I cant connect to Home Sharing

I have an iphone running ios 6 and a mac with osx lion. They both have home sharing but I cant see my playlist on my iphone. Please help!

This may not be right but don't you have to sync the playlist to the iphone not just expect to see it over wifi. Otherwise when you leave your house it would not be there...

Similar Messages

  • HT4557 Hi, we have just purchased Apple TV and having some problems connecting to the iPad. It is asking us to 'connect to Home Sharing in iTunes' however I can't find the link/ button to press. iPad has been updated. Any help please

    Hi,
    We have just purchased Apple TV and can't connect to Home Sharing. We have wifi, the iPad is updated. I can't find the link on ITunes on the iPad that the tv is telling me to click. I've also tried turning it on via settings then music which seems to be connected. I can view YouTube clicks on the tv, but not an app so I can watch the footy. What am I doing wrong.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated,
    Thanks

    Make sure your Apple TV is on the same network as your iPad. The SSID and password of router must be set in your Apple TV.
    http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/Diavonex/491f4b34c45018abef609c832b0f2 56a_zps0d1c18e7.jpg
    Message was edited by: Diavonex

  • Why won't my Apple TV recognize my Apple ID when connecting to Home Sharing?

    I'm out of town using my Apple TV in my RV connected to WiFi at a campground and I'm trying to connect to Home Sharing because that seems to be the only available option to me when I turn on the Apple TV.
    Whenever I try to connect my Apple ID info, it gets denied with the "Error" page saying that my Apple ID info is incorrect. However, I have re-entered and rechecked the info multiple times and even tried using a different family member's ID info.
    What am I doing wrong here? I just want to watch Netflix via Apple TV!

    Re: Solution for Apple TV 2, Xfinity router, Ethernet connection and Home Sharing
    You may need to configure some ports on your router for port forwarding. Before you do, you may want to try setting the Apple TV date and time to manual but have the time zone be the same as your computer that is running iTunes.
    The link is to a more aggressive approach that will solve your connectivity problem. Your equipment may not be the same but the configuration changes is what you are looking for here.

  • Apple TV no longer connects to Home Sharing

    Hello,
    Frustrated and working on this issue for month - Apple TV no longer connects with Home Sharing! I have uninstalled all apple firmware and reinstalled from scratch ITunes, I have checked and unchecked Home Sharing and entered password dozens of times! I have reset all four apple TVs and I have unchecked/disabled IPV6 and it still does not work. all four Apple TVs have worked for years and somewhere along the way they just stopped.
    I am running Windows 7 and the only thing that has changed in the path is the Time Warmer Arris router. Apple TV still connects to WiFi and Netflicks.
    Please help,

    Hi there catcherlojo,
    It sounds like you have already tried a few things, but you may still find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
    Troubleshooting Home Sharing
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
    -Griff W. 

  • I keep getting error code 3212 when trying to connect to home sharing.. i am connected to the internet

    i keep getting error code 3212 when trying to connect to home sharing.. i am connected to the internet

    That one's consistent with disk/file damage. The first thing I'd try with that is running a disk check (chkdsk) over your C drive.
    XP instructions in the following document: How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
    Vista instructions in the following document: Check your hard disk for errors
    Windows 7 instructions in the following document: How to use CHKDSK (Check Disk)
    Select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors, or use chkdsk /r (depending on which way you decide to go about doing this). You'll almost certainly have to schedule the chkdsk to run on startup. The scan should take quite a while ... if it quits after a few minutes or seconds, something's interfering with the scan.
    Does the chkdsk find/repair any damage? If so, can you get an install to go through properly afterwards?

  • HT202213 i cant find the Home Sharing on the newest iTunes how can i find it?

    i cant find the Home Sharing on the newest iTunes how can i find it?

    If you mean to turn it on, Advanced menu -> Turn On Home Sharing.
    http://www.apple.com/support/homesharing/
    Regards.

  • I can't connect to home sharing on my ATV3. It says that it is unable to sign in and connect to my server. Help!

    I have tried getting to my account to watch netflix on my apple tv and it says that it can not connect to the server. I have tried resetting the atv, my router and the remote and it still isnt wrorking. Anytime i try to connect to home sharing it will ask me to try again later. So frustrating!!! Please help

    I was having a similar problem.  My devices weren't waking my iMac. My airport is in bridge mode connected by Ethernet to Verizon router.  My Mac was connected to my airport by Ethernet also.  With this configuration my devices would not see my iTunes libraries.  I ended up disconnecting the Ethernet between airport and Mac. Turned my Mac wifi on, connected to my wi fi network.  Now with my Mac sleeping my devices can see the iTunes library and wake the Mac when needed.
    Not sure if you can use this info but there it is.

