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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  • HT202213 home sharing does not appear in my library but it is turned on and I am trying to link Apple TV. How do I make this work?

    Any help is appreciated. I'd hate to have to return Apple TV because I can't get it to sync and be forced to use iTunes Match. The Apple ID's are the same and the internet connection works.

    Have you also turned on Home Sharing on your Apple TV?  See "Setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd generation and 3rd generation)", http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4352
    If you have turned it on and it still doesn't work, look at "Troubleshooting Home Sharing", http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972

  • 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 Home Sharing icon does not show up after hitting "done" when following steps to set up homesharing

    After upgrading to new itunes application I attempted to set-up home sharing between my macpro lap top and my imac. Used same apple id on both machines.
    When I turn on home sharing the icon shows up in menu. When I hit "done" icon disappears and there is no way to use home sharing. At no time did I have access to the itunes library in the other machine.

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  • Home sharing icon not showing up.

    I enabled home sharing on my Dell desktop, HP laptop, and my MacBook. The home shring icon isn't showing up on the sidebar on both my Dell and HP. It is showing up on my MacBook, but that doesn't really help because I want to transfer the music from my Dell to the MacBook and HP. I tried the troubleshooting, including downloading the lastest version of iTunes and turning home shoring off then on, but nothing worked. Any ides or suggestions?

    more often than not, this issue is due to network and/or firewall settings. check out these links:
    Troubleshooting security software issues
    Troubleshooting Home Sharing
    and, last but not least, see this discussion concerning bonjour being the culprit.

  • TS2972 On old computer, Home Share Icon not appearing.

    On my old computer, the home share icon doesn't appear at all. Why isn't it showing up? I've done everything in the steps, but this icon doesn't appear.

    Hello there, ajisaacman.
    The following Knowledge Base article offers some great steps for troubleshooting Home Sharing:
    Troubleshooting Home Sharing
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
    Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
    Cheers,
    Pedro.

  • Home Sharing option not appearing

    I cannot see a 'SHARED' folder or Home Sharing option even after authorising homeshare on all 3 computers.  Any ideas why I can't see this and how to get this up?

    Hello there, ajisaacman.
    The following Knowledge Base article offers some great steps for troubleshooting Home Sharing:
    Troubleshooting Home Sharing
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
    Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
    Cheers,
    Pedro.

  • HT202213 Home Sharing not showing in Windows 7

    Hi, trying to set up home sharing. Have followed all the steps in setting it up but icon does not show up in the side bar or drop down menu. Have also gone to file - home sharing - turn on etc ....Any suggestions???

    Howdy Jst Eph Oph,
    It sounds like you have done the appropriate troubleshooting from the proper article for the Home Sharing function not appearing in the File menu of iTunes. I would next verify the version number of iTunes that is opening when you launch iTunes.
    iTunes: How to find which version you are using
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1208
    If it is other than 11.1.3 I would try running software update, or reinstalling iTunes from the download page here:
    http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
    I was also thinking if the software is up to date, and you have re installed it but the version number is still not current, I would check the /Applications folder for mutliple copies of iTunes or launch it from there.
    I would also check for 3rd party plugins that may be interfering with iTunes functions if the verison number is correct.
    iTunes: Troubleshooting issues with third-party iTunes plug-ins
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3430
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    All the very best,
    Sterling

  • HT202213 Have newest version of ITunes and a new AppleTV. ITunes File Home Sharing only shows option to turn off home sharing.  No home sharing icon and Apple TV claims home sharing is not turned on.  Where is this advanced menu?

    Cannot get home sharing to work with my new apple TV.  Have the latest version of ITunes and the apple TV is connected to my wi-fi network.  The instruction page says to go to the Advanced menu option of ITunes and choose Home Sharing.  This option does not exist.  The closest I can find is under the File option>Home Sharing where my only option is to turn off home sharing.  There is no home sharing icon and Apple TV insist that the home sharing is not turned on.
    I must be missing something obvious here.

    Cannot get home sharing to work with my new apple TV.  Have the latest version of ITunes and the apple TV is connected to my wi-fi network.  The instruction page says to go to the Advanced menu option of ITunes and choose Home Sharing.  This option does not exist.  The closest I can find is under the File option>Home Sharing where my only option is to turn off home sharing.  There is no home sharing icon and Apple TV insist that the home sharing is not turned on.
    I must be missing something obvious here.

  • 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

  • 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.

    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.

  • My computers are authorized and home sharing is turned on. Why can I not see the home sharing icon?

    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. 

  • TS2972 My itunes library on my home screen does not appear on another home screen on the same computer when itunes is opened on the other screen/user.  Home Sharing is turned ON.  How do I fix this problem?

    My itunes library on my home screen does not appear on another home screen on the same computer when itunes is opened on the other screen/user.  Home Sharing is turned ON.  How do I fix this problem?

    You'll have to contact the developer about this. Apple doesn't make this app;

  • HT202213 can't find home sharing icon on my imac

    I dont have the home sharing icon to connect up apple tv

    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.

  • HT3819 Home sharing is not activated on my lap top. As message appears like error occurred 3150

    Home sharing can not be activated as error occurred number 3150

    Troubleshooting Home Sharing
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972

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