ITunes 9 - Home Sharing Settings and Saved Game Data?
The new "Home Sharing Settings" feature to automatically transfer applications from one home computer to another is great. However, it seems like there is a huge omission with this feature if you can't transfer your game settings and saved data when you use this option as a way to change computers to sync an iTouch or iPhone.
Here's my scenario: originally had iTunes on a Windows PC to purchase and sync up my iTouch. Recently bought another iMac and want to use it as my "master" computer to sync up my iTouch. Used the Home Sharing Settings feature to quickly copy all of my songs (with ratings) and apps from the PC to the Mac. Everything great so far.
Purchased a few more apps in the iTunes store on the iMac. Plugged in the iTouch to copy the new apps, but of course it wants to delete everything and start over (to be expected I guess). But with that I assume all of my saved game data in my 50+ apps will be lost!
Any suggestions?
UPDATE: I've now authorized my laptop with my fiance's itunes account and my personal iTunes account, this is key.
I'm now able to transfer songs from either her laptop or my iMac (where my music is stored for now) as long as the current logged-in Home Sharing account is active. So it's basically like logging into an ftp server, only one connection allowed at a time.
So just turn off Home Sharing and then turn it back on again, re-enter the other systems iTunes account info and there you go, you can transfer from that one now. Of course this would be simpler if you were just merging two computers/accounts instead of adding in a 3rd laptop like my experiment. You should just have to make sure all computers involved (up to 5) are authorized for all the iTunes accounts involved.
And yes using the settings button with in the home sharing window, you should be able to automatically sync any new purchases from the current shared account, music, movies, apps, etc.
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If so, is there any way to transfer "ownership" of apps from one id to another (ie, we've purchased apps for three phones using three different ids and would love to consolidate them)?
If not, that opens up a whole different avenue of questions (which I'll defer until I know for sure).
Thanks.UPDATE: I've now authorized my laptop with my fiance's itunes account and my personal iTunes account, this is key.
I'm now able to transfer songs from either her laptop or my iMac (where my music is stored for now) as long as the current logged-in Home Sharing account is active. So it's basically like logging into an ftp server, only one connection allowed at a time.
So just turn off Home Sharing and then turn it back on again, re-enter the other systems iTunes account info and there you go, you can transfer from that one now. Of course this would be simpler if you were just merging two computers/accounts instead of adding in a 3rd laptop like my experiment. You should just have to make sure all computers involved (up to 5) are authorized for all the iTunes accounts involved.
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I have turned "Home Sharing" off and on multiple times - of course using the same AppleID - and NOTHING shows up under Shared (and then Shared goes away) and NOTHING shows up under "Computers" on Apple TV?
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What's the difference, other than the 24.99, between Home Sharing (free) and iTunes Match (24.99)?
Home sharing allows you to share content between computers and devices on your wifi network - so if you have your library on your computer's iTunes and you want to access it on your iPad then both your computer and iPad have to be turned on, iTunes open on your computer, and both need to be connected to the same wifi network.
iTunes Match will upload your music library to the cloud (including music copied from CDs and from other sources) allowing you to accces it from your computer or iPad without requiring your main computer to be on - and if you have access to a network when not at home you can download or stream music from it. It's also acts as a second backup of your content (you should still maintain your own backup of your library).
iTunes Match, from http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/ :
Once your music is in iCloud, you can play it from any of your devices. Just browse the complete list of all your music stored in the cloud and tap to play to it. You can store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud (more if songs are purchased from the iTunes Store), but only what you play or download is stored on your device. Tap the iCloud download button to download music from an artist, album, or playlist. So you have immediate access to a huge music library without having to worry about the storage space on your device.
