Q: Can't connect iPhone to iTunes via Home Sharing
My music collection lives in an iTunes library on a Windows 8 box with Home Sharing enabled. I can use my Macbook to connect to this library without issue. I just just got a new iPhone 6 (all updates installed), and cannot get it to connect to the shared library. The library appears in the Music app, but when I try to connect to it, I get a pinwheel for about 15 seconds before the library appears to load. At about 25% of the circle, the app usually stalls. Any ideas? iTunes is allowed through the Windows firewall, but I've even tried disabling the firewall completely with no better result. Does iTunes use a different service to stream to iOS devices than it does for Mac devices? Is there an upper limit to the library size? My library is about 300 GB. I also verified that all devices are attached to the same wi-fi network, and iTunes is up to date. Again, no issues streaming to a Mac, just to my new iPhone.
Thanks,
Patrick
Posted on Dec 21, 2014 9:34 PM
