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Q: ATV 3 Version 7.0 Home Sharing not woking with Yosemite and  iTunes 12

Home Sharing from my Apple TV 3 (A1469) with software 7.0 is not working from the library on my MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) with OS X Yosemite 10.10, Airplay still works but its annoying to have to choose a Song/Movie/TV show from my MBP and then Airplay it to the ATV. Much preferred how well Home Sharing worked.

 

- I have both devices signed in to the same Apple ID.

- Have tired turning Home Sharing off and on

- Have restored the Apple TV

 

Using all devices on the same 5G wifi network (Huawei HG659b)

 

Most annoying thing is it was working perfectly before iTunes 12 was released.

Has anyone else discovered this problem? Does Apple or anyone have a fix?

 

Please HELP!

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10), Yosemite 10.10

Posted on Oct 16, 2014 5:06 PM

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Q: ATV 3 Version 7.0 Home Sharing not woking with Yosemite and  iTunes 12

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  • by OATE5Y,

    OATE5Y OATE5Y Oct 21, 2014 5:39 AM in response to vants
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    Oct 21, 2014 5:39 AM in response to vants

    Vants I also raised it with Apple 4 times starting back on the 5th September.

    I've was having issues right from when iTunes 12.0 was released I think it was with OS X Yosemite Beta Version 4. Previously to iTunes 12 being released I could still use my ATV with Home Sharing. I was actually using Home Sharing on my ATV3 before "updating" to iTunes 12 and when I re-opened iTunes to continue my TV show it no longer worked. I submitted feedback straight away using the Feedback Assistant provided in the Beta test. Since then with every update that has come out since I've hoped for a fix. I've just submitted another bug report with Apple and put a link to this forum. Really hope Apple bring out a proper update/solution that fixes it. We shouldn't have to be changing settings just to get something as simple as Home Sharing to work. It's one of the reasons I like Apple products so much "They just work" I'll be annoyed if I have to go back to the issues I used to have with windows of things not working with Apple Products, they seem to be having a bad run lately...

  • by mklorena,

    mklorena mklorena Oct 22, 2014 11:22 AM in response to vants
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    Oct 22, 2014 11:22 AM in response to vants

    Thanks SOOOOO much! I was going crazy! My baby can now watch her cartoons uninterrupted!

  • by artcev40,

    artcev40 artcev40 Oct 23, 2014 9:10 AM in response to artcev40
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    Oct 23, 2014 9:10 AM in response to artcev40

    Still no word on here about this problem from Apple and still no fix. DO YOU READ THESE THREADS APPLE?!?!

    DO YOU CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HELP PAY YOUR SALARIES??

  • by NuthinButGravy,

    NuthinButGravy NuthinButGravy Oct 24, 2014 9:14 PM in response to OATE5Y
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    Oct 24, 2014 9:14 PM in response to OATE5Y

    I tried all of the other solutions without success. Here's what worked for me on both my ATV3 and ATV2.

     

    1. On your ATV, go to Settings > Computers > Turn OFF Home Sharing
    2. Confirm that you want to turn it off
    3. Now turn it back on by selecting Turn ON Home Sharing
    4. When prompted whether to use your existing Home Sharing account, select "No, use a different Apple ID"
    5. Keep your existing Apple ID by clicking Submit (your existing Apple ID is populated by default)
    6. Enter your Apple ID password

     

    That's it! Hope this works for those that didn't find success with the other solutions.

  • by RichiePoo,

    RichiePoo RichiePoo Oct 24, 2014 10:50 PM in response to OATE5Y
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    Oct 24, 2014 10:50 PM in response to OATE5Y

    I know this is already marked as "answered", but the answer didn't help my problem.  I provide the following, because it was my solution.

     

    I had to troubleshoot this problem too, and was at a loss because the Preferences dialog for Home Sharing doesn't have you sign in to Home Sharing using your AppleID.  The trick is to click on the upper left icon (half gray, half white), then select "Library" and then "Turn On Home Sharing" at which point it will prompt you to sign in with your AppleID.  Once you do this, your library should show up wherever you are trying to access it.  It took me 2 days to figure this out because my PC library wouldn't show up on my AppleTV even though I had Sharing enabled in the Preferences dialog.  Turns out it has to be enabled in the Preferences, but then turned on in this difficult to find menu item.

    iTunes12 Home Sharing Problem.png

    Hope this helps.

