HT2688 Home sharing with multiple Apple ID's?

I want to use home sharing, but each of my kids has thier own Apple ID so they have to pay for what they donwload.
Since we are a family, each of us should have full access to each others apps and music - inlcuding all the music I ripped from my extensive CD library.
Can apps and music bought on different Apple ID's be transferred to other computers or iPods via home sharing?
We currently have:
2 PC's
1 iPad 2
1 iPhone 4
3 iTouches

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can use your own ID's for the iTunes Store, so that you each have your own account and content, but you need to use the same ID (doesn't matter which) for home sharing on all devices.

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Home sharing with multiple Apple IDs

Hi:
Is it possible to enable homesharing, streaming to the apple TV from multiple computers each with a different Apple ID? How do I switch between each account (on the Apple TV)?
Thanks, Erik

OK, thanks for the replies, maybe I should explain the problem better:
I live in a shared flat, three people, each have his own laptop, iDevices, iTunes account, music, photos, media etc stored on the computer. But we share the TV. Obviously we all want to be able to stream photos, music, video etc. to the TV and rent videos in iTunes.
But each of us using a personal iTunes account - we don't share credit cards! So, when somebody wants to use the TV one has to select the iTunes library/account to connect with, authorize etc. And nobody should be able to highjack the active user or use the last users account and start purchasing.
Is this kind of setup possible? Say, the Apple TV browses the local network available home shares, one select the desired share and on the computer a popup ask to authorize for that session.
Thanks, Erik

HT4557 Home Sharing with multiple Apple IDs

I want to share music with my wife on her iPhone. Her phone is signed in under her own apple ID. Is sharing possible or does she need to be signed in under my ID?

OK, thanks for the replies, maybe I should explain the problem better:
I live in a shared flat, three people, each have his own laptop, iDevices, iTunes account, music, photos, media etc stored on the computer. But we share the TV. Obviously we all want to be able to stream photos, music, video etc. to the TV and rent videos in iTunes.
But each of us using a personal iTunes account - we don't share credit cards! So, when somebody wants to use the TV one has to select the iTunes library/account to connect with, authorize etc. And nobody should be able to highjack the active user or use the last users account and start purchasing.
Is this kind of setup possible? Say, the Apple TV browses the local network available home shares, one select the desired share and on the computer a popup ask to authorize for that session.
Thanks, Erik

Screen ipad doesn't respond during video viewing home sharing with multiple iOS devices simultaneously

A have a problem with the videos app and iTunes home sharing on multiple iOS devices.
This is my setup. On my iMac 2006 with Snow Leopard I have:
- 100+ dvd's ripped in my iTunes movie section
- 600+ episodes ripped in iTunes TV-section in 35 TV-shows
- 1 apple tv, 1 iPad 2, 1 iPad mini
On an average evening my family is watching different tv-shows simultaneously on the apple tv, the ipad, an iphone, and an ipad mini.
This is done through home sharing on the one iTunes library.
All updated apps, software etc..
What happens on the ipads, after viewing for more than 10 minutes, the user interface doesn't show up when tapping the screen. The touchscreen doesn't respond, only the home button works. Clicking the home button closes the app, but the sound of the video keeps on playing. Opening up the videos app again gives a black screen with sound still playing and still no button or UI.
The only workaround which currently works is killing the videos app. Power off the ipad and power on again, reconnect to the shared library, wait until it has found all the content (1+ minutes) and startup the tv show again.
All in all, a nasty way to pause your viewing or switching to another movie of tv episode, or even wanting to finish viewing.
The problem has haunted me for a year now, patiently waiting and hoping software-updates would fix it. They didn't.
A fix would obviously hugely improve my user experience, getting it on par with Apples usual quality of service.
Anyone familiar with this problem? Apple: is it possible to fix it in an update?

Same here for over a year now.
You cant imagine how happy i am that im not the only one with this problem.
many of frinds have the same setup as me (ipad 2, 27"imac, express, apple tv 2)
No problem
I had the problem on Snow Leopard, lion and now on mountain lion.
I'am also starting to get a new problem - sometimes when waching a movie on iPad or ATV it just quits the movie and you have to start it again
on the iPad most of the time it also shows the wrong cover art. I tried all the hints here, and i works for a day or two then its wrong again
I store my itunes library on an external drive - you ???

