Incorrect name on home sharing

hi when using home sharing in itunes on my ipad 2 the thumbnails appear with the film tittles mixed up but correct on mac mini can any one help thanks

Glad you got it fixed! My guess why your mom had the earlier honor is that she and you share last names, but her name is before yours alphabetically. That's only a guess.
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How do I find my apple ID user name for home sharing?

I am trying to use my iphone as a remote for apple TV. Now it is asking me for my home sharing ID and I am not to sure where to look for it?
Is it the same as my Apple ID?
Thank you

Ie your iPad under videos and music. Even say a wife's iPad. Put in the same apple I'd and password even if it's not hers under settings-music, -videos.

Home Sharing Questions

Hello,
I have two questions regarding home sharing while I am on vacation. I understand that if I am not on the same network, I will not have access to my files on my iMac or my PC, however, I do have two questions:
1. If my iMac and my iPad are signed into the same VPN, will home sharing work if I am on vacation? Both my iMac and my iPad will be signed on to the same server.
2. I have Xfinity as my Internet provider, and they provide hotspots all over the country that are free for me to use. Since my iMac/PC are on thee Xfinity newtwork, if I sign into the Xfinity hotspot while, say in Maine and my equipment is in Florida, will home sharing work?
My fear is that I must be logged into the same network ID, and they will not be available to me. However, I do have two Network ID's (one is a 2.4Ghz and the other is a 5GHz and they have different names, and Home Sharing does work if my AppleTV is on one and the iMac/PC/iPad is on the other.
The same questions I guess will apply to my AppleTV device, however, if I can get access to my Home Sharing on my iPad, which along with my AppleTV device, I will be bringling with me, I can always change the airplay to play on the AppleTV from my iPad.
Even though I have a WIFI Seagate drive that I use as both a backup and storage for my photos (I am a professional photojournalist) I have all my iTunes files backed up on that device (good thing because if an artist pulls their work from iTunes and you store it Apple's Cloud, it will be deleted) and had I not had a backup, all the Celtic Woman concert videos (close to $60 worth) would be gone
Anyway. thanks for taking your time to read this and considered answering.
George McGinn
Venice, FL
PS. These questions are important for me as I plan to spend 3 months every year traveling throughout the country doing street photography and travel photography as I also shoot stock for Getty Images, so if my movies and music are especially my Home Movies (I have instructional videos and PDF files in iBooks that I may need access to) are not going to be available, I would hate to drag my desktop with me. I will take my WIFI drive and use its player to play my music, as while I can change the directories on my iMac to point to the external drive, I do not know of a way to do this on my iPad.
If I get a travel trailer to use instead of staying in hotels, I may just bring my iMac with me. But I really would like to leave it save in my house.

The answer to both questions is no.
It only automatically syncs new purchases from the iTunes Store between devices, and even then only tracks purchased after the option has been turned on. It won't do a catch up sync to start with.
Non iTunes Store purchased tracks have to be imported manually.
You can view all the tracks that are in the source library but not in the target library.
Then select them all and hit the import button.
All that will do though is transfer the music, it will not move playlists, etc.

I cannot get my iTunes home sharing to work.

I turned on home sharing on both computers, signed in with my Apple ID, authorized my new computer, but still cannot import my library. When I click on the library name under home sharing on my new computer it begins to load, but nohting shows up (none of my songs) and I'm unable to import. Please help.

Hey mstan15,
You may find the steps in this article helpful for troubleshooting your Home Sharing:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
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Have a great day,
Delgadoh

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PC is set up for home sharing and 2 iPads and 1 iPhone is sharing fine. 1 iPad and 1 iPhone is not home sharing. The only difference on the devices not working is that the Apple account name is [email protected] while the Apple ID is [email protected] which is also the Apple ID used in creating Home Sharing and is the account used on the devices that are working. Do they need to be the same? My wife has her own iTunes account. If they are the same how would her purchases be charged to her account? Thank you for any help.

Hi there,
The article below has some more information for troubleshooting Home Sharing that you may find helpful.
Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3819
-Griff W.

Changed my Apple User Name (email address) and home sharing no longer works?, Changed my Apple User Name (email address) and home sharing no longer works?