  • Cant find the home sharing icon on my ipad

    The support page tells me to enter a file name but not where to enter it I cant see a home sharing icon on the iturnestore page

    Look in Settings > Music > Home Sharing. What is required is your Apple ID.
    Home Sharing must also be turned on in iTunes on your computer (File Menu > Home Sharing) and iTunes must be running.
    See here: https://www.apple.com/support/homesharing/

  • When I go to iPod on my iPad to connect to home sharing it does not appears. Where can I find it ?

    When I go to iPod on my iPad to connect to home sharing it does not appears. Where can I find it ?

    Hi
    What you need to do is enable home sharing in settings >iPod>home sharing is one of the options log on and away you go
    In the iPod app it should show up in library 
    Remember that iTunes must be open on you computer to work
    Happy sharing 

  • Keeps losing connection to Home Sharing

    Hi,
    My Apple TV keeps losing it's connection to my Home sharing library! I have my iTunes account always open and sitting on my iMac which is on 24/7. I can connect to my home share even if the iMac is sleeping or my wife is logged on to the network.
    My problem is when I sit down to watch a film or view photo's etc it keeps telling me that I must turn on home sharing which is on! The only thing I can do is then turn it off and then back on. All is then good.
    I have not managed to see why it loses connection but I know it's not when the iMac sleeps or someone else logs onto it.
    Anyone else having the same problems?

    Strange, as I have two of the last generation (720p) AppleTVs.  I recently upgraded the WRT160 I spoke of in the previous post to a Linksys E2500 and have had no issues whatsoever.  I even went so far as connect my Apple TVs to the new 5ghz wireless band on the new router and it works perfectly always.  Never, ever drops connections.  
    I still believe your router (lacks uPnP) is to blame.  I looked around briefly and it seems the Airport Express and some older Airports don't even have support for uPnP.  One thing you can try to test my theory, is to assign a static IP to one of your Apple TVs and forward port TCP/UDP 5678 to it as a test.  My guess is that your Airport is closing this connection after a period of time causing your loss of connectivity to home sharing.
    Another thought is to go to your local retailer (or Amazon, etc.) and purchase any of the E series Linksys routers. These seem to work flawlessly with Apple products and home sharing implementation.  Another plus to this angle is you will get QoS which all Apple routers lack and is increasingly important these days.  I personally have all the following connected to my Linksys and never had so much as an issue:
    (2) Apple TVs (5ghz band)
    (2) iPhones
    New iPad (5ghz band)
    3 D-Link wireless cameras
    VOIP Phone
    Hackintosh
    Macbook Air
    (2) Wireless to wired Ethernet bridges
    Good luck with your issue and please post back if any of my suggestions work.

  • Losing connection to home sharing

    Changed to a time capsule as WIFI and now my apple tvs keep restarting and losing connection to home sharing on my Vista machine.
    The VIsta machine can "send" video to the Apple TVs, but the ATVs lose the home sharing connection, as well they keep restarting.
    THis has only been going on since I changed to the Time Capsule for a network. I Changed from a Belkin as it was a slower network and with two ATVs, three macs a myrid of iPhones and iPads and the Vista server- things were getting slow!
    Any thoughts?

    The TC has two different ones, and the macs use the higher speed one, the iphone etc. th lower.
    The belkin was some old crap.. tossed it.
    Vista is connected via ethernet cable, I've prohibited it from putting the network adapter into standby.
    The apple TV2s don't restart anymore after limiting the amount of photographs in the screensaver. (I'm a photographer by trade and had given the ATV2s access to a huge amount served off the vista machine).
    So I guess the question is... What is causing the VIsta machine to lose it's connection to the ATV2s and other devices running iTunes etc. with home sharing?

  • TS2972 I cant get my home sharing to work on my mac book, apple tv or iphone. Just wondering if someone could help. It used to work now it does not. Thanks

    I cant get my home sharing to work on my mac book, apple tv or iphone. Just wondering if someone could help. It used to work now it does not. Thanks

    The helpfulness of answers is limited by the details provided.  Just saying it does not work, or I got an error does not provide much to go on.  How is it not working?  What happens or does not happen?  Is an error returned?  If so what error.  Are you sure you are logging in with your home sharing ID?  It is not the same as your Apple ID or iCloud ID.

  • Could not connect to " home shared iTunes library name "

    I'm having an issue with iTunes/ Apple TV. Actually it has been ongoing. I have a particular iTunes library shared on a private subnet (together with the Apple TVs) from a Mac Mini. I can connect and play content any time with iTunes on another computer 100% reliably. But around 60% of the time when I try to connect to it from any of my four Apple TV (2's) an error comes up saying "Could not connect to "<home shared iTunes library name>" ", "Make sure the computer is on the same network as your Apple TV. the iTunes version is up to date and iTunes is running". The answer to those questions (as always with such messages is obviously 'yes':
    Yes of course we are on the same network. If I wasn't, the library wouldn't have even shown up in the first place before selecting it
    Yes iTunes as always is the latest version thanks to Mac Software Update
    Again 'dah'. See response #1
    If I restart the offending iTunes library the error is resolved (although sometimes it does require reboot of the Apple TV) but could reappear as early as within the next 24 hours. This issue has been occuring for a very long time however appears to be increasing in frequency. It occured as well on the Apple TV (v1).
    Anyone with clues on what's going on here?
    Thanks
    Greg

