Home sharing icon will come up, show as downloading, then go away

I can't seem to download my new library onto my new computer. I've troubleshooted and all of that, and did manage to get the icon to come up, but when it I click on it, it says it's loading the library, only to disappear shorly after. Anyone have any suggestions?

Hey swooton
If Home Sharing is acting up, check out the following article to assist with resolving the issue.
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

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I have a similar question to the one Brendan posted a day or two ago. My wife's MacBook Pro will find my library for home sharing, but my ACER will not even display the home sharing icon. Home sharing on, latest version on iTunes.

I want to get some music from my wife's MacBook Pro via Home Sharing. We both have Home Sharing turned on. Her's displays the Home Sharing icon, and recognizes my library. My ACER will not display the Home Sharing icon, and I cannot access her library. I have verified I have the latest version of iTunes, I have turned Home Sharing off and on again, and still no icon.

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In my house, we've been using home sharing between a PC (Windows 7), a Mac (OS X 10.8.2), and two iPad 2s with no issues for several months. It was working as recently as 23 Dec 12. Now, two days later, it is not working on the PC or the Mac, but it is still working on the iPads. When we turn home sharing on, the home sharing icon shows in the sidebar, but as soon as we put in the login and password and click "Done," the home sharing icon disappears. The Mac and PC are linked up, as we can see the shared library in the "Finder" on the Mac, but it is inaccessible from iTunes.
We've tried all the trouble-shooting we can find online, including disabling the IPv6 on the PC, but still nothing. Any suggestions to get this working again would be appreciated!

Rich Rydalch wrote:
Wannabee;
Don't give up too soon.
How do you access the HD from both Mac and PC?
I do this but only by network not direct hookup.
If you are plugging the HD into one or the other I may have a solution for you.
I have all my photos in folders organized the way I want them.
Then I set iPhoto to NOT import the files when I add them.
Preferences > Advanced > make sure the selection of "Importing: Copy items to the iPhoto Library" is not selected.
That way the photos (files) will stay where you put them and the data in iPhoto will still organize and do it's thing on them.
And if you modify a photo with say Photoshop the new file seems to automatically update in the preview of iPhoto.
Works great for me.
Here is what I have been doing...
1. When I got my MAC, I copied all of my pictures from my PC onto a portable HD (WD passport).
2. Then I attached it to the MAC and used iPhoto.
3. I added new photos only to the passport HD and edited them in iPhoto.
What I was _planning / hoping_ to do is move those photos back to the PC for use in other applcations. But apparently the editted photos aren't on the HD anyway, but on the MAC (in the iPhoto library.)
But I understand that using a referenced library is not a great idea.
(Also, initially I did copy some photos into iPhoto and apparently having a both managed AND a referenced set of files is DOUBLY bad!)
So what I need to do now is fix whatever I "broke" and get a plan to go forward!

I SET UP THE HOME SHARING ON MY COMPUTER, AND i CAN STREAM MY PHOTOS AND SEE ALL THE VIDEOS AND LISTEN SONGS IN MY ITUNES, BUT CAN NOT DO HOME SHARING, ON THE TV, ALWAYS SHOWS "TURN ON HOME SHARING ON YOUR OMPUTER WITH YOUR ID WHICH I DID BUT NOTHING HELP

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I have found with AppleTV that it is the IPV6 on the computer you want to access is the problem. The issue is that Homegroup on Win 7 or Win 8 requires IPV6 to work, but AppleTV won't work with IPV6. (So maybe double check you have IPV6 turned off)
So you have to make a choice - Homegroup or AppleTV.... but you can't have both, until Apple brings ATV up to date. (crazy that it does not recognise IPV6 - c'mon Apple!)
You can set up sharing individually in Win 7 or 8 and have the ATV access files that way.
Having said that, there is always the exception.. I have an old HP home server running Win8 and it services ATV - but is part of the Homegroup... have no idea why it works on both, but no other machine on the home network will talk to both ATV and Homegroup at the same time!

HT202213 There is NO Home Sharing ICON?!

