Home sharing and Apple TV connection
I have been trying to connect my Apple TV with my MacBook and it keep on saying my Apple ID or password was incorrect. I have changed the password numerous time and yet I am still unable to connect. Can someone help!! Please!!!
Yes and each time my Apple ID is correct and the password is not. I cannot enter my password into the Apple TV. Changing of password are not helping at all. HELP!
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Greetings!
I can't get Home Sharing to work between iTunes on my iMac and Apple TV2.
Can somebody help or point me to a support article?
TIATroubleshooting Home Sharing with Apple TV (2nd generation)
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Apple TV 3 and iMac. All latest updates includign iTunes 11.0.1
When setting up home share in iMac i get "Shared" on left side bar but as soon as i hit done it vanishes and does not reappear. Also doesn't appear on TV.
This is such a simple process i cannot see what i may be doing wrong. Simple wifi network - everything else works. and yes AI am using apple id and password correctly.
Any suggestions?
update:
I got it to work. The only i did that ws different was to de-authorise and the re-authorise the computer using itunes\control.
This SW needs more disgnostic information if that was all there was to it.Latest iTune on windows laptop
Apple TV ver 3
Connected on same LAN & using the same apple TV
Computer is not visible in apple TV. Many hit & trial, home sharing off & on ... And suddenly it appears. Tries apple tv reset as well but no set pattern to resolve the issues.
No reason. Facing issue from last 5 months. Finally writing to find the resolution.
It works intermittantly. -
I apologize in advance if this doesn't make sense or has been answered elsewhere - it is nearly 1am and I am so done with research. I'd have given up by now except that this is important to deal with before I dig myself into an even bigger hole.
My daughter got an iPad mini. She didn’t have her own Apple ID (since she is only 7), so I synced it up with her older brother’s iTunes library/Apple ID on our PC. She had been playing games on his iPod and downloaded some of her own favorites using his account. Now she's gotten progress built up on her iPad and even had big brother buy her some games under his Apple ID just for her use.
I have an Apple ID and iTunes library but only download music (no apps) since I don’t have any Apple devices.
Now, I recently got her her own Apple ID so she can use iMessage. She has been getting iTunes gift cards for her birthday, so I was planning on letting her use her own account for downloads too. This way the accounting between the 2 kids will make sense (they can’t use up each other’s gift card balances and I don't have to keep track of it). Since there is a 13-year age limit I suppose the question is moot – I shouldn’t even be trying to do this. But the question will come up in 6 years anyway … or sooner if I come to the dark side and give up my Blackberry
I would like to share the music and apps that we have purchased instead of having to spend money again to put them on both of their devices. She is also worried that she will lose progress in the games she plays that she got from her brother.
Q1: If I re-purchase the games under her account and then sync with her library (iTunes tells me it will wipe her iPad before syncing to this new library), will she lose progress even though the game will be removed and re-installed right away? I suppose I could ensure I have a good backup of her iPad using his iTunes library and then try to sync it up with her library. If it loses her progress, I could just restore using his library and try something different.
Q2: Would home sharing help? I read about it and am still confused. Is it just so I can use multiple machines to host my library (all with same Apple ID) or can I use it to share content with my family members’ libraries (even though we have different Apple IDs)?
This is so frustrating. I am a technically literate person (I work in IT), but don’t have unlimited free time to spend becoming an expert in all things Apple just so I can get these devices working the way I expect they should. It shouldn’t be this difficult or time consuming. I’ve wasted hours I don't have reading articles, going into the Apple store (which is not convenient), and still feel unable to make a decision because the wrong one could get me into an even more confusing/costly situation. Sorry I am whining. I'm so tiredHi JustTired,
OK, so to answer your first question - if your daughter's iPod is sync'd with a new iTunes library, then even if you do purchase games to reside in that library, the games she was playing that were purchased under a separate Apple ID will not "transfer" her progress. Essentially, you are loading a brand new game on her device.
For your second question - to the best of my knowledge, Home Sharing will not help you to share multiple iTunes libraries that live on the same physical computer under separate Apple IDs:
Home Sharing requires a computer using the latest version of iTunes,* and one or more of the following devices on the same home network:
Another computer using the latest version of iTunes.* You can use Home Sharing with up to five computers.
An iOS device with iOS 4.3 or later
Apple TV (2nd generation) with Apple TV software version 4.2.1 or later
Apple TV (3rd generation)
*Additionally, you should install any available updates for your version of Windows or Mac OS X.
Home Sharing requires all computers, iOS devices, and Apple TVs (2nd generation and 3rd generation) to use the same Apple ID.
Home Sharing is designed to share iTunes libraries on multiple computers (and devices), not mulitple libraries on the same computer.
You can, however, share your iTunes library with your daughter. To do this, you would sign on her Apple ID to "your" iTunes and Authorize the computer for her ID. Then you would sync her device as new with your iTunes library. This would require you to be logged on to the computer, but it would be her device (and Apple ID) that were syncing with the library. Based on how you then set up her device profile, she can sync anything in the library to her device.
The only thing you would need to keep in mind is that anything purchased in iTunes under your ID would be linked to your ID. That means that your daughter would not be able to re-download, say an App that accidently got deleted, wirelessly. She could re-sync it using a USB cable, but would not have access to your iTunes purchase history to be able to actually re-download it. Also, future app updates would require that she know your Apple ID password.
