How do I do Home Sharing under iPadOS 18?

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How do I do Home Sharing under iPadOS 18?

After the update to iPadOS 18 my iPad seems to have lost all ability to do Home Sharing. I can't find any mention of it anywhere. How do I turn it back on?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 18

Posted on Sep 16, 2024 1:47 PM

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Babaganoosh Author

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Sep 16, 2024 2:24 PM in response to varjak paw

I did manage to find the option to select my home library, but it's not letting me select it. Appears to be grayed out.

And yes, my iPad is connected to the Internet, the same network my computer is on.

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Sep 18, 2024 9:34 PM in response to varjak paw

I have the same issue. Just upgraded to iOS18 on 2 iPhones. Homesharing on that doesn't work. Homesharing is enabled to my apple account on all devices. It still works mac to macor to iPad on older iOS. When I select the library on the iPhone, nothing happens, and the library options grey out and can't be selected again. Close Music, try again. Same issue--no action on iOS 18.

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Babaganoosh Author

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Oct 20, 2024 6:02 PM in response to varjak paw

The Music app on my iPad just won't see my home sharing network.

As I said. it IS connected to the Internet. And it IS signed in to Home Sharing. But I can't actually share any media to it.

I know it's not my computer's Home Sharing that's the problem, as I can share stuff to my AppleTV.

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varjak paw

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Sep 16, 2024 1:57 PM in response to Babaganoosh

Go to Settings -> Apps -> Music. Scroll all the way to the bottom and you should find a sign-in for your Apple ID - whichever you use to set up Home Sharing on your computer - there. The same would apply to the TV app.

Regards.

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