Q: I have Home Sharing turned on to both my desktop and laptop, however new purchases and downloads are not being shared.

Hi frant52,

Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.

If you have set up Home Sharing but cannot share files between your computers, you may find this article helpful:

Troubleshooting Home Sharing

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972

If you would like purchases made in iTunes to download to all of your computers and devices, be sure that you've enabled Automatic Downloads:

iTunes Store: How to enable Automatic Downloads

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4539

Cheers,

Jeremy