Item ¶

On Apple TV, several timestamp Pins for the same movie or episode collapse
into one card with a count badge. Selecting it opens a chronological carousel
of saved moments.

On iPhone and iPad, the moments also collapse into one card. Removing that
card removes every timestamp Pin for the item.

Where Pins Appear ¶

The Pins section can be reordered or hidden through Library customization, and
the Pins row through Home customization.

Edit Mode ¶

Apple TV provides an edit mode for reordering the shared Pins list. Long-press
any card in a Library Pins row to enter it; cards begin a gentle jiggle
animation.

iPhone and iPad preserve this synchronized order but do not provide a
separate reorder screen.

Sync Across Devices ¶

If Backup & Restore is enabled with the Neptune plugin,
your Pins travel with the rest of the profile's settings. Pin something on one
device and it appears on the others signed into the same server account.

Timestamp thumbnails themselves are not synced. Only the position is. A
device that did not capture the frame falls back to the item's normal
artwork.

Pins, Widgets, and Compass ¶

These related features do not share one configuration:

Pins inside Neptune are Free. Standard Page widgets are also Free; targeting a
native Pin or dynamic Section from a conventional widget requires Neptune Pro.

Tips ¶

• Quick rewatch lists. Pin favorite movies or shows for one-tap access.
• Remember a moment. Pin a memorable Apple TV playback scene instead of
  scrubbing for it later.
• Browse Pins are filters. Pinning “Sci-Fi” creates a one-tap path back to
  the current sci-fi browse view, including the usual filtering.
• Studios match TMDB. Pinning a studio such as “A24” maps to its TMDB ID
  where possible, so the browse view uses the same metadata as Discover.