    I agree that the first debug point should be the network. Though like Greg, I use a Mac Mini to serve up movies to a couple of Apple TVs. From the 'problem' Apple TV, I could see other iTunes movie libraries on other Mac(s), and those would work/play fine. It's only when I try to connect to the iTunes Library of the Mac Mini that I have this issue. It's almost like it's asleep, and doesn't respond. Though I can mount the library folder, and play movies from other Macs w/o a problem while the Apple TV still has the problem.
    As Greg mentions, closing and re-opening iTunes on the Mini solves the issue (though only temporarily).
    The only difference that I have (non-consistency) is that my Mac Mini is an older model, and cannot be upgraded to run Lion (10.7.x) like my other Macs. The Mini is running 10.6.8, and iTunes 10.6.1 (32-bit). My Macs are running 10.7.3 and the 64-bit version of iTunes 10.6.1.
    Is it possible it could be a 10.6 vs. a 10.7 issue? Greg, which version of OS X are your Macs running?

  • TS2972 My computer is on and has network connection and home sharing is switched on in itunes but my apple tv just says turn on home sharing! Its driving me up the wall I have used it many times before but just today cant get it to work! I have tried turn

    Please help! I use my apple tv only to view photos on my tv from my macbook pro every few months - it has always been slightly unreliable and usually takes some fiddling to get working but today nothing is working!! The message on the tv screen from apple tv is that I need to turn on home sharing on my computer but it IS ON!! I have tried turning it off and on again, I have tried turning everything off and restarting but nothing is working today :-( and I have friends coming round for a slideshow in half an hour :-(

    Amber22P wrote:
    So, my ipad suddenly frozed. Its stuck ...
    Perform a Reset...
    Reset  ( No Data will be Lost )
    Press and Hold the Sleep/Wake Button and the Home Button at the Same Time...
    Wait for the Apple logo to Appear...
    Usually takes about 15 - 20 Seconds... ( But can take Longer...)
    Release the Buttons...

  • Apple TV 2 Can See My Library, But Can't Connect for Home Sharing

    I'm really at my last rope, so hoping someone will have mercy and be able to help here.
    Symptoms:
    - Go to my Apple TV 2
    - Under the Home Sharing menu, select "Adam Nash's Library"
    Result:
    - Spinning cursor
    - Cannot connect to "Adam Nash's Library".  Please check that your computer is on and on the same network.
    Internet access works for all devices, they all can do Netflix and Apple Store.  Only one network in the house.  No firewall activated on the mac.
    I have multiple AppleTV units, and this has intermittently affected all of them.  Periodically, I have solved the problem by taking them on / off ethernet.
    Things I have tried:
    - Restarting iTunes on the computer
    - Turning Home Sharing on and off on AppleTV
    - Turning Home Sharing on and off on iTunes
    - Rebooting the computer
    - Resetting the AppleTV units
    - Restoring the AppleTV units
    - Forcing the AppleTV units to different IP
    - Forcing the AppleTV units to Ethernet instead of Airport (by plugging into Airport base stations directly)
    - Swapping AppleTV units to different rooms
    Nothing works.
    One clue.  I have three Airport Extreme base stations in the house, and this problem begain when one of them started misbehaving (would connect, but wouldn't pass through packets.)  It's an Airport Extreme Base Station (Series 1).  The other two are Series 4 & Series 5.  I reset the misbehaving box and reconfigured it, and seems to be working fine from a networking standpoint.  But once that happened, one of the AppleTVs started showing this problem.
    Is there some reason that Home Sharing is hyper sensitive to the network in some way?  It *seems* like what's happening is that it's seeing the iTunes Library (which is why it show's the Library name), but when it tries to connect, something is either encrypted differently or permissioned wrong. 
    Hoping someone can help me.  Frustration is at 11.

    One clue: I have found a reliable way to solve the problem when it happens.
    In my network, I have the main Airport Extreme (Gen 1) which is connected to my router, which distributes IP addresses to my internal subnet.  The other two AEs (one Gen 4, one Gen 5) are set to extend the network.
    When I get this problem with an AppleTV 2 that can "see" my library, but when I try to open it, it says it couldn't find the library, it seems to have to do with a change in which Airport Extreme it's talking to.
    If I restart the main Airport Extreme from the Airport Utility, effectively restarting the entire wireless network, then when the network resumes, every AppleTV 2 is happy again.
    Unfortuntely, the problem does seem to recur - but I'm wondering if it's because temporary interference leads an AppleTV 2 to try to connect to a different AE, and somehow that's mucking with the Home Sharing.  Remember, internet access (Trailers, Store, Netflix) have no issues.  Purely Home Sharing.
    Adam

Maybe you are looking for