Syncing to home Desktop

My phone could be seen as a drive on my desktop computer this morning but I can no longer get it to show.  It looks like it still opens on itunes though.  Is there a reason my computer is not recognizing the phone?

mattliggins wrote:
Hi
I am going to purchae apple TV and would like to sync my itunes library to it rather than stream.
The question I have is about how it will connect to my home computer which is not wireless in order to sync.
I have a wireless network that I use my laptop iphone etc but my home computer that has my itunes account is not wireless but is connected to my router by cable.
Will the apple tv be able to sync wirelessly to my computer even though it is not wireless but connected via the router? if not do I need to plug apple tv into the computer to sync?
sorry but a newbie and not too computer literate!
So long as the computer connecting 'wired' to the router (via ethernet I assume) is on the same local network as the wi-fi (I assume provided by your router), then it should work just fine.
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