Rob
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Q: Homesharing FIX - itunes 12.1.26

HI, ive had terrible problems, like a lot of people, trying to get my itunes Library to show up on my ATV3 & Apple remote app on my iP4S & iP5S. I followed all the help on here & the web but nothing made it work reliably again as it used to. The only thing that would make the library show up on all devices was to quit iyunes then open it again. Anyway after playing around i finally came across something that didn't make sense & once i changed it the problems went away, all of them. If you are experiencing the same issues then follow what i say below & it may help you too.

 

1. Close itunes.

2. Open system preferences.

3. Open sharing.

4. At the top make a note of the "computer name"

5. Click on edit & check to see if the same name is displayed here. If not change it to exacly what was displayed in the pervious screen.

6. Click ok, close system preferences, open itunes & enjoy.


when i looked at this my "computer name" didn't match the name in the edit screen.

For example:


computer name = Macbook


edit screen displayed - macbook-pro.local


once i changed it so they both read macbook & macbook.local everything ran as before. No issues. 3 days later & everytime i open the remote app the computer is displayed. When i use my Apple TV i can always stream.


Good luck

Posted on Jan 23, 2015 4:54 AM

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  • by Diablo88,

    Diablo88 Diablo88 Jun 21, 2015 1:42 AM in response to Rob
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    Jun 21, 2015 1:42 AM in response to Rob

    Yes I now and then get the same problem. Connects then doesn't some days. Logging in and out of home share sometimes works or restarting the router or Apple TV. Quite finicky as no real answer as to what is the issue. Any way this time nothing worked, so I tried your solution.

     

    Going into finder and noted my DEVICE name (computer name) then going into SHARING and editing the name as suggested, without writing.local after it as this did not work. I think the iMac does this itself.

     

    Anyways it works fine now.

     

    Thanks

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