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Q: ATV3 drops Home Sharing

Hello,

 

Today I received my ATV3.  Unplugged my ATV2, power and HDMI, and plugged in the ATV3.  Everything worked great for several hours, then all of a sudden, home sharing disappeared.  I have tried closing out of my iTunes, turning home sharing off and on again - on my iMac.  In addition, I have turned off and turned on home sharing on ATV3, and even restarted (not reset) ATV3, and still cannot get home sharing to come back.

 

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Jim

Apple TV (3rd generation), iOS 5

Posted on Mar 27, 2012 12:08 AM

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  • by maximb,

    maximb maximb Jun 1, 2012 12:58 PM in response to maximb
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    Jun 1, 2012 12:58 PM in response to maximb

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    I have to tell, that Apple Support is very bad desinged - they have difficulties to connect 3:d lvl support to technical users. They denie direct connect/communication with 3:d lvl tech-stuff. Why? Do they ever have 3:d lvl ppl or do they lack "advanced mode" within Support?

  • by mikelegg88,

    mikelegg88 mikelegg88 Nov 3, 2012 3:38 AM in response to maybeinoregon
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    Nov 3, 2012 3:38 AM in response to maybeinoregon

    After not experiencing this problem for about a month, it suddenly came back tonight.

     

    The only solution I've found is to turn the ATV and my PC off for a day or so and then come back to it.

     

    It means that any plans I have for watching movies via my ATV are always tentative - I never know if its going to work or not.

     

    Now that Apple devices are being used by more than 3 people, the ridiculous notion that they "just work" has finally been put to death. So at least we don't have to listen to that nonsense any more - that's the only small consolation from the hours of frustration that ATV, iTunes and iTunes Match have caused me since I journeyed into the Apple world this year.

  • by maybeinoregon,

    maybeinoregon maybeinoregon Jan 1, 2013 8:11 PM in response to mikelegg88
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    Jan 1, 2013 8:11 PM in response to mikelegg88

    Sorry to hear about your problems with the ATV3.  Are you still having problems?  After receivng my last unit, and using Ethrnet to AirPort instead of WiFi, I haven't had any more problems with Home Sharing.  Don't know what the exact problem was but it seems to work smoothly now - even after going to sleep.  Have you tried either using ethernet direct, and / or turning off the sleep capabilties on the ATV3?  I'm up to iOS 5.1.1, and iTunes 11.0.1, so I can't tell you exactly when the fix happend - as much as I'd like to honestly think it was a faulty unit, I sincerely doubt it was.  I really think that they fixed the problem with either an iTunes or an iOS update...

  • by maximb,

    maximb maximb Jan 1, 2013 11:30 PM in response to mikelegg88
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    Jan 1, 2013 11:30 PM in response to mikelegg88

    Yes, I concur that.

    The problem is back with iOS 5.1.1.

     

    ATV3 drops Home Sharing after wake up.

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