How do I import a playlist on home sharing? I get the songs, but not packaged in the playlist from which it was imported.

How do I import a playlist on home sharing? I get the songs, but not packaged in the playlist from which they were imported. Now I have duplicate songs in my music library.

You can't import media from one Home Sharing library to another by any other means except selecting the individual items you want to import. For example, you can't select a playlist and then click on the 'Import' button to import all the items in that playlist. You have to select all the items in the playlist before you can click on the 'Import' button. By extension, the playlist on the other Home Sharing computer will not be re-created on your computer. You can select more than one item using the 'Shift' or 'Command' keys.
What you can do is create a playlist on your computer first, with the same name if you want, and then use drag and drop to copy the media from the remote playlist to your playlist. Note that the playlist on your computer cannot be a 'Smart' playlist it must be a regular playlist for drag and drop copying to work.
Regarding 'Smart' playlists. If you create a 'Smart' playlist on your computer that uses the exact same filtres as the ones on the remote library when you import the media from the remote library they will show up in the same 'Smart' playlist on your computer.

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Try logging out to your iTunes account then log back in.

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You need to authorise the computer you sync with your wife's Apple ID. Then you can copy the app from her itunes to your own by using home sharing
Understanding home sharing
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On our Mac we have 3 different user accounts. Among the three, home sharing seems to work for two of them, but not three. For example, if I'm logged into User A's account, I'm able to access the library for users B & C. However, B & C are able to see user A's library, but items do not play or transfer. B & C can use each other's shared libraries without a problem.
Previously, all three users could use the other's libraries. I've done the obvious: restarted the computer, made sure sharing was turned on on all 3 accounts and synced the Apple ID and password on all three iTunes so that they're runing on the same Apple ID account.
The error I get when trying to transfer songs from A to either B or C is: "There was a problem downloading "[song name]". The URL "" could not be found on the server."
We're using iTunes 9.0.2.
Thanks all in advance

click here to learn "how to share music between different accounts on a single computer" and this read about iTunes 9: Understanding Home Sharing
any help ?
edited by the Jolly Green Giant (where Green stands for environmentally friendly)

Problem with Home Sharing. Getting the error "The Requested URL was not Found on this Server"

I recently purchased an iPhone 5. As I do with all of my AppleTVs, iPads, iPods and an iPhone 4 in my home, I connected the 5 to my home network and accessed the shared video library using home sharing. My iTunes library is roughly 85% iTunes purchases, a handful of videos taken with iOS devices, and some video ripped with Handbrake. All of these videos work fine on all devices in my home except my new iPhone 5. When I access the shared video library on my iPhone 5, all of the textual data for all of the videos appears, however, I can only get the iPhone to play 1 video of the dozens in my iTunes library. When I try to play any other, I get the error, "The Requested URL was not Found on this Server."
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I'm using the latest version of iTunes (10.7) on my home (iMac) computer (running OSX 10.8.2- Mountain Lion)and of course iOS 6 on the iPhone 5. I've tried resetting my iPhone several times as well as restarting my iMac which holds my iTunes library.
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Can you see if you can view index page from a browser on iPhone.
Have you seen live streams working from a different computer...
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Do the old "forget this network" while on your home wifi, then reconnect to it. If that doesn't fix it, it's prob a router/internet issue at your home. Would need some more info to help futher troubleshoot.

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I'm transferring music from my old computer (PC) to my new one (MacBook Pro) and I can see my Mac's library on my PC but not vice versa. Help?

Hi Dexterfreak95,
It sounds like you got a good start to Home Sharing as you have it one direction.
I would suggest the steps in this article next.
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
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Nubz

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Hello
My Apple TV (2nd gen) will only detect my Macbook Pro on Home Sharing. I have two iPads (1st gen and iPad Mini) both updated to the latest iOS but they just wont show up on apple TV home sharing.
Any thoughts?
The software on all devices is up to date, and all devices are connected to the same network.

Your first generation iPad is only capable of basic AirPlay, instruction for basic AirPlay are:
Assuming both devices are on the same network and that AirPlay is not turned off on the Apple TV, then simply tap on the screen when you are watching content you wish to stream to your Apple TV, then tap the airplay icon that appears in the control bar, choose the Apple TV from the menu that appears.
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You can download and install iStumbler (NetStumbler for windows users) to help you see which channels are used by neighbouring networks so that you can avoid them, but iStumbler will not see household items.
Refer to your router manual for instructions on changing your wifi channel or adjusting your multicast rate.
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Home sharing works with one account but not another?

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Try resetting the Apple TV. enter your mother's ID again. Then remove her ID on iTunes and re-add it. Then see if it works this time.

I moved some songs from one computer to another with home sharing and now these songs will not play on iTunes on the second computer.

What can I do without redownloading the songs, since I don't have access to the first computer right now?

Does it give a reason for why they won't play, or is that a secret?
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Click on Purchased on the right side under Quick Links.
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I can not find my playlists on apple tv. How can I use my playlists from itunes on apple tv ?

Hey luisathome,
Thanks for the question. The following resource outlines how to setup Home Sharing between your Apple TV and computer:
iTunes 11 for Mac: Play items in your iTunes library using Apple TV (2nd generation or later)
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12153
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I would like to get same answer. I read other instruction with exporting importing playlist as xml.
Think is when I export my playlist on Desktop from ipod -> when I try to import the msame file in itunes libary he shows "Some of the songs in the file "playlist.xml" were not imported because they could not be found.
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Hi Willowmet1,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You can use these steps to delete a playlist from an iPod nano (7th generation):
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How do I make one account's home folder visible to the other?

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to remove:
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directory with the ones I want to share it with.
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