Horstradamus
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Q: Why can't my iPad mini access my iTunes home share?

I have an iPad mini (1st gen) and I'm trying to access my iTunes home share. I'm already using the home share successfully with my 4th gen iPod touch and both use the same Apple ID. Also, I have no problem syncing with iTunes wirelessly. What's the problem here?

Posted on Aug 7, 2014 7:30 PM

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Q: Why can't my iPad mini access my iTunes home share?

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  • by mario49,

    mario49 mario49 Aug 10, 2014 11:33 AM in response to Horstradamus
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    Aug 10, 2014 11:33 AM in response to Horstradamus

    Hey Horstradamus,

     

    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

     

    So home sharing works with one of your iOS devices.

    It may be a settings issue with the one that is not working.

    You can quit any open apps and also restart the iOS device

     

    iOS: Setting up Home Sharing on your iOS device

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4557

     

    Troubleshooting Home Sharing

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

     

    iOS: Understanding multitasking

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4211

     

    Have a nice day,

    Mario

  • by Horstradamus,

    Horstradamus Horstradamus Aug 10, 2014 8:31 PM in response to mario49
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    Aug 10, 2014 8:31 PM in response to mario49

    Thanks for your reply Mario. I actually found the answer on another forum. the iPad mini's settings were all correct. What I need to do each time i want to home share, is turn off home sharing in iTunes on my PC and then turn it back on again. Then my mini can see it. I still only have to do this for the mini, since this is not required for the iPod touch. it's inconvenient, but it works... Eventually.

  • by abiraghi,

    abiraghi abiraghi Aug 12, 2014 4:46 PM in response to mario49
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    Aug 12, 2014 4:46 PM in response to mario49

    I have the same issue but turning things on-off does not solve the problem.

     

    I use a MacMini running Mavericks as a music server, connected to the home my home Hi-Fi system and to my home network router via Ethernet.

    The iTunes library is shared. My iMac and my MacBook Air connected via wifi see correctly the shared library. My iPad2, iPhone5s and AppleTV2 do not see the MacMini shared library. They see all the stuff on my iCloud, but in spite of having tried all the magics described in these pages (turn-on-tur-off, logout-login, spin-arounf, etcetera) I have no results.


    I am correctly connected to my only Apple ID on all the IOS devices and sync wifi with the MacMini. I control correctly the iTunes on the MacMini with my iPad2, iPhone5s using Remote. I can also control the AppleTV2 with Remote.


    But the shared library does not show up in Music. When I select "Computer" on the AppleTV2, I am asked to "activate the sharing on the computer" (in spite of the fact that the sharing is active and accessible from the other OSX devices).


    In brief OSX devices can see the family shared library, IOS devices cannot. There's no occasional appearing, appear and disappear. Nothing.


    NB: I do not remember exactly, but the issue appeared time ago (I would say a couple of years) after an IOS upgrade.


    Any suggestions is more than welcome.