TS2972 Apple tv won't detect my computer sharing files

I have entered my password, turned on sharing in iTunes, checked the firewall settings, restarted iTunes, the computer and apple tv

I had to troubleshoot this problem too, and was at a loss because the Preferences dialog for Home Sharing doesn't have you sign in to Home Sharing using your AppleID. The trick is to click on the upper left icon (half gray, half white), then select "Library" and then "Turn On Home Sharing" at which point it will prompt you to sign in with your AppleID. Once you do this, your library should show up wherever you are trying to access it. It took me 2 days to figure this out because my PC library wouldn't show up on my AppleTV even though I had Sharing enabled in the Preferences dialog. Turns out it has to be enabled in the Preferences, but then turned on in this difficult to find menu item.
Hope this helps.

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NVM i figured it out. I just needed to join my mac to the same wifi as the apple tv.

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I'll start by saying that I briefly searched for my answer on the board with no luck. So sorry if it's out there but I couldn't find it.
To get to the point, I have two main macs (desktop & laptop) that I use interchangeably. I would like to be able to access the same files with both computers and more importantly, stay in sync with those files. Example, I work on my FileMaker Pro database on my Mac Pro, then when it's time to leave for the office, I have to copy the file over to my MacBook (if I remember to do that). Which means that I always have two files out there at the same time. This has been ok to deal for one file but I'm finding more and more apps that I'd like to share the files with (Things, Quicken, Filemaker, iBank, OmniFocus...etc).
I do have a MobileMe account (prev .mac) but not sure if I can do it with that or iDisk. I would love it to work as seamlessly as my Mail, Address Book, and iCal syncs with MobileMe. What Mac or 3rd party options do I have for this feature/service? And can someone explain how it would work? Meaning, when I launch an app like iBank, would my app be working on the file in the "cloud"? or would the service/app push the file down to my computer for me to work on it locally and then push it back up when I close the app?
Hope my question was clear but here it is again;
What service or application will allow me to share files between my Macs?
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Jorge:
You can't do that with the alias system. That'st because each user will have a totally independent library from the other users. Any edits made will be saved in that particularly users iPhoto Library folder and not be available to others.
Tutorial #4, however, does discuss how to setup such a system.
There is a couple of caveats to this system. Each new set of photos should be added to the source group in it's own folder, preferable dated, so that each user can check to see what's are the new files and import them into their own library. Also any user who deletes a photos from their library does not delete it from the source group. That has to be done manually. That can be good or bad depending your your point of view. That is, one user cann't delete a source file that another users wants and needs for a slideshow, etc.
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Problem is, my computer won't detect the iPhone at all. I've tested my old phone and my computer picks that up just fine, but with the iPhone it doesn't find it at all. I'm not just referring to iTunes. It doesn't pick it up at all, as in it doesn't show underneath MyComputer or under Removable Devices.
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jonah777 wrote:
Hi folks.
This has been an issue for some time now. My PC won't detect my BB Curve 8330. It used to, but one day it just stopped.
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PLEEEEEASE!!!
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