Home sharing not working? does not register even when it is turned on

Hi, We watched a movie last week and all was fine. Tonight Apple TV wouldn't recognize home sharing turned on on my mac. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

I've had this happen on occasion. Usually restarting the Apple TV, by pulling the power plug and then plugging it back in again, solves the problem. That is of course, if no other changes have taken place on your network or Mac between now and the last time it worked. Let us know how it goes.

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