Home Sharing on Apple TV - Stupid Fix.

Here is the stupidest fix I have ever come accross.
I have two MacBook Pro 13" i5s, a 17" i5, a Mac Mini Server i5, and a 27" iMac i5. I use the Mac Mini and iMac for my iTunes Home Sharing. I have three Apple TVs version 2 running 6.1.1 @ 720P and two Apple TVs version 3 running 6.1.1 @ 1080P.
For some reason after a clean install of the iMac to Mavericks 10.9.2 and all security updates including iTunes to 11.1.5 (5) my Apple TVs would not see the Home Sharing of my iMac.
I reset everything. Airport Extremes, Time Capsules, Routing Information. Factory Default Apple TVs... you name it. I setup iTunes on all my MacBooks. No problems. Everything worked. Could not get to iMac.
I repeadely went to iTunes - Preferences - Sharing - Home Sharing (On/Off). Authorised the iMac with my account and de-authorized several times. Nothing made sense.
I noticed an Apple article that stated "iTunes - File - Home Sharing - Turn On". I thought, "Well, what do I have to lose?"...
It worked! Going through Preferences DID NOT WORK, but through the File Menu... everything works.
Just though I would put this up here to save someone else, maybe.

I need to read slower. I was in the Apple TV and it is a simple On/Off so I assumed, wrongly, that the check box was a Home Sharing On/Off in iTunes as well. Not just a play count, my bad.
My asumption may have been wrong, but...
Honestly though, I would have to say that not having a Home Sharing activation within the "Sharing" panel is kind of a Microsoft maneuver. I mean, really? Why the "File" menu? Lol.
Even placing it under "Advanced" would seem as though you're trying to hide a feature which is needed for the 20 million Apple TVs out there today.
Just my opinion.

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