Do you have to eject Home Sharing before closing iTunes?
Do I have to eject Home Sharing before closing iTunes?
I think the premise of Home Sharing is to set it up and leave it enabled.
Understanding Home Sharing
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Do i needt to turn off sharing before exiting itunes
I was wondering if I need to turn off home sharing before exiting itunes because the itunesprefs.xml got corrupted ( I guess, because itunes wouldn't exit completely until I deleted the prefs file and itunes created a new prefs file the next time I ran it).
I believe that if someone is looking at your library, they need to "eject" it before you can close iTunes but I'm pretty sure you can leave Home Sharing on before exiting.
I leave it on and I have had no problems at all. -
Home sharing problem: I have never set up home sharing but I feel I the concept and how it works. I recently (last 2 months or so) deauthorized, first time ever, all computers with my iTunes account. I have 3 computers authorized. I am trying to set up home sharing but get iTunes says:
"Home Sharing could not be activated because this computer is not authorized for the Apple Id "#########@###.com". Would you like to authorize now?" I click "authorize" and get the next error " You cannont authorize more than 5 computers. You have already authorized 5 computers with this Apple ID. To authorize this computer you must first deauthorize one of the other computers."
Can someone help or shed more light on my problem?
Thanks,
RichardHome Sharing is designed to work on your local network not across the internet/cloud.
Stuff is accessed under the Computers column where your local iTunes library on a local computer would appear.
Home Sharing would share your iTunes content (i.e. stuff stored in itunes on the computer, not in the cloud) with AppleTV or an iPad etc on the SAME network.
AppleTV2 will not be able to see itunes content on the work computer over the internet. It's not designed to. if the work computer was on the home network it would.
iCloud is in it's infancy and is not a mature product - iTunes TV Show purchases appear on AppleTV, but currently music does not unless you are subscribed to iTunes Match. I find this rather odd to be honest, along with the inability to buy music on AppleTV2. Movies purchased in iTunes are not authorised for iCloud viewing currently either.
Maybe it has something to do with iTunes Match 'getting in the way' - i think they assume you'll use that whereas you really want to be able to access Purchased music from the cloud without subscribing to itunes Match which is overkill for some.
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Hey guys, I have home shared before between our computers, but for some reason today it is not giving me the option. I have quit and re-opened itunes ten times, and it is still not cooperating. I have turned one and off home sharing, like ten times, and I have reactivated both computers for my devise.
HELP!
Thanks,
HeatherIs both computer on the same local network?
Is both computer iTunes authorize with the same AppleID (iTunes menu Store)?
Is Mac iTunes menu Advanced > Turn On Home Sharing, On? (Same AppleID again)
ktaylor924 wrote:
There is no shared folder option.
Correct, there's no shared folder option.
If the above are done right and both computer iTunes are up and running, you'll see in iTunes left panel the iTunes library of the other computer iTunes library. -
So, I have created my home sharing from my base computer to my laptop. On my lap top I see the tab for home sharing but it will not let me connect to my computer to share my music over. I have done everything iTunes has told me to but it still won't work. Any help would make my day...
I got some more info that may help.
I put a cd on my laptop, and was able to share it to my computer... So the problem is only from my computer to my laptop. I tried the firewall thing and it did not help. I read the rest of the trouble shooting page, and nothing else applies. iTunes is an execption and already was. I can not think of anything else being my problem. Do you think I should re-install iTunes or would that be a waste of time? At this point I am about to just call Apple for some help because I am getting to stressed over this.
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I have purchased tv shows on my I pad in I tunes yet they don't show on my iPad anywhere!i have tried syncing to my pc and they show and can be viewed in there.how can I get them to show on my iPad?i have turned on home sharing as well!
Where are you looking on your iPad for the shows? In iTunes? If so, look under Videos.
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How do you grant permission for home sharing and authorizing? My mac did home share, but now says, "The required directory was not found or has a permissions error", when I try to authorize.
OK, I just got off of the phone with Apple and still no joy. They had me try a few things that did not work, then told me to Archive and Install, which did not either. Anyway, thanks for the additional help very note worthy, but still no joy. Also an email to iTunes Support took me here
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93061
I have a Users/Shared folder but since the files we are talking about are invisible, I can see how it is structured.
And by the way I tried this one
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3577004#3577004
and it did not work. However, when I install a fresh copy of Tiger on the external it did authorize the computer and was able to play the downloads. But coping the invisible file to my boot drive was not successful. But , like I said the music did play when I started up from the external. So I guess that may be my only solution, unless someone can tell what the correct directory is and where it for iTunes downloads. -
I have set up home sharing on my desktop and my laptop, I can access the library for each on both computers but it won't let me click on import!! Any ideas why it won't let me import?
CheersI can access the library for each on both computers but it won't let me click on import!!
Is the Import button greyed out?
If so ... quickly doublechecking ... do you currently have any items selected in the screen? -
How do I use home sharing with direct TV / Verizon internet. I have turned on Home sharing on apple tv and in iTunes but can't see the library in apple tv. I can see the photo stream but thats it. Any Ideas????
go to home-sharing on Apple TV and type in your info as ask.
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Hi
I just want to know how you can set up your iphone so when you connect to another computer you have to enter a password before accessing the information? My friend connected hers to my computer and it asked for a password so I know its a function.
I have a phone password enabled so its not that, any help would be great.The Passcode Lock prevents syncing the iPhone with iTunes or accessing any data on the iPhone when the iPhone is connected to another computer different from the computer being used for syncing the iPhone.
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HT3819 Can you share photos using home sharing?
Can you share photos using home sharing?
You can't use homesharing, but you can use the iCloud Photo Stream to do something similar : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486
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Do you have to store songs locally before they will move to the cloud?
do you have to store songs locally before they will move to the cloud?
I agree, though yes, the question is not clear.
In the event you're asking if the songs have to be "local" meaning on an internal hard drive, the answer is a qualified "no."
You can have an itunes library on an external drive, but the drive has to be active when Match is running and it will also have to stay on in order for Match to work properly after that. You can get around this by creating a separate empty library once you have moved everything to the cloud, and populating that library with the songs in the cloud. -
I have set up home sharing for my music, but I can't access playlists, although I made the entire library available through 'Preferences'. Can anyone suggest a solution?
ok i actually got a id set up and allegedly home sharing is on but the thing is the ipod when syncing keeps saying it can only use one itunes library do i want to erase my songs? i do not want to erase my songs. my itunes library i originally used is on my other computer which has no more disk space to add music to and this computer the xp also has not enough disk space to put both libraries on .. PLEASE PLEASE help!
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TS2972 I have forgotten my home sharing password - how do i reset it ?
Please help = how do I reset my home sharing password in Itunes ?
Hi BFW99X,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
The password used when setting up Home Sharing is your Apple ID password. If you're having trouble logging into iTunes with your Apple ID and password, reset the password by following the steps found here:
Apple ID: If you forget your password
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5787
Regards,
Jeremy -
I have set up home sharing on both home computers, but as soon as I did this, the "shared" title on the left hand panel disappeared and I can't find it again. Any ideas?
I have the same problem - can anyone help??
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