Homesharing FIX - itunes 12.1.26

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Homesharing FIX - itunes 12.1.26

HI, ive had terrible problems, like a lot of people, trying to get my itunes Library to show up on my ATV3 & Apple remote app on my iP4S & iP5S. I followed all the help on here & the web but nothing made it work reliably again as it used to. The only thing that would make the library show up on all devices was to quit iyunes then open it again. Anyway after playing around i finally came across something that didn't make sense & once i changed it the problems went away, all of them. If you are experiencing the same issues then follow what i say below & it may help you too.

1. Close itunes.

2. Open system preferences.

3. Open sharing.

4. At the top make a note of the "computer name"

5. Click on edit & check to see if the same name is displayed here. If not change it to exacly what was displayed in the pervious screen.

6. Click ok, close system preferences, open itunes & enjoy.

when i looked at this my "computer name" didn't match the name in the edit screen.

For example:

computer name = Macbook

edit screen displayed - macbook-pro.local

once i changed it so they both read macbook & macbook.local everything ran as before. No issues. 3 days later & everytime i open the remote app the computer is displayed. When i use my Apple TV i can always stream.

Good luck

Posted on Jan 23, 2015 4:54 AM

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Answer 1

Mr N

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Feb 7, 2015 6:01 AM in response to Rob

This worked for me. Thanks for posting the fix.

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Zamostny

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Feb 7, 2015 12:21 PM in response to Rob

This worked for me too. Thank you!!

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qwist

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Feb 10, 2015 11:48 PM in response to Rob

Worked (no clue why)! Thanks for sharing...

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oziwan

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Feb 11, 2015 2:59 AM in response to Rob

hasn't worked for me.

changed name into "macbook" and "macbook.local", reset both atv and laptop. no improvement (yet)

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Feb 11, 2015 4:45 AM in response to oziwan

I'm fairly certain that this isn't applicable to those of us who had home sharing stop working who are running iTunes on Windows machines

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Rob Author

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Feb 11, 2015 7:50 AM in response to banner1124

That is correct. It is a fix aimed at the Apple users. I forget there are Windows users out there.

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Rob Author

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Feb 11, 2015 7:59 AM in response to oziwan

Hi, i had a friend with the same situation. Although this fix did initially work it reverted to the same problem after a week of use. I applied another step to their machine & it has been working correctly now for 3 weeks.

1. Turn Off Wi-Fi from the Wireless menu item

2. From the OS X Finder, hit Command+Shift+G and enter the following path:

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

3. Within this folder locate and select the following files:

com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
 com.apple.network.identification.plist
com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist 
NetworkInterfaces.plist 
preferences.plist

4. Move all of these files into a folder on your Desktop called ‘wifi backups’ or something similar – we’re backing these up just in case you break something but if you regularly backup your Mac you can just delete the files instead since you could restore from Time Machine if need be

5. Reboot the Mac

6. Turn ON WI-Fi from the wireless network menu again

This forces OS X to recreate all network configuration files. Then follow my initial procedure outlined in this post. Good luck.

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Rob Author

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Feb 11, 2015 8:02 AM in response to Rob

!To be clear the name "macbook" i have stated for the computer name is just the one i used. You can name this to anything you prefer, the main idea is that they are both the same after you have changed them. Mine wasn't & that is where the problems came from i believe.

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Rob Author

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Feb 28, 2015 5:51 AM in response to Rob

This procedure is still working for me, i haven't had any issues. My library appears on both my ATV3 & the remote app on my iPhone 4S. Just thought i would come back & update the status. Very happy ;-)

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KaitsuN6

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Apr 2, 2015 5:59 AM in response to Rob

Really nice detective work!

Thank You!!!

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gretz63

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Apr 15, 2015 12:27 PM in response to banner1124

You may have a problem with iTunes trying to route sharing traffic using IPv6 instead of IPv4. Try these steps in Windows:

Select Start, then type “Networking and Sharing” to search for the “Network and Sharing Center“.
Choose your active network listed for “Connections“. It’s usually named “Wireless Network Connection 1″, “Wi-Fi 1″ or something similar.
Click the “Properties” button.
If Internet “Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)” is checked, uncheck it, then click “OK“.
Click “Close“.

Restart iTunes and try to use the Home Sharing feature again.

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JaiLaWa

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May 13, 2015 10:29 PM in response to gretz63

Thank you so much! This corrected the problem in my Windows set up.

Cheers!

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Bob1459

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May 15, 2015 7:33 PM in response to gretz63

That helped me..I wonder after I do a windows update if it rechecks that box? Seems to only happen when i do a reboot after I update. I will have to check that and get back to you.

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May 20, 2015 2:54 PM in response to gretz63

I was skeptical about disabling IPV6 because so many solutions mask the fact that rebooting fixed it. I had tried numerous fixes and many reboots with no joy. This is a real fix for Windows users. (I'm using Win7.) Thank you. I was nearing the end of my rope!

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Diablo88

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Jun 21, 2015 1:42 AM in response to Rob

Yes I now and then get the same problem. Connects then doesn't some days. Logging in and out of home share sometimes works or restarting the router or Apple TV. Quite finicky as no real answer as to what is the issue. Any way this time nothing worked, so I tried your solution.

Going into finder and noted my DEVICE name (computer name) then going into SHARING and editing the name as suggested, without writing.local after it as this did not work. I think the iMac does this itself.

Anyways it works fine now.

Thanks

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