Adding a library to Remote app on iOS 16

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Adding a library to Remote app on iOS 16

I can't seem to link my music library running on a Mac (Monterey:12.6.2) to my iPhone SE3 running iOS 16. I get a 'no libraries found' message when I launch the iPhone Remote app (iTunes Remote) and no sign of the iPhone in the libraries list when I try to manually pair the two. Home Sharing is on and I can pair the library with Remote on an old iPod running iOS12 without a problem. I also can't get the phone to pair to the same library running on another Mac on Mojave (iTunes). So this looks like an iOS 16 issue. Has anyone else come across this problem and found a solution for it?

Posted on Jan 22, 2023 5:06 AM

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Jan 23, 2023 12:48 AM in response to David Miller7

This problem was solved by deleting and reinstalling the Remote app on the affected iPhone. Once done, I could see the iPhone in Music's list and manually pair it to the Mac using the code generated.

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hummhed

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Mar 4, 2023 8:25 PM in response to David Miller7

Even after manually pairing the iPhone (wired connection was required, BTW) Tapping on the library does nothing. Doesn't work though Home Sharing, either. Media Sharing is on on the Mac, and iTunes Remote doesn't see it. Ventura 13.2.1 - iOS 16.3.1 iTunes Remote is completely broken. Reinstalling the app did nothing.

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Mar 7, 2023 2:48 AM in response to hummhed

My library's running in Monterey, which may or may not be significant. As I've had no connection problems with a couple of devices running older version of iOS, iOS16 is likely to be the culprit though. FWIW, I do wonder if Apple remains committed to Remote. It hasn't changed much in the six or so years I've been using it and it now frequently conflicts with the Music (or iTunes) app running on the same network. My gut feeling is that Apple will soon be deprecating it (iOS17 perhaps?) in favour of the Music app which will do the same job and maybe, through some new Apple (of course) hardware that includes a DAC, allow us to stream from a shared networked library in true HiFi over Airplay rather than AAC which is the current streaming codec. Not that there's anything intrinsically wrong with Apple AAC!

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hummhed

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Mar 7, 2023 8:28 AM in response to David Miller7

Yeah, that all makes sense. All I’m really after is to remotely control the music app streaming to our HomePod from my iPhone so I don’t have to go into the other room to pause or change the volume. Come to think of it, maybe Siri will do that on the HomePod.

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Mar 8, 2023 9:54 AM in response to David Miller7

Yes I understand. Remote makes that much easier!

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Adding a library to Remote app on iOS 16

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