Where is home sharing on iTunes 11? (Mac)

I need to finish importing my old library but where is home sharing?

idk if this helps your problem but to get the itunes 10 sidebar layout that has the homeshare options, go to the black and whit square at the left top corner of itunes, then select show menu bar, next go to view, then select show sidebar, that takes you to the itunes 10 menu thingy that has the shared tab and all that stuff! i just figured that stuff out when i was trying to put all my music on my new computer, hope that helps at least a little!

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    Troubleshooting  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972

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