HT202213 home sharing error 5506

I am trying to transfer my itunes library from old pc to new laptop and when i turned on the home sharing on laptop error 5506 popped up....any ideas?

Have you looked here:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
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How do I resolve home sharing error -5506?

How do I resolve home sharing error -5506?

Hi dtuzz,
If you having issues activating Home Sharing you may want to take a look at this article for assistance troubleshooting -
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

Home Sharing - error 5506

I have tried to activate Home Sharing as I want to transfer music from Cds loaded to Itunes on my desk top to my Kindle Fire. When I try to activate Home Sharing I get the message "Home sharing could not be activated because an error occurred (5506)" What am I doing wrong?
Barry
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So I've got two things to add:
1. When I try to set up Home Share on my laptop (itunes) it gives me the 5506 error. When I try to set up Home Share from my Apple TV, it says my password is incorrect or my apple ID was not found. I've checked/re-entered it 3 times, so I'm pretty sure this is some problem on Apple's end.
2. I am able to play my music to my apple TV from itunes on my laptop. In the lower right there is a little rectangle that says "My Computer." It is actually a dropdown menu to choose an output - I can choose My Computer, Apple TV, or both, and it will play out of my TV.
I realize that neither of these are solutions but at least I can have music going in my living room which was the point. Hopefully this gets fixed soon!

HT3819 Home Sharing Error 5506

I am clicking to activate Home Sharing, but it is coming up that there is a problem (5506). Does anybody know what I should do?

If you don't have a credit card, you can create an iTune and App Store account without credit card details. See steps below.
1. Sign out of current Apple ID if you are sign-in to one (important)
2. Go to App Store and select a free app
3. Tap INSTALL APP
4. Create New Apple ID
5. Confirm Your Country
6. Agree with Terms and Conditions
7. Fill in your Apple ID and Password (you must create a new Apple ID; don't use your old Apple ID)
8. Create and answer your secret question
9. Select NONE for Payment Method
10. Fill in Billing Address
11. Submit application for new Apple ID
12. Wait for verification email
13. When email arrive, verify your account
14. Start downloading your free apps

Can't enter my Apple ID in iTunes to turn on Home Charing (error 5506)

Can't enter my Apple ID in iTunes to turn on Home Charing (error 5506)

Here is what I did:
1. Deauthorized my computer in iTunes.
2. Authorized my iTunes
3. Turned on file sharing.
4. Received error message 5599.
5. Kept clicking "Share" button as fast as I could.
6. After about 20 tries it finally just "worked".

How do I resolve home sharing error -3259?

How do I resolve home sharing error -3259?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
This alert is often the result of iTunes being blocked by firewalls on the computer.
Update to the latest version of iTunes.
Try turning off your Firewall to see if the issue is resolved (this includes the built-in Firewall or a third-party Firewall such as Norton Personal Firewall, McAfee, Symantec, etc.). See iTunes: Music Sharing does not work if Firewall is on for steps if using Mac OS X.
If there's no firewall or security software interference, try to remove proxy settings.

5599 Home Sharing Error - how do I fix it?

5599 Home Sharing Error - how do I fix it?

Hey there Doug,
If you are still getting this error code when trying to use Home Sharing, I would recommend the troubleshooting steps 4-8 from the following article, named:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

HT202213 What is error 5506 and how do I fix it?

I am trying to set up Home Sharing, but keep getting error 5506. What is this error and how do I fix it? Thanks.

By itself, the question has nothing to do with
any Apple Support Community topic, so far.
Could you tell visitors some information about your Apple device, the OS (X?)
and the web browser version in use? Is the browser up-to-date? Have you
tried a different web browser to access the site, to see if that'd work? There
may be settings, certificates, or other details in your software, or on that site.
{Is your computer an older PowerPC G3/G4 or G5? This area concerns these
models of older iMac build architecture; or so the general expectation goes...}
Good luck & happy computing!

HT202213 What is error 5506?

I caqnnot initiate home sharing, I get the error code 5506...

This discussion thread may help
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15392476#15392476

HT202213 Home sharing problem: I have never set up home sharing but I feel I understand it. I recently (last 2 months or so) deauthorized, first time ever, all computers with my iTunes account. I am trying to set up home sharing but get iTunes says "You

Home sharing problem: I have never set up home sharing but I feel I the concept and how it works. I recently (last 2 months or so) deauthorized, first time ever, all computers with my iTunes account. I have 3 computers authorized. I am trying to set up home sharing but get iTunes says:
"Home Sharing could not be activated because this computer is not authorized for the Apple Id "#########@###.com". Would you like to authorize now?" I click "authorize" and get the next error " You cannont authorize more than 5 computers. You have already authorized 5 computers with this Apple ID. To authorize this computer you must first deauthorize one of the other computers."
Can someone help or shed more light on my problem?
Thanks,
Richard

