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Music home sharing no longer available after ios 8.4 update?

I have been searching for a way to access my home music library from music after completing the ios 8.4 update. Any way to connect now? The option seems to be missing.

iPad 2, iOS 8.4

Posted on Jun 30, 2015 11:46 AM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2015 1:47 PM

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

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Jun 30, 2015 1:47 PM in response to Raerae77

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

Jun 30, 2015 3:20 PM in response to R0CKY

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.

Jun 30, 2015 5:23 PM in response to XxJay1971xX

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).

Jun 30, 2015 7:55 PM in response to XxJay1971xX

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.

Jun 30, 2015 10:46 PM in response to XxJay1971xX

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.

Music home sharing no longer available after ios 8.4 update?

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