I just installed the latest version of iTunes on both of my computers, and setup/turned on Home Sharing on both of them. I also signed them both into the iTunes store. I cannot share anything! The tutorial says to open iTunes, and click on the Home Sharing icon on the left of the screen. I do NOT have an Icon, or anything that references Home Sharing. My only option is to turn it on/off, and is fun for awhile, it quickly gets boring. Being able to easily setup and share music between my computers would be much nicer!

Read this article for steps to enable Airplay from iPad to Apple Tv
Using AirPlay
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4437

Home sharing icon not visible

I have two computers in my home and i am trying to share files between the two. but when i try to use home sharing it doesn't work. home sharing is on and it has the look for shared libraries checked and everything but the home sharing icon on the left side bar isn't visible. help!

the following is for iTunes 9 but, except the colors, applies to iTunes 10 too:
what you want to see in iTunes is this (view from my MBP's iTunes seeing the library on my Mini)
if you then click on the house icon, it will change to this and the shared library will load. at that point, two buttons will appear in the lower right corner of the iTunes window, being settings and import
now you should be able to import any content from any shared library by selecting the content and clicking on import.
if the icon looks like this , home sharing has not been set up correctly.
in order for home sharing to work
(a) iTunes on all machines must be authorized for the same iTunes store account
(b) all machines must be on the same network
(c) all machines must have access to the internet.
if none of the above makes a difference, try turning home sharing off on all computers, then turning it back on.
these reads will be useful: one and two.
JGG

HT202213 The screen displayed on the instructions for home sharing described as being found on the left side of iTunes isn't visible on the new iTunes page?? Where do i find that screen i.e., how do I fine the home sharing icon on the new iTunes page?

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ontthe top menu
View > Show sidebar
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Look in Settings > Music > Home Sharing. What is required is your Apple ID.
Home Sharing must also be turned on in iTunes on your computer (File Menu > Home Sharing) and iTunes must be running.
See here: https://www.apple.com/support/homesharing/

I have activated home sharing but it's not showing up in my iOS devices

I have iTunes 10.4.1 and iOS 4.3.5 on my ipod touch and I have activated home sharing but it's not showing up in my iOS devices. I don't know what i'm doing wrong.
My firewall is allowing iTunes. I even disabled it and see if that would work, and it didnt.

I've heard on older versions that you need to disable home sharing, then turn it back on but there's a trick, DO NOT HIT THE DONE BUTTON! when you click DONE it actually closes sharing. after you enter your username and password and hit enter, just go and click on your music folder on the left.
This seems to be the fix for many.
Word of caution - don't upgrade to iTunes 10.5 - it's breaks home sharing.

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Welcome to the Apple community.
There is no homesharing icon in iTunes, instead you set up homesharing from the homesharing option in the advanced menu of iTunes.

Home Sharing Icon Dissapearing

I log into home sharing on my mac and my windows pc and then when I click done the home sharing symbol goes away and i cannot view or open my shared libraries, I've already checked the network, the home sharing button in preferences and everything. Can someone help me answer why the home sharing icon keeps dissapearing?? Thanks!!

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Can't see the Home Sharing Icon

I can't see the home sharing icon on the left hand itunes menu despite having activated the home share in the advanced settings tab. Can anyone help?

Hey I had the same problem,
Thanks to you I found it.
It's not supposed to be there, once you activate it it goes away.
If you want to see it, go to the advanced tab, click turn it off, then turn it back on, but don't say DONE on the last step or it hides it.
If you go to other computers or laptops it should probablly be there if that's how you configured it...
hopefully that helps, (:

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my computers are authorized and home sharing is turned on...why can I not see the home sharing icon to troubleshoot and import libraries?

Hello jfromlea,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
You can use the following article to troubleshoot your Home Sharing issues:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
Regards,
Jeff D.

HT202213 home sharing icon not appearing

Although my home sharing in my apple tv was working up until we had problems with our internet (now fixed), I am now having problems! Although it says turn on home sharing there is no icon in my itunes library to turn on!

If the Home Sharing icon is not visible, choose Advanced > Turn On Home Sharing from the menu bar. (You can disable or enable Home Sharing for your computer using the Advanced menu.)
Note: After enabling Home Sharing, the Home icon representing your computer is no longer visible.

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