Can't access home sharing with current Apple ID info

I can't access Home Sharing with my current Apple ID info. But I can access the discussions forum with my current Apple ID info though. This is very strange. Anyone having this problem? I tried turning on the Home Sharing function in the iTunes Advanced menu, but to no avail because it won't accept my current Apple ID info. I have the ATV2 model.
Message was edited by: Charles Swaim

My ATV 2 can get view movies from Netflix and Youtube without a problem, but when there's a need to use my Apple ID for the Home Sharing function -- from either my Mac or the ATV 2 -- it won't work. It's weird how my Apple ID can access this discussion group without a problem, but can't engage the Home Sharing. I'll see if there's another update available for the ATV 2. Hopefully that might help. Many thanks for trying to help.

No home sharing with out Apple have your credit card !!!!!!!!!

Is there soneone out there - that know how to enable home sharing - with out give up your credit card information to Apple !!!!!
This goes for the Apple ID - that need to "setup" (read give more money to Apple) - and wants your credit card info to complete
and it seem like if your skip that part in the Apple ID part - your can not use Home sharing

Thanks, for telling us how to get an Apple ID without a credit card [sarcasm].
I found out be someone other than an Apple employee how to get an Apple ID without using a credit card...
You register for the Apple ID by going through your iTunes application instead of going straight to the internet via a browser. There will be a "NONE" icon to click, right next to the credit cards and Pay Pal icons, on the credit card page of the registration. That's how I FINALLY was able to get my Apple ID so I can use Home Sharing for my AppleTV.
Just to show how cheap the reply was to my question above [via Slash_Gordon/the account that won't allow me into the Apps Store, and won't give me a workable Apple ID for Home Sharing]... Apple sent me a cheap reply today, leading me to this useless conversation thread which had no answer to my problem, which now has the answer in this comment>>
Go to the iTunes Store through your iTunes application [not your internet browser] > Click on "App Store" at top of page > Click on "Sign In" > A small window opens > Click on "Create Apple ID" > another page will appear in the iTunes application > Click on "Continue" > Agree to their "Terms and Conditions" by checking the "agree" square > Then click on "Agree" > Fill out all the "Provide Apple ID Details" on the next page > Then click on the "NONE" on the credit card/PayPal page and fill out the rest below... not the credit card info, though... finish up. That "NONE" icon is the key, which doesn't appear when we try to register via an internet browser.
It seems, Apple is purposely being vague so they can get credit card info. I wish they would prove it isn't true by actually giving me the needed info in my email, instead of leading me to a converstion thread which had no solution to the problem. They should have a Support page giving the solution... of course, they'll say they do have one, and really don't. Well, now you have the solution right here, thanks to someone that gave me the solution when I Googled long enough for it.

Home Sharing with Multiple PCs and Apple IDs

My wife and I both have our own computers with our own Itunes, Apple IDs, and Itouches. Since we obviously share a bank account we want to be able to share the music that we by from the Itunes store with each other. If we both want a song there is no reason we should both have to pay for it. I have used my apple id to authorize home sharing, but I am still at a loss about how to have the music shared and such. Can anyone break this down crayola style for me so that I can get this up and working for us?
Thanks in advance!

My iphone 5s = apple id 1
Husband iphone 4s = apple id 2
My ipad = apple id 3
Son #1 ipad mini = apple id 4
Son #2 ipad mini = apple id 5
For iCloud.. Not quite, you want the same ID for iCloud on your phone and iPad so you have the same info on each. (so perhaps ID 1 on both.
But if you want to share your music (assuming lets say its your ID 1 that has the iTunes account), you should all use ID 1 for iTunes.

