ITunes 10.5.2 Snow Leopard: home sharing works but what has happened to "show items not on my computer"

Question says it all: I can still see and play music from another home shared Mac, but in this latest iTunes version the option dialogue (to limit the items displayed to those not already on the viewing computer) at the bottom of the window is no longer there. Why not? This is a very useful way of syncing libraries between shared computers,and it is still mentioned in the Help file. Has Apple not noticed it has gone?

@Dr-House:
Dude this worked!!!
this was really bothering me!
thanks a ton for posting and helping all us noobies!

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Anyway, I sync all my media between both computers so when my laptop is not home, ATV still has full media function (as does my laptop). Used to be able to connect via Home Sharing and there was a drop-down menu with an option at the bottom of the Library to show only those files not in my library. I would use that function to transfer all recently added media to the ATV laptop. Since upgrading to iTunes 10, that dropdown menu is nowhere to be found. Any ideas?
I can still connect and play media through Home Sharing, but if my primary laptop leaves the range of the network, the new media content on it can't be accessed on ATV. Primary laptop is Windows 7, ATV-dedicated lap is on Windows XP.
Was the ability to transfer files through Home Sharing lost between iTunes 9 and 10 or did this feature just get moved somewhere else? If it was lost, how can I revert back to iTunes 9? If nothing else, I can just transfer via an external HD, but was just very convenient and easy through Home Sharing...
Thanks for any input!
-B

>>scp <file_name> <2nd machine>:path
What error message do you get ?
did the connection time out ?
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Can someone help me?

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Just like above. The history is
An old ipod (4, 5th generation)
A few months ago my friend tried to sync it to her windows computer and had to erase all music (it's been compatible to mac always before) but then she could't put in any new music either.
Then it's just been laying around uncharged.
Now I try to sync it to my new macbook pro (itunes 1.11) but it doesnt show up in itunes. When i plug it in itunes show up over all the other programs but i cant find the ipod in it. In finder it's just a device with "NO NAME"
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Hello Solverlona,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
It sounds like your iPod Nano is not recognized correctly in iTunes, but is recognized in Finder but seems to be seen as a storage device.
First, I would start with the iPod 5rs for your model iPod Nano
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/
I would next try the steps outlined in this Troubleshooting Assistant if the above steps do not fix the issue:
iPod nano (6th generation) not appearing in iTunes
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodnano/6th_generation/assistant/itunes/
Take care,
Sterling

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Yes, you can copy songs that you ripped from a CD to your Home Sharing computer.
Turn on Home Sharing first on both computers. To do that, go to File > Home Sharing > Turn on Home Sharing. Enter your Apple ID and password.
Now go to your computer that you want to copy the songs to and connect to your Home Share. You can do that by clicking on the popover button located at the left top corner right below the play control buttons. Click on it and scroll to the bottom until you see your Home Share and select it.
Go to Music in your Home Share. Select the songs that you want to copy in your Home Share and click Import at the bottom right corner.

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You can share your libraries within the same household:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1455?viewlocale=en_US
And here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1453?viewlocale=en_US

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I have a new computer and I want to make it my home device for I tunes. I have home sharing, and all of the music and files are on the new computer. Now what do I do to make the new computer the home computer for Itunes?

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I want to activate the new computer to be the computer via ITunes where all of the devices are linked to it as the base for ITunes. And, I don't know how to make that happen.
I hope that makes sense.

ITunes 10.6.1, Home sharing: Show: Items not in my Library

iTunes Home sharing's feature to only show items not in my library used to work great, allowing me to keep my main iMac library and my MacBook Pro library synced. But just recently, my main library can no longer seem to sort out what items are unique in connected libraries -- it only shows the books that I don't have. Doesn't display movies, tv, music that aren't unique. I get the whole libary but once I press "Items not in my Libary" it doesn't work properly. What's odd is that I'm fine the other way. My MacBook Pro has no problems with the "Items not in my Library" selection when looking at my iMac's library.
Has anyone noticed change for the worse in the behavior of Home Sharing with respect to showing items not in the local library? I've tried turning Home Sharing off, rebooting both computers, and then turning Home Sharing on. But that doesn't fix it.

@Dr-House:
Dude this worked!!!
this was really bothering me!
thanks a ton for posting and helping all us noobies!

ITunes 10.5.2... home sharing won't stay on.

