Home Sharing doesn't work.

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Home Sharing doesn't work.

Hi there,

I've got a problem using home sharing in iTunes. I've got an iMac and a MacBook using the same iTunes account. But neither one is finding the other library. I renamed both libraries and turned on sharing but nothing works. With my iPad and apple tv it works, but I only can find one of the libraries, not both. Is it possible that it doesn't work because of the names of my home folders? When I set up both macs I named them the same.

Thanks for helping.

iMac, MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Mar 31, 2011 8:58 AM

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Jolly Giant

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Mar 31, 2011 9:32 AM in response to thedan84

more often than not it's a network problem. try the troubleshooting steps in this support article.

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Mar 31, 2011 10:19 AM in response to thedan84

I tried. But the weired thing is, when I create another user on any of my Mac, and turn on Home Sharing with my iTunes account it works. Is there any possibility to rename my Home Folder?

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Jolly Giant

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Mar 31, 2011 10:26 AM in response to thedan84

thedan84 wrote:
Is there any possibility to rename my Home Folder?

there is but it is not recommended. click here for information *but heed the warnings*.

IMHO, it's not necessary either. i have three Macs in my home sharing environment and two of them have the same name for their home folder - home sharing works just fine.

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thedan84 Author

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Mar 31, 2011 10:31 AM in response to thedan84

Well then I really don't understand why it doesn't work. I tried everything now. I looked in every forum and tried all the things they wrote. Sharing between my Macs does work very fine. Any other tips that could help?

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Jolly Giant

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Mar 31, 2011 10:35 AM in response to thedan84

did you try deauthorizing iTunes on both machines, then reauthorizing it ? did you use the same iTunes store account on both to set up home sharing ?

is your software firewall running and, if it is, did you temporarily disable it ? do you have any anti virus software installed ?

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thedan84 Author

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Mar 31, 2011 10:42 AM in response to thedan84

Yeah, I tried de- and reauthorizing. And yes, I tried it with disabling the firewall. No anti virus sw.

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Jolly Giant

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Mar 31, 2011 10:55 AM in response to thedan84

i'm sure you did but try disabling home sharing from the advanced menu on both machines then turn it back on for both machines and use the same iTunes store account.

if still no joy, you could try *removing iTunes completely* on both Macs (click here and follow the instructions), then reinstall it using the standalone installer from here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/.

note this will not do anything to your media files, playlists, ratings, etc.

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