HT202213 home sharing with multiple itunes accounts

In our household we have three seperate itunes accounts (Husband) (Wife) (Kids). We each have our own user on the Home PC (Win XP) and we each have a laptops (3 Win-8). Then we have multiple apple devices (3) iPhones, (4) iPods, (2) iPod touch, (2) iPads. I would like to be able to share music and apps purchased on the individual accounts accross all the devices. I have the home share setting but do not know how to link the accounts.

I've been trying to thing what might be different about my set up versus yours in case (which may be likely) you are correct and your wife's library is authorised and plays your content in her iTunes application.
I deliberately chose my wife's music to check my set up because she pays for her own iTunes account, whereas my children have their own accounts but I give them an allowance and send them gift vouchers from my account (which I thought might just be relevant). I later realised that my wife's library is also on our homesharing ID (which again might have been relevant), so I've now tried it with my youngests purchased and protected content because his library is using our homesharing ID.
I'll keep thinking.

Home Sharing with multiple iTunes accounts

I have set up Home Sharing between our iMac and our AppleTV2 using my wife's Apple ID. The AppleTV sees my wife's iTunes library and plays music from it. However, my wife has songs in her library purchased under both her iTunes account and my iTunes account. Our computer is authorized for both accounts, and all the music plays fine on the computer. However, when AppleTV tries to play a song purchased under my account, it puts up a message that says "Authorization is required" to play that song. Is there any way to get AppleTV to play music purchased under both iTunes accounts? As it is, Home Sharing is useless because anytime it encounters a song purchased under my account, it stops playing music. I would even be happy if it would just skip songs it can't play, as long as it would continue on to the next song that could be played.

I've been trying to thing what might be different about my set up versus yours in case (which may be likely) you are correct and your wife's library is authorised and plays your content in her iTunes application.
I deliberately chose my wife's music to check my set up because she pays for her own iTunes account, whereas my children have their own accounts but I give them an allowance and send them gift vouchers from my account (which I thought might just be relevant). I later realised that my wife's library is also on our homesharing ID (which again might have been relevant), so I've now tried it with my youngests purchased and protected content because his library is using our homesharing ID.
I'll keep thinking.

Home Sharing with different Apple IDs

Hello,
My wife and I have separate apple IDs and separate user accounts on our MAC. We have it set up this way because we each have our own iphones and don't want to be syncing each other's stuff (music, photos, apps) with icloud. Of course, sometimes you want to share music with each other. Home sharing makes it easy when you use the same apple id but we have separate accounts. I can play her songs using Home Sharing but I can't drag and drop the files into my library--which I assume is because of the different IDs. So my question is there an easy way for me to "copy" or "move" songs she has purchased to my music library? Any suggestions for the best way to keep things separate but still be able to share easily? Thanks!!! Matt

You need to use the same Apple ID on each device on your home network.

Home sharing with multiple accounts- trouble shooting question

I am currently having issues with the Home Sharing function. We all have seperate accounts but log on and are about to share music etc. but when logging on my work phone it sometimes saves my husbands apple id to my phone. In the setting it has the correct apple id but when I go to update apps it prompts me for his apple id password. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciate.

I've been trying to thing what might be different about my set up versus yours in case (which may be likely) you are correct and your wife's library is authorised and plays your content in her iTunes application.
I deliberately chose my wife's music to check my set up because she pays for her own iTunes account, whereas my children have their own accounts but I give them an allowance and send them gift vouchers from my account (which I thought might just be relevant). I later realised that my wife's library is also on our homesharing ID (which again might have been relevant), so I've now tried it with my youngests purchased and protected content because his library is using our homesharing ID.
I'll keep thinking.

Home Sharing with multiple routers?

Hello,
I have a TimeCapsule set up to provide Wired and wireless internet to my Macs and AppleTVs. The problem with the TimeCapsule is that it doesn't do very good logging, which I need for a home automation application, so I have a Linksys router (running Tomato) attached to it that provides wireless internet for a couple of iPhones.
The problem is that my TimeCapsule network has addresses of 192.168.1.x and the iPhones get addresses of 192.168.2.x. Everyone connects fine to the internet and the iPhones can see the things on the 192.168.1.x network such as my iTunes Mac's website... but they cannot see the AppleTVs and iTunes HomeShares.
What's the best way to maintain these two networks, but get the iPhones able to use Home Sharing?
Thanks!

