Home sharing stopped working

Home sharing worked from my Mac to my AppleTV until the latest update. Now even though I’m signed into both using the same id, it says no libraries are available. I’ve signed in and out multiple times on each.

Apple TV HD, tvOS 14

Posted on May 7, 2021 8:59 PM

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drake211

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May 7, 2021 9:02 PM in response to jjohnsen00

Hello,

please be sure you follow this guide carefully Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devices - Apple Support. If this doesn’t work you can get support with this link Get Support.

-Drake

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