But whether it's worth it only you will know. Personally I don't use it, I keep and maintain my own backup of my content and sync it to my devices so that I don't have to rely on being online to access what I might want to listen to, -
IPhone 4S (iOS 6) + Desktop PC (iTunes 11) + Home Sharing Videos
Last night I turned on Home Sharing on my desktop (PC), iPhone 4S and first-generation iPad. Started watching on my iPhone TV show episodes saved on my desktop...well, for a couple of minutes I did. The iPhone suddenly terminated my viewing and kicked me out of the Videos environment. I selected the Videos icon again and no longer found the "Shared" option there. I also noted that the same environment gave me a new error message saying something like "The iTunes Store Cannot be Accessed," even though it appeared that I could still access the iTunes Store. I noted that, when selecting the iPhone Music icon, I was still able to access a Shared link and view (and play) music on my desktop. I tried rebooting both iPhone and desktop. I tried signing out and signing back in with my Apple ID on both machines. I tried turning Home Sharing off and back on. In fact I tried just about everything that I could think of shy of the involved uninstall of the PC's iTunes, loading an older version, etc., such as I have seen attempted by others encountering similar problems. I thought I'd first write to this forum before getting into anything more involved and time-consuming. Hopefully one or more of you out there can confirm what the likely best approach to this issue would be. Boiled down to a single question: "Why am I still able to access shared music but not videos on my iPhone 4S?"
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ITunes 9 Home Sharing does not work on Windows 7 x64
iTunes 9 Home Sharing does not work on Windows 7 x64.
Getting the following error message:
Home sharing could not be activated because this computer is not authorized for the account "iTunes account." Please authorize this computer and try again.
This is a bug since my computer is authorized in iTunes and there is only 2 computer authorized for my iTunes account, so I have 3 more left till I should get this message.
I've just upgraded my iPhone to OS 3.1 using it this morning.
Please advise.
Environment: Windows 7 x64, HP TouchSmart tx2-1020us Notebook
Ivan Farkas
<edited by host>I am using Windows 7 x64.
I am running iTunes 9.0.2.25
I am running Mcafee.
I can see and play music from the iTunes installation on my Windows 7 machine, but I CANNOT access the library to copy songs from this computer to other computers on my network.
YES, I have enabled "Home Sharing" using my iTunes account. NO, I have not authorized more than 5 computers on this account.
I believe this to be a Windows 7 related issue, as Home Sharing worked as advertised when I was using Vista (before I upgraded to Windows 7).
I CAN set up Home Sharing on two other (host) computers in my home network and it works. These computers are XP and a MacBook Pro. I CANNOT access my Windows 7 machine x64 to COPY music from one autorized library to another. Please help!!!
P.S. - I have attempted to get this to work by turning OFF my McAfee firewall. Windows firewall is disabled.
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Can I copy a tv show to my iTunes using Home Sharing?
My son bought some tv shows with my account. They are in his library. I'm am trying to copy them to my iTunes using Home Sharing. Why is Home Sharing saying I can't copy them because my computer isn't authorized (when it is authorized). This is frustrating. Thanks. . . Jim C
Jim_ Crawford wrote:
My son bought some tv shows with my account. They are in his library. I'm am trying to copy them to my iTunes using Home Sharing. Why is Home Sharing saying I can't copy them because my computer isn't authorized (when it is authorized). This is frustrating. Thanks. . . Jim C
hi jim,
in order to play content bought with another iTunes account, the destination machine must be authorized to that account. so, you need to authorize your iTunes to play content purchased with your sons iTunes account.
that's basically very easy. all you have to do is +log out+ of one account (click on the account name in the Store window and select sign out from the pop-up dialog) and into the other, and then they will both be authorized. (be sure to just *log out*, not de-authorize ).
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Since updating to itunes 11, Home Sharing is not working
Since updating to itunes 11, Home Sharing is not working.
I am running Windows 7, 64-bit.
All mobile devices are up to date with ios, including 2 apple tvs (2 & 3), iphone 4s and 3gs, ipad1 & ipad2.
I've rebooted twice, turned home sharing off, then signed back in. Still nothing. Rebooted the mobile devices. No joy.
Curiously, wi-fi sync is also not working - the devices are not showing up in itunes unless I plug them in.
Please Help!Yes, you guessed. After some rebbots it stopped working again .So it seems it is not a Firewall issue. Kept looking and found a suggestion in a forum to disable IPv6, apparently iTunes for Windows doesn't work well with IPv6. So I did, and after several rebbots and tests, both Home Sharing and Apple TV 1st Gen are working. To disable IPv6, follow this link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929852
It has an MS Fix It that will do it for you. Or if you wnat to go manual, follow this discussion, this guy was having the same issue several months ago
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3507281?start=75&tstart=0
So far IPv6 is just being rolled out, and it will be a few years until everybody abandons IPv4 and go only with IPv6, so you shouldn't have any issues disabling it. And by then iTunes -I hope- should be fixed to work correctly with IPv6. Try it, and if you find any issues you can always enable IPv6 using another MS Fix it program, or manually reverse what you did
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I have an Apple TV 2nd Gen, iPad 2 and can't get the icon to appear when i swipe from left to right. What am I missing?