Home Sharing is designed to work on your local network not across the internet/cloud.
Stuff is accessed under the Computers column where your local iTunes library on a local computer would appear.
Home Sharing would share your iTunes content (i.e. stuff stored in itunes on the computer, not in the cloud) with AppleTV or an iPad etc on the SAME network.
AppleTV2 will not be able to see itunes content on the work computer over the internet. It's not designed to. if the work computer was on the home network it would.
iCloud is in it's infancy and is not a mature product - iTunes TV Show purchases appear on AppleTV, but currently music does not unless you are subscribed to iTunes Match. I find this rather odd to be honest, along with the inability to buy music on AppleTV2. Movies purchased in iTunes are not authorised for iCloud viewing currently either.
Maybe it has something to do with iTunes Match 'getting in the way' - i think they assume you'll use that whereas you really want to be able to access Purchased music from the cloud without subscribing to itunes Match which is overkill for some.
AC

Home sharing error

i've just got a new windows laptop, i did have a mac before, i did get a laptop with a faulty speaker, transfered all my itunes across using home sharing then the speaker stopped working so they exchanged it, now i'm back to square one, but this time round i got all my music across to the new windows started on the films but now when i turn on home sharing i get an error message which is (5510) i have plugged in my iphone and my ipod and it has asked if i want to transfer my purchases across which i clicked yes, but it won't do it. any help will be great.
Kim

You guys are not alone here. I have a win vista that does not want to activate home sharing. The problem is that I have two other vistas and one xp that work fine. I contacted support but it was no help, the person who replied couldn't give me any info on error 5510. I'm going to wait to see if the next update will fix this. If anyone know how to get rid of this error and make home sharing work, please be kind and post
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Home sharing error 5599

Hi,
can anyone help on this, i have just had to reset my brothers Apple tv 2nd Gen (model no A1427), because of a problem with movie genres disappearing...and i now get the error message of 5599 when trying to setup home sharing on win xp machine...I have the latest version of iTunes, the apple tv os is v7.0.2...I have tried resetting his iTunes password, de-authorising his iTunes collection, then reauthorising it, rebooting his router and have to say am unsure what to do next...
any ideas...

did https://www.google.dk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF- 8#q=xp%20itunes%20homesharing%20error%205599
found http://www.likely-answer.com/27477690/Home-Sharing-Not-Activated-Error-5599

Windows 7, Home Sharing error 3253

I just bought Apple TV Model MD 199E/A SW level 5.1.1(5433).
I'm trying to activa the home sharing function on my PC (Gateway with Windows 7 Home Premium Serv Pack 1), so thatI can start using the Apple TV gadget & can not get past error code -3253 while attempting to activate the fucntion.
The info thatI pretend to share is in a Time Capsule 802.11n 4th generation vers 7.6.1
What do I need to do??
Thanks for your help

I was able to resolve my issue. Here's how:
Did a lot of research on this. I have a Linksys WRT120N router where the only device not on Wifi was my Windows 7 PC (it was plugged in with an Ethernet cable while everything else was on Wifi). Having fiddled with the router settings to no avail, I went out and bought a Wireless USB adapter to put the Windows 7 PC on Wifi.
When I set that up, I could now see my Windows 7 library on the Apple TVs. However, when I went into the library, it was stuck on "Loading Library" in perpetuity.
I looked in my list of Windows services running (Start -> Control Panel -> Search for "Services") and noticed that, even though I disabled the Windows Firewall in the System and Security settings, the Windows Firewall service was still running. I disabled the service (right click -> properties) and restarted the computer. Voila, it works now.
It is possible that the problem was the Windows Firewall service (not the Wireless), but I've read countless posts where people had issues with the devices being on wired and Wifi and not seeing each other. As such, I haven't (and don't plan to) tested it back with just the Ethernet cable. If you're having my issue, you can try that first.
I should also note that when this wasn't working, I was also unable to use my iPhone to pair as a remote with iTunes. It would pair but the iPhone would be stuck in "Looking for" when I tried to control the library. This is now also fixed after doing the above.
Hope this helps anyone else frustrated out there.

Home sharing error -9843

when i try to import from my imac to macbookpro using home sharing i get error -9843. what is this and how do i fix it?

Same here :-(
Upgraded Itunes and ATV2 and when trying to create Home Share connection in Itunes was initially getting incorrect password (which it was wasn't) and now the 12004 error.

ITunes 9 Home Sharing Error (-42408)

I have a MacBook Pro 17" 2.16GHz, Core Duo, Snow Leapord, iTunes 9.2 that I am trying to turn on Home Sharing.
Although I can authorize the MBP, when I try to activate Home Sharing, I get an iTunes Store error (-42408).
I NEED to use iTunes 9 because it is the last version of iTunes that will display non-square podcast imbeded images properly - full screen without letterboxing to a square display.
The reason I need Home Sharing turned on is so I can play videos residing on the MBP on an iPad v1 iOS5.
Can anyone tell me why I am getting this error and what (if anything) I can do to get Home Sharing turned on?
TIA

OK, I think I just found a clue to my problem.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4557
Seems that at this time, I need iTunes 10.2 to Home Share with iOS 5+ devices, even though it is an available option in iTunes 9.2, it no longer works with the iTunes Store.
Sigh....

HT202213 home sharing error 5506

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