Raerae77

Q: 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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Q: Music home sharing no longer available after ios 8.4 update?

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  • by pepe779,

    pepe779 pepe779 Jul 2, 2015 2:35 AM in response to whydothekeepbreakingthings
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    Jul 2, 2015 2:35 AM in response to whydothekeepbreakingthings

    OK I'm glad Apple monitors these discussions after all, even if it's for all the wrong reasons, as they have now removed my last 3 posts. Just because I dared to express my constructive criticism. Without Home Sharing there's no need for me to even be part of the Apple ecosystem anymore and knowing that I can't even say what I think about their services, I guess this is definitely it for me, this is not the Apple we want. I'll rather spend my money elsewhere and at least I won't regret being charged premium prices for services that are far from premium.

  • by Ktownman,

    Ktownman Ktownman Jul 2, 2015 4:18 AM in response to Raerae77
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    Jul 2, 2015 4:18 AM in response to Raerae77

    When I had 8.3 installed on my iPhone 5s. I could wander around the house and listen to my iTunes library via my Bluetooth headphones and life was good. The only thing missing was iTunes Genius.

     

    Bring back Sharing, or tell us which of your competitor that can support this.

     

    This is upsetting!!!

  • by major67,Helpful

    major67 major67 Jul 2, 2015 10:10 AM in response to Raerae77
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    Jul 2, 2015 10:10 AM in response to Raerae77

    Apple simply goes the wrong way !

     

    Okay - Feature request:

    We demand private streaming from itunes worldwide. More that before killing the family share option, not less.

    A itunes server app - one that can stream my own music, audiobooks and videos to any of my apple products (where technical possible).
    YOU guys from Apple know my products. I would not stream to half of the world or to piratetistan (left of robberland).
    Because you know how much of your products i own, you know where i am, you know the serials. You could limit MY streams to ME.

    And i agree with this, if it works.


    You are locking Messages and Facetime in a similar way - the Hackintoshs have several unsolved problems with it.


    I do NOT want a Apple music - a streaming radio - because i HAVE several local stations for free, in digital quality, with news and comedy and new music i like. I don't need this and i do not buy this. There is no benefit worth 10 dollars. Simple.

    There a possibilities as described in the "other world" - the "bad world" - let's call it "Android".

    I do NOT want to pay less bucks for a Samsung and have less problems with MY stuff.

    I liked Apple, but they are losing the focus and that is the customer.

    Apple is losing it's top place for features and stability.


    I own music. Enough PAID music. And Apple ignores this. So, Tim Cook, can you tell me, why a user shouldn't ignore YOU ?


    Paying 3 billion dollars for a third class music service and some headphones - okay, your problem. But what about 100k dollars for developing

    a itunes server app ? I would like MY stuff everywhere and to do it in a centralized (iCloud) way would NOT be the right way.

     

    You have fraternized with the "music industry". They want to steal now the music we bought from them. Do not help them.

     

    So, please let me access MY music worldwide with my Apple products or my actual Apple products will be the last.

    Other mothers have nice daughters, too.

  • by ddrucker,

    ddrucker ddrucker Jul 2, 2015 11:26 AM in response to tempily
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    Jul 2, 2015 11:26 AM in response to tempily

    Tempily, I'm a huge fan of Plex, but it is almost useless for a large library of iTunes Classical music. It doesn't let you sort by Composer, or see groupings (which is what Classical music listeners use to group together tracks of multi-movement works). Plex is totally awesome for video as it plays (and streams), just about anything on anything, (even outside the home, if you buy a Plex Pass), but it can't even begin to replace Home Sharing in iTunes (or won't be able to until they understand how to read iTunes' metadata better).

  • by SparkyUF,

    SparkyUF SparkyUF Jul 2, 2015 11:37 AM in response to Raerae77
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    Jul 2, 2015 11:37 AM in response to Raerae77

    This is horrible news.  Apple has been making it increasingly more difficult to share or stream legitimately owned music.  It started when they disabled the ability to move files from a computer to any ipod.  Then they disabled the ability to easily share/transfer a playlist.  Now they disabled the last essential feature that I value in this paternalistic ecosystem; the ability to access and stream a music collection from a central source.  They main reason I drank the Apple Kool Aid was to organize, share, and stream my music.  Now that this has been removed, I will no longer support this company.  For a company that utilized Orwellian ideology to promote their product, they ironically have assumed the role they supposedly mocked in full force.