I'll try and cover as much as possible as to not leave anything out
Equipment
ATV 2 (4.4.4)
MacBook Pro 13 running iTunes 10.5.2 also fully updated
Telus Optik internet 25 MB Connection
Unrelated things also connected to wifi
2 iPhones
1 iPad
PS3
1 PC
Telus DVR (hardwired)
Everything is running on wireless.
So this use to work fine on my previous iTunes I would open ATV and home sharing was just always an option under the computers tab
Now since updating I open iTunes and home sharing just does't pop up in the tray on the left side but it use to just fine and without fail
The steps I've tried to correct the problem are as follows
I've tried to deauthorize the computer and then re authorize it
I've turned off home sharing and then turning it back on both on the ATV and iTunes (also should note I've done this in different combinations of steps ie. auth then repower then turn on ATV and vice versa etc etc...)
I've also done the above without hitting the done botton after turning home sharing on with iTunes it stays in the tray this way but still won't show up on the ATV, once I hit done it just disappears.
I've tried all the little tips like turn off power saver and all that fun stuff, none of it works.
I've checked all the configs on my firewall and they are set to allow iTunes on any port any connection etc.
I've read countless other threads and user tips to no avail.
I can't downgrade my iTunes back to 10.5.1 because everytime I try to move it to the tray the lion os says it can't be removed.
I can't figure out if this is actually an iTunes issue or an ATV one?
Anyways
If anyone could assist me or if you're having the same issues perhaps we can work together to find a solution to this problem.
Thanks J

I have fixed the issue
The steps I used were
1. restore ATV under //settings/general/restore
2. log out then in with apple id //setting/computers/turn off-on
3. unplug router for 30 sec
4. restart macbook with no windows being kept open
5. when macbook restarts open iTunes
6. log out then onto home sharing under advanced tab
7. make sure sharing is enable under //iTunes/preferences/sharing/ then click share my library on local network
8. it should work after this point and come up in ATV
///side note the sharing tab on iTunes won't show up in the sidebar of iTunes not certain if it's suppose to///

Why do I have to restart iTunes on my iMac to get Home Sharing to work again on my ATV2 and ATV3?

Last week I ordered two more Apple TVs 3rd generation. I have connected them to my network and the ATV2 that I had, seems to be working differently. I have to restart my iTunes on my iMac to get Home Sharing to work again. I go to Apple Support and reference this page (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972) and it seems to be the only solution, reset iTunes.
I currently have all apple products from end to end. This doesn't seem to be working out as seamless as it should. Any suggestions?

Until Apple gets off their butts to fix this, you can do this. Create a workflow that 1. Closes iTunes, 2. Pauses 10 seconds, 3. Opens iTunes. Then Save it as an Application.
Then...
Create an Apple Script by "recording yourself" launching your new workflow. Save that Apple Script.
Finally..
Go into Mail, and create a Rule that when you receive an email with the subject as "Restart iTunes" it will run your Apple Script (wchich launches your workflow app).
Just send yourself an email from you chair!!! :-) Please reply if this works for you. It works GREAT for me on Mountain Lion!
Enjoy!
Jason

TS2972 access your itunes on apple tv, turn on home sharing in itunes on your computer using "iTunes account"

I've had the apple tv 2 since the week it came out and haven't had much trouble with it until now. I haven't changed anything with my network settings. I have noticed the apple tv light seems to turn on at random times now when not being used. Now just about every time I try to access my iTunes library I get "To access your itunes on apple tv, turn on home sharing in itunes on your computer using (my account name)". My iTunes library is not listed. If I restart iTunes my computer with iTunes open will now be listed but when I select it it tries to connect them errors out. If I restart the computer then everything works fine. That is until next time I try to connect and I have to do it all over again. I don't want to have to restart my computer every time I use the apple tv. Any idea why this just started happening? Everything has worked until now. Bug in the latest iTunes maybe?
Thanks.

Intermittent problems are often a result of interference. Interference can be caused by other networks in the neighbourhood or from household electrical items.
You can download and install iStumbler (NetStumbler for windows users) to help you see which channels are used by neighbouring networks so that you can avoid them, but iStumbler will not see household items.
Refer to your router manual for instructions on changing your wifi channel or adjusting your multicast rate.
There are other types of problems that can affect networks, but this is by far the most common, hence worth mentioning first.

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