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cmarti1121
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Q: Why does my Apple TV stop my computer music for no reason and ask for Home Sharing to be activated?

Does anyone know why my Apple TV shuts My Computer music off after about 30 minutes and asks for Computer Homesharing to be activated when it already is activate?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 15, 2013 8:55 PM

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Q: Why does my Apple TV stop my computer music for no reason and ask for Home Sharing to be activated?

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  • by Rudegar,

    Rudegar Rudegar Nov 16, 2013 2:58 AM in response to cmarti1121
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    Nov 16, 2013 2:58 AM in response to cmarti1121

    could it be that the energy saving settings of your laptop kick in and disconnect the appletv so it can sleep and save power and that cause the appletv to say hey I can't connect to the shared network but I of cause can't see it's because the guy in the other end is sleeping so I say what I do know which is

    for me to connect to a shared lib the shared lib have to be enabled ?