Why does Back To My Mac work for my Time Capsule, but not my MacBook?

I'm having problems using Back To My Mac from work to my home network. Initially, I thought it was something to do with the way the work network had been set up, but recently I realised that I have no problems connecting to my Time Capsule… It's just that I can't connect to my MacBook Pro. It is showing up in the devices on the left panel, but when I try to connect to it, I get this message:
So why can I connect to the Time Capsule HD okay, but not the Mac?

Hi, looks like you're stuck upgrading to Lion for iCloudy...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4908
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4907

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Edited by: enquad on Apr 12, 2013 3:00 PM
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