I am able to get the 'Home sharing' 'user and password on my Mac.
Also using IPad 2 I am able to get the ITunes to accept the user name and same password as the Mac.
However, the only way I can see the 'Home sharing; icon is in Music on the Ipad. When I tap on the Icon it asks for a password.
When I give the same password, it is rejected.
Help!!!!
JaxxdiggsPersonally I think the iOS devices are poor at reconnecting - Airplay establishes that a link is available but when the iPhone/iPad has been away from the house and rejoins the network i think AppleTV already thinks it's connected with a different IP address and fails to recognise it has joined the network again with new credentials.
Something along those lines anyway.
I find that a combination of restarting AppleTV, router and iOS device tends to fix it, but not for everyone.
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Apple TV 2, Home Sharing, WiFi and Ethernet Problem
Equipment:
- Three 2nd Generation Apple TVs
- AirPort Extreme
- MacMini running current version of iTunes
Problem/Situation:
I have a Mac Mini set up as a dedicated media server running the current version of iTunes via Home Sharing. I have three 2nd Generation Apple TVs in the house streaming media from this server. All three Apple TVs are up to date. The network router for the system is an AirPort Extreme. All software updates have been performed, and this is a long term problem (has existed for some time, did not just appear.)
Two of the Apple TVs connect flawlessly, but one of them is "quirky"
I have recently moved and as a result the configuration has changed a bit, the problem existed both before and after the move, and the two configurations may shed some light on the problem. In the old configuration the whole house had hardline ethernet available throughout the house, all connected to the AirPort Extreme. All of the Apple TVs worked fine except for the "quirky" one, which refused to connect to home sharing via an ethernet connection, but worked fine via a wifi connection (the other two Apple TVs worked via ethernet.) My solution was simple - unplug the ethernet cable and connect via WiFi.
However, in my new household there is currently no ethernet run, so all connections are via WiFi. As before the same two working Apple TVs connect just fine, but now the "quirky" Apple TV cannot connect to Home Sharing. I have reset the Apple TV to factory defaults, to no effect.
I have not yet run a test ethernet line to the Apple TV, but I theorize that it would work. My working theory is that the quirky Apple TV cannot be on the same type of network as either the server (since the problem exists even if the other Apple TVs are in sleep mode.)
So far I have not found any articles that are on point to this problem, and I don't think this is a known problem. I would love to find a solution to this problem that does not mean that I have to run a ethernet line through the house. Hopefully someone will have some insight to this issue.
Thanks,
Ken**** UPDATE ****
So this morning I decided to test my theory.
I connected the "quirky" Apple TV to the Airport Extreme via an Ethernet cable running down the hallway. The device was able to get an IP address, reach the outside world, but no joy on connecting to Home Sharing being served from a computer connected via wifi to the same router. (Hmm, theory fail - strike one.)
Next I decided to run this cable to a ethernet switch connected to the serving computer (with a self generated IP). This time the Apple TV could not see the outside world (as expected), but could still not see the Home Sharing network either. (Hmm, theory epic fail - strike two).
Considering my testing now complete, I disconnected the ethernet cable and allowed the Apple TV to once again connect to the WiFi network (the configuration I started the day with.) This time not only did the Apple TV connect to the outside world, but it found the Home Sharing network, and all worked well. (Swings, and connects to a long fly ball to deep center - stay tuned to see if it is a home run or something else.)
While the system is now working as I would like - I can not say that my confidence is high at this point because I did not really change anything - I simply stirred the pot.
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My iPod Touch 5th Gen. isn't syncing to my computer and I've alread backed it up to iCloud plenty of times. So my question is if I erase EVERYTHING back to factory settings and set it back up as a new iPod can i reaccess all of my photos and app/game data?
If you restore from iCloud backup all your photos in your Camera Roll album and all your iTunes purchases that were on the iPod will be restored. Photos that were synced to the iPod and non-iTunes purchases like music ripped from CDs will not be restored.
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