Music home sharing no longer available after ios 8.4 update?

I have been looking for this as well, looks like Apple may have taken this out with 8.4 which would be very upsetting and I probably wouldn't have updated older devices if I had known that as we use home sharing in the house all the time, or at least we did 😟 Hoping I am just missing it and someone will point me in the right direction

The new music streaming service has a £14 family sharing option, so yes there is music sharing. However a family member has joined my account, but when she launches the new music app, she is asked to start the trial period at £9.99. It shouldn't do this, as she is sharing my family account....

Oh okay, sorry I misunderstood.

Is the family sharing option for music purchased, or music that happens to be in another copy of iTunes? For many years up until today, playing the contents of an iTunes library on a computer on a nearby iPhone (or other computer - this seems to still work so far) was a free feature. It not, this is a big change for the worse with no warning.

Wow, that really is upsetting. What were they thinking?

I guess now we'll have to wait for some developer to create an app that is just for accessing your iTunes library using this feature (which still works from computer to computer) from an iPhone or iPad. Hope they don't block apps that do this from the App store!

>> I guess now we'll have to wait for some developer to create an app...

Or, everyone here and everyone reading this should complain to apple, and keep complaining until they fix it. Don't bother complaining on here, because no-one from apple ever looks here.

Just use the remote app by apple. Stupid thAt they have taken away such a big part of the music app

And how is that going to help me play home sharing content on my iOS device ?

Nope, remote app doesn't solve the problem. I want to play tracks on the other computer, not simply control it.

Imagine you are sitting on the patio. You have a large iTunes library on a desktop Mac you use just as a home media server (iTunes and Plex). iTunes is running on it, with Home Sharing enabled.

Before today, I could bring up the entire library on my iPhone/iPad and play it through my earphones. It streamed from the Desktop Mac to my iPhone. Using Remote to control the other Mac doesn't send the sound to me out on the patio. The server is in a completely different part of the house. It doesn't have speakers connected to it. It's just a server.

This update removes a key feature of my media setup. Now, the only non-Mac OS device that has access to that library is an AppleTV (connected to the TV). They better not remove this feature from that, or there wouldn't be any point in owning it (here in Canada, most of all of those other icons are useless).

gotta say this is pretty aggravating due to the fact that this is something i use ALL the time. I REALLY wouldn't have upgraded had i known about this. Not cool apple. Other than that i really don't mind the app itself.

Hi,

you can do this with remote app.

i have entire iTunes library upstairs on external drive connected to iMac. Downstairs I can play library on iPhone or iPad with the remote app....and also if you have any airport expresses connected you an send the music anywhere you have an airport. Or just plY on device with headphones.

Well I would love for you to explain how you are doing this, because when I go into the remote app on either iPhone or iPad, I can connect to the sharing library on my Mac Mini fine like you describe, but playing requires selecting an airplay location such as the computer or one of my 3 Apple TV's. I do not have the option of playing it out the speakers or the headphone jack on either of those devices, so can you explain how you accomplish what you are claiming is possible. Thanks.

Yes, when I tried Remote, it started the music playing on the server, not my iPad.

Remote is a remote control for another computer. I want a client that connects to the iTunes app acting as a server.

Suggesting that I buy more hardware when what I want is the earphones connected to my iPad to simply play the music from the other Mac, just as it has done for that past 10 years or so! If you don't understand that, then you are not clear on what a client and a server is.