I've had the 2nd generation Apple TV since this past October when it was released and it has worked fine until I recently changed my Apple User Name (email address). After changing my user name my Apple TV and iPhone 4 no longer find my shared network. Home sharing is enabled on all devices, including my Sony Vaio Laptop, iPhone4, and Apple TV 2nd generation. Everything else has remained constant, including service provider, router, modem, and internet security (Trend Micro). Also, my library is on a networked hard drive, which didnt seem to make a difference before, but I figured I'd mention it. Any thoughts?
Thanks.

Winston,
Thank you for the information. He confirmed that the ID and password are the same on every device. This only started happending when he changed his User Name with Apple.
--Itunes is running on a Windows Vista Machine (Sony Vaio)
--He has an Apple TV (2nd Gen)
--He has an iPhone 4
Can you tell me more about the technologies that apple uses to make "homesharing" work? Do you think he may need to remove then re-install Bonjour?

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When I originally installed the OS on my iMac and MacBook, since I entered my full first and last names, that became my Admin user name. While attempting to address a 10.5.6 upgrade problem [below fyi], I used Accounts Preference on both to change to Jim (Me). This didn't solve the problem and, wanting to type less, I changed both to just Me. However, now when I Get Info on my Home directory and examine Sharing & Permissions, it still lists Jim (Me). Why didn't that change? Can I change it? Does it matter?
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My wife has an ipad in her name and i have purchased an iphone 5 and set up a new account, i cannot transfer tunes from my laptop to my iphone through home sharing what should i do TIA

my wife has an ipad in her name and i have purchased an iphone 5 and set up a new account, i cannot transfer tunes from my laptop to my iphone through home sharing what should i do TIA

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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':
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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.
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Home sharing password incorrect

all of a sudden I cannot turn on home sharing through iTunes. I changed my password to 8 characters like it said, works for iTunes Store for purchases, but not for Home Sharing. Dont understand why it worked before and not now? Anyone out there can help me with this?

Have had the exact same problem for weeks. Still unsolved, and i have bad news: apple couldn't care less.

Apple TV- home sharing wont recognize user/password

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Any help is greatly appreciated.
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David

I ran into this issue last night. Servers have been up and down and I'm guessing they're being over loaded as people are still updating and the same servers might be being used to stream iTunes Radio. I went back this morning and the issue was gone. I apologize that you're having such a big issue, on the plus side considering that some people are having big issues with this new content it might be a blessing. Try again in a day or so, beyond iTunes Radio you're really not missing much.

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Hello, I'm attempting to use Home Sharing. The same apple ID and password that work with https://myinfo.apple.com triggers the following message here:
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Any suggestion, please?

I think I found the issue. I recently purchased a new MacBook Air and I wanted to share some of my favorite songs over to it. So I set up home sharing on my MacBook Air and it worked nicely. Then I attempted to set it up on my iMac. Big problem. It kept saying the username/password was incorrect. I pulled my hair out for a couple of hours then started troubleshooting. Fist removing iTunes PLISTS then making new iTunes libraries, all to no success. When I made a new User on my mac and it worked that told me the issue is User account related (On the computer of course). Finally found a folder called iTunes sitting in the user library and decided to pull it. VOILA! Issue resolved!!!
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ITunes/Music Home sharing does not work on my iPad Air

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How can I distinguish multiple computers with home sharing?

I have 2 computers which have Home Sharing turned on. When I use Apple TV it shows both computers and can play videos from both without any problems.
What I cannot work out is how to change the names of the shares. They both have the same name which appears to be determined by the first name from my itunes account which is sharing files rather than using the name of the library on the computer. So, both computers look identical. I cannot tell which one I am choosing from the list.
Since most of my videos are on an external hard drive which will only be connected to one at a time, I can only tell if I have selected the correct one when the video plays or shows an error.
Why does Home Sharing not care what I want to name my library or about the name of the sharing computer? Have I missed something? I know how to change the name of my "shared library" but it is irrelevant to what Apple TV can see.
It seems pointless to show the name of a shared library if that name is determined by the sharing account when Apple TV can only use one account at a time. Every computer it will allow will be called the same thing.
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