Using my Apple TV to see programs on my TV set.

My Apple TV tells me to turn on Home Sharing on my Computer through iTunes. But this is already done. I can play music from my iTunes through my Apple TV. What is going on?

Hi,
I'm in the process of setting up Apple TV and reading through some of these threads to try to offset problems that only might appear and researching how to set one up in our son's college dorm next week, so I'm new to Apple TV.
Someone might be able to help with a simple solution such as 'turn off home sharing then turn it on again'.
I haven't used this yet, but one Apple guy suggested I try airparrot. He showed us how it worked and we were very impressed. All computer info showed on tv. If you can't get any easier help, you might want to google airparrot and give it a try.
Also, because it's new, I was actually able to get Apple support to help me at their 1-800-275-2273. Maybe they can help you.
Hope this helps.

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Start the new account, and she can use it to buy stuff going forward.

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The Seller should have performed these Steps Before you took possion of the Device.
What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
NOTE: You may need to contact the Seller
salm4n wrote:
I have bought a used ipad mini 2
i want to use my apple ID to run the ipad, & take control of it
Restore the Device as New and Set it up using your Apple ID.
See Erase your device Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137

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Thanks for the help, but a follow up question now.
My iPhone won't arrive for a little while, but my wife already got hers and she wants to set it up now. Using my Apple ID for the purchases, if she starts setting hers up, can she change her iCloud ID to something else quickly? It keeps telling us that we have to sign in with the AppleID first.
Should we just set up an iCloud account via normal internet before trying all this via iPhone?

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An addition, not a reply.
The problem is that my MacAir SYSTEM PREFERENCES somehow has NOT registered that I changed my Apple ID a year ago, ALTHOUGH I have been using the new one regularly on the same computer!!!
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2 I forget the password (obviously the prompt is no help since the email address is defunct! )
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