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mdr1976

Q: Can someone please help. I've purchased iTunes Match and my question is to get my music on my apple tv, goes my Macbook need to be open and on? As when its closed, only the music that I've purchased from iTunes is available.

I've recently got itunes match and all is well apart from when I want to play music through apple tv.

It will only play music that I've bought from itunes unless I have my macbook open and on.

I can play all my music on my iphone and ipad with no problem, its just with the apple tv.

How can this be fixed please.

Apple TV, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 2, 2014 5:24 AM

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  • by jeremy_v,

    jeremy_v jeremy_v Feb 4, 2014 6:41 AM in response to mdr1976
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    Feb 4, 2014 6:41 AM in response to mdr1976

    Hi mdr1976,

     

    Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.

     

    You can use iTunes Match to access your entire iTunes library on your computer and iOS devices.

     

    You can access your iTunes library on your Apple TV using Home Sharing, which is why it only works when your MacBook is turned on.

     

    See these articles for more information about Home Sharing:

     

    Understanding Home Sharing

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3819

     

    Setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd generation and 3rd generation)

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4352

     

    Regards,

     

    Jeremy

  • by Andrew Eckmayer,

    Andrew Eckmayer Andrew Eckmayer Feb 8, 2014 1:13 PM in response to mdr1976
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    Feb 8, 2014 1:13 PM in response to mdr1976

    Hi mdr1976

     

    You may have already solved your issue but if not try the following.

     

    Simply restart your Apple TV (hold the down arrow + Menu button at the same time for ~5-seconds until you see the white light on your apple tv blink rapidly.)

     

    Alow the apple TV to re-boot and when done, go to the music channel/button and you should see an iTunes Match menu at the top, it will ask if you wish to turn it on; say YES.

     

    This of course assumes you already have the same iTunes account info pre-set on your apple TV that is linked to your Mac iTunes software with the iTunes Match enabled. I'm assuming this is true based on your comments.

     

    I was having the same issue and figured a re-boot would help and it did. Prior to this all you see in the MUSIC channel is the 'About iTunes Match' menu item at the bottom of the screen.

     

    Hope this helps.