Now, if when setting up her Apple ID, you are also going to set it up with a Credit or Gift card so her purchases can be done with her ID, then that last caveat would not apply. In that scenaio, she would sign into "your" iTunes library (you logged onto the computer), and then do her purchases through the iTunes store. Your purchases and her purchases would live in the same library, and you would control what gets sync'd where via the individual device profiles.
Hope this helps and provides a viable answer for what you are wanting to do.
Cheers,
GB -
Am having all kinds of trouble enabling Home Sharing on Apple TV 3. Had been working previously, but now I am unable to share files between TV, Ipods and iMac. I have tried restarting all hardware, systems and connections. I recently upgraded modem, would this have an effect on connectivity?
U may need to check the settings on ur PC or Mac.
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I have an Apple TV and I can only see Home Sharing and Settings, NO YouTube
I ran an update on my Apple TV last month, when it restarted I could not see anything apart from Home Sharing and Settings. I can see the option of YouTube and have racked my brain but can’t get to YouTube from my Apple TV.
If I search for a video on my iPhone then I can play it Via the Apple TV but I can’t directly access YouTube. Please help me out if anyone has any clue how to fix this.Did it - didn't work.
I can access the internet from every other apple device that is connecting to the same router as the Apple TV.
Please don't tell me it's a "network" issue. The AppleTV is the only one that can't seem to "see" the internet. -
My Apple tv is stuck on the home sharing and settings screen
For some reason my apple tv is stuck on the home sharing and settings screen. Ive already unplugged it and let it reset but its not even giving me the option to go to the home scene..HELP!!?
That is the main menu, however you are not properly connected to the network so that is why the other apps are not appearing.
Make sure DNS is set to auto (settings - general - network)
Check that location is set correctly via settings
If on wifi try ethernet
Make sure router is up to date and has port 123 open (refer to manual if unsure) -
Why does the movies pause when watching on apple tv from home sharing and it said it would be two hour before i can watch one from the cloud
Where are you trying to access them on Apple TV?
If under the Movies icon, that will be accessing the cloud. Load times are dependent on your Internet connection.
You need to be under the Computers icon to use home sharing. If it is having trouble loading here then it would be a local network issue. -
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.
hope this help -
Have a problem with Home Sharing with Apple TV and iTunes. Have latest iTunes and Apple TV downloads. Have both items set up for home sharing with same address and passwords. AppleTV running fine for everything else. FYI, my library is about 60gigs. AppleTV model is MD199LL/A if that matters. Really want to hear my entire music library and not just Purchased items. Thanks for any help!!!
I have an older PC with Windows XP Professional on it. I updated to the latest iTunes and I am able to access the photos, etc. on it. However, my Windows 7 PC still does work (since last Apple TV update). Apple TV does not recognize that Home Sharing is turned here. The latter PC has all my current photos on it which I would like share with others on my Apple TV. A fix would be appreciated.
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Pathetic Apple TV - no home sharing possible? Can connect mac but not ipad or iphone?
Pathetic apple tv cannot do mirror airplay with iphone and ipad , which was possible before ???
Miserable apple tv is not able to do home sharing and has frustrated me millions of times with turn on already on home sharing??
And some of times it will start to have home sharing but slow or unable to play home sharing contents???
Any chance I can replace or return this waste of money apple tv???
APPLE SUPPORT STAFF SHAME ON YOU I READ THREADS AND THREADS AND NO SOLUTION POSTED OR QUESTION ANSWERED AT ALLthis is a user helping user forum
we are users like you not apple support staff
use feedback if you want apple directly
http://www.apple.com/feedback/appletv.html
home sharing is appletv being able to access media from the shared lib of a computer with itunes
airplay is using appletv as audio and or video output for ios and osx devices which support airplay
what is it that you have problems with you seem to mix the terms -
I used to look my photos in my tv using apple tv, now i can't when i access through apple tv/ computer/ my library photo option is not available, i check home sharing and which photos i'm sharing from my mac/itunes but i still can share photos w/apple tv
Morning JJFH,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If after setting up Home Sharing, you cannot access your shared iTunes library over your home network from your Apple TV, take a look at this article:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
Best of luck,
Mario -
HT4352 Do I have to be connected to an Internet connection before I can use home sharing on apple tv
Do I have to be connected to an Internet connection before I can use home sharing on apple tv
Home sharing requires a network, read resolution 4 on the link, it says a network with active internet connection.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
Regards
Jules -
Apple tv - home sharing and AirPlay not Working.
today i got a apple tv2 and i have the ipod touch 4g and itunes on my laptop, did itunes update 10.3.1 losted my apps and music from itunes but some how back them up. updated my ipod touch to the 4.3.3 and today did the same with my apple tv 4.2.2. the thing is when i open itune and turn on home sharing and do the same on my apple tv, i cant see my music files from itunes or movies and the same if i try it on the ipod apps,cant pick up the apple tv or itunes. i dont no why i cant fix this, been doing this for 8 hours now. can some one help me out??
verify you you set up home sharing correctly:
iOS: Setting up Home Sharing on your device
also see Troubleshooting Home Sharing with Apple TV (2nd generation)
and Troubleshooting Home Sharing -
My Apple TV is slow and disconnects after the latest update (5.1). It seems to effect both home sharing and through the net. Is there a known problem?
Hi Scott.
There is a problem - but Apple have not acknowledged it. Many people on these forums are experiencing the same issue.
To get something done, you should report it here. The more of us that tell Apple about it, the more likely they are to fix it. You could also send a short email headed 'Apple TV update problems' to
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