iTunes 9 Home Sharing Error (-42408)

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iTunes 9 Home Sharing Error (-42408)

I have a MacBook Pro 17" 2.16GHz, Core Duo, Snow Leapord, iTunes 9.2 that I am trying to turn on Home Sharing.

Although I can authorize the MBP, when I try to activate Home Sharing, I get an iTunes Store error (-42408).

I NEED to use iTunes 9 because it is the last version of iTunes that will display non-square podcast imbeded images properly - full screen without letterboxing to a square display.

The reason I need Home Sharing turned on is so I can play videos residing on the MBP on an iPad v1 iOS5.

Can anyone tell me why I am getting this error and what (if anything) I can do to get Home Sharing turned on?

TIA

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.16 GHz, 2GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, FCS2

Posted on Jun 12, 2013 7:32 PM

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Gary Sumlak Author

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Jun 12, 2013 7:41 PM in response to Gary Sumlak

OK, I think I just found a clue to my problem.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4557

Seems that at this time, I need iTunes 10.2 to Home Share with iOS 5+ devices, even though it is an available option in iTunes 9.2, it no longer works with the iTunes Store.

Sigh....

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