I've been trying to thing what might be different about my set up versus yours in case (which may be likely) you are correct and your wife's library is authorised and plays your content in her iTunes application.
I deliberately chose my wife's music to check my set up because she pays for her own iTunes account, whereas my children have their own accounts but I give them an allowance and send them gift vouchers from my account (which I thought might just be relevant). I later realised that my wife's library is also on our homesharing ID (which again might have been relevant), so I've now tried it with my youngests purchased and protected content because his library is using our homesharing ID.
I'll keep thinking.

Family sharing with multiple apple ids

Just a question about family sharing. My husband and I have decided to have separate apple ids but family sharing allows us to share purchases but does this also include iCloud storage or do we each have 5GB. Also if we do this route with our son what happens to his purchases we've approved when he decides he doesn't want to be on family sharing when he's 18.

Hi Nat8506,
Happy Holidays! I've included complete information for Family Sharing below, but to answer your specific questions:
Each Apple ID has it's own 5 GB of iCloud Storage
Once you son turns 18, if he decides to leave the Family Sharing, any purchases made with his Apple ID will remain his and no longer available to the family.
Family Sharing - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201060
Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201081
What happens to your content when you stop sharing?
When you leave Family Sharing, your Apple ID is removed from the family group, and you stop sharing music, movies, TV shows, books, and apps with any remaining family members. In addition, any photos, calendars, and reminders shared by the family group will be removed from your devices. If you chose to share your location, you'll stop sharing your location with other family members, and your devices will be removed from the family Find My iPhone device list.
Any content that your family shared with you isn't automatically removed from your device. You can purchase it again or remove it to free up space on your device. If you downloaded an app from a family member’s purchase history and made In-App Purchases, you'll need to purchase the app yourself to access your In-App Purchases.
Any DRM-protected music, movies, TV shows, books, or apps that you previously downloaded from other family member's collections will no longer be usable, and other family members won't be able to use content downloaded from your collection. Learn more about Digital Rights Management (DRM) in iTunes for Mac or iTunes for Windows.
You'll keep any purchases you initiated while part of the family group. However, if the organizer was paying for your iCloud storage or any other ongoing subscriptions, you'll need to start paying for them yourself using a valid payment method on your account. Learn how to add a credit or debit card to your iTunes Store account.
Cheers,
Judy

TS2972 keep getting an error when i try to use home shared with my apple ty 2nd gen

home sharing error it wont connect

Hello mjlamonea
If the update had an error, then check out the article below to restore your iPhone. It will walk you through putting your iPhone into recovery mode and then using iTunes on your computer to restore it. If you have a back up through iTunes or iCloud, then your can put that back up back on after you have completed the restore.
If you can't update or restore your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Regards,
-Norm G.

Home Sharing with multiple libraries on same computer?

I'm a total Apple noob, but I couldn't find the answer through search so here goes:
Setup:
1 Desktop PC with XP running iTunes 10.2
1 user account, but two libraries - 1 for my wife and 1 for me (maybe more later)
1 iPod Classic for wife
1 iPad2 for me - it's coming in the mail soon, I hope!
Goal:
Home share from iPad2 with either library over wifi network
Issue:
iPad isn't here so I haven't tried this, but I understand iTunes has to be running for homesharing to work. If that's true, I'm worried, the iPad2 will only see the open library and not all the libraries on the computer. All the tutorials I've seen show only one library per computer, but that's not my setup.
Will this work for us?
Thanks
RD
P.S. Also looking on way to share playlists between libraries on the same computer. Any links on how to do this?

+.... iTunes has to be running for homesharing to work. If that's true, I'm worried, the iPad2 will only see the open library...+
Yes, that's the way it's going to be. Only one user can have itunes running on windows. If a 2nd user tries to launch itunes there will be an error message saying another user is already running it. Quite the pain. itunes doesn't work with windows fast user switching.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1969
Macs are different, and every user can have their own itunes library running at once.

HT2688 Home sharing with multiple Apple ID's?

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