  • by wantnickname,

    wantnickname wantnickname Oct 25, 2014 6:06 AM in response to OATE5Y
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    Oct 25, 2014 6:06 AM in response to OATE5Y

    Hi!

    On iTunes go to File

    -Activate home sharing

    Done!

  • by Alain Joaris,

    Alain Joaris Alain Joaris Oct 25, 2014 6:50 AM in response to vants
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    Oct 25, 2014 6:50 AM in response to vants

    Thanks for this working solution. Everything else in the discussion failed for me.

  • by artcev40,

    artcev40 artcev40 Oct 25, 2014 6:53 AM in response to wantnickname
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    Oct 25, 2014 6:53 AM in response to wantnickname

    Yes I think thats the first thing everyone has done

    NOT Done!

    And besides all these discussions we shouldn't have to do anything to make something work that should work anyway.

    None of the above have worked for me.

    Thank-you Apple for your concern ...... NOT

  • by zielidom,

    zielidom zielidom Oct 26, 2014 12:48 AM in response to OATE5Y
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    Oct 26, 2014 12:48 AM in response to OATE5Y

    I tried everything you write guys .... nothing works form me. My kids are crying, I going crazy.

    How is that possible with the Apple product, and why they doesn't resolved a problem?

  • by meuffel,

    meuffel meuffel Oct 26, 2014 12:51 AM in response to zielidom
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    Oct 26, 2014 12:51 AM in response to zielidom

    Even a clean install of Yosemite did not help?

  • by zielidom,

    zielidom zielidom Oct 26, 2014 1:29 AM in response to meuffel
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    Oct 26, 2014 1:29 AM in response to meuffel

    What do you mean CLEAN INSTALL ? I installed Yosemite 3 or 4 days ago with update of iTunes. Until Apple TV doesn't find my library.

    But ATV connect with MacBook because he have seen that i changed Library name and i can play the movie on Itunes and share it on Apple tv.I can also buy the movie, so WIFI is ok. Very very strange...

  • by meuffel,

    meuffel meuffel Oct 26, 2014 1:46 AM in response to zielidom
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    Oct 26, 2014 1:46 AM in response to zielidom

    You did an update/upgrade - not a clean install. A clean install (try "OS X clean install" on google - you'll find plenty of information) means thoroughly backing up all your data (preferably not using time machine) testing your backup, erasing your hard disk drive and than installing OS X and all other software from the scratch before restoring the user data from your backup.

     

    This is not fun, takes some hours, but in my case finally solved my problems.

     

    And, YES, it felt again like in old times with Win95 ;-)

  • by zielidom,

    zielidom zielidom Oct 26, 2014 1:49 AM in response to OATE5Y
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    Oct 26, 2014 1:49 AM in response to OATE5Y

    I unrstand. Yes, it's not funny, and i did it 4 moths ago for resolving an other problem. It's horrible and i donated want to do this for make working ATV. It's a job of APPLE to make that works normally. Waiting for Update of iTunes or Apple TV ((

  • by wantnickname,

    wantnickname wantnickname Oct 26, 2014 4:21 AM in response to zielidom
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    Oct 26, 2014 4:21 AM in response to zielidom

    Sorry, i'm Portuguese and the translation wasn't correct

    Try this:

     

    On iTunes go to File

    - Select Home Sharing

    - Then Turn on Home Sharing

     

    It's works on my Mac Mini mid 2011 and on my AppleTv 3Gen.

     

    PS: On Mac all is easy, don't complicate

  • by zielidom,

    zielidom zielidom Oct 26, 2014 6:17 AM in response to wantnickname
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    Oct 26, 2014 6:17 AM in response to wantnickname

    I Tried all this : off/on home sharing on ATV and Mac, new library name, i' ve restored Apple TV, verified ID....Nothink works

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