  • by tempily,

    tempily tempily Jul 2, 2015 11:37 AM in response to ddrucker
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    Jul 2, 2015 11:37 AM in response to ddrucker

    Works fine for me -- I've found it's better from Plex Media Server on a Mac than Windows.  Sorry it's not working well for you :-(

  • by SparkyUF,

    SparkyUF SparkyUF Jul 2, 2015 12:01 PM in response to SparkyUF
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    Jul 2, 2015 12:01 PM in response to SparkyUF

    I will be downloading Music Bee as my music manager as well as making the move from the iOS "walled garden".  Phone contract up soon, not soon enough apparently.  Thanks to good resell value, I will do alright making the switch.  Hey, that was an older Apple slogan!  Make the switch.  I am not sure this is what they had in mind.

  • by Raerae77,

    Raerae77 Raerae77 Jul 2, 2015 12:32 PM in response to Graham_SL
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    Jul 2, 2015 12:32 PM in response to Graham_SL

    I just sent a feedback message. Basically, the only way we can get the feature back is to continue complaining about it and hope that they realize they have made a huge mistake removing that feature. It makes no sense other than it being a ploy to make us sign up for their subscription service, which I'm not going to do regardless. Bad move Apple. All they are doing is alienating their customers.

  • by tempily,

    tempily tempily Jul 2, 2015 1:09 PM in response to SparkyUF
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    Jul 2, 2015 1:09 PM in response to SparkyUF

    ...bye then...

  • by major67,

    major67 major67 Jul 2, 2015 1:15 PM in response to Raerae77
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    Jul 2, 2015 1:15 PM in response to Raerae77

    i downgraded to iOS 8.3 a few minutes ago,

    restored a backup and now it's working again.

     

    Do it NOW or Apple closes the signing window in the next days.

    A downgrade will not be possible after Apple denies the signing !

     

    Google for "Downgrade 8.4 to 8.3",

  • by tempily,

    tempily tempily Jul 2, 2015 1:20 PM in response to major67
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    Jul 2, 2015 1:20 PM in response to major67

      Keeping in mind that lots of security fixes are also part of they upgrade to 8.4.

  • by major67,

    major67 major67 Jul 2, 2015 1:30 PM in response to tempily
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    Jul 2, 2015 1:30 PM in response to tempily

    Usability versus security.

     

    No, let's say: less security  because of poor quality assurance processes.

    And less usablitly because of ..uh..poor quality assurance processes ?

     

    See other bugs, like the audiobook-ibooks-title-issue.

    No. Apple has lost competence in quality in it's software division since iOS 7

    8.4 is a step backwards again

     

    They should focus on the problems, not on new features like that "We, too"-Music-Service and whiter - whitest - magical UI.

  • by Tim Bush,

    Tim Bush Tim Bush Jul 2, 2015 1:31 PM in response to Raerae77
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    Jul 2, 2015 1:31 PM in response to Raerae77

    This fix worked for me -- I updated my (Early 2008) Mac and checked to make sure my Apple TV had the latest software. (the ATV reported the software was up to date)

     

    In the "General" menu I scrolled down to RESTART on the Apple TV.

     

    Waiting for the Apple TV to reboot completely, opened iTunes on My Mac. (made sure Home sharing was turned ON on both the Mac and the Apple TV)

     

    Main Menu of Apple TV, clicked on Computers, all my Music and Video was ready to play.

     

    Hope this helps.

  • by tempily,

    tempily tempily Jul 2, 2015 1:34 PM in response to major67
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    Jul 2, 2015 1:34 PM in response to major67

    major67 wrote:

     

    [BLAH BLAH BLAH]...No, let's say: less security  because of poor quality assurance processes...[BLAH BLAH BLAH]

    By your definition every OS on the planet has 'poor quality assurance processes'... lol

  • by major67,

    major67 major67 Jul 2, 2015 1:45 PM in response to tempily
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    Jul 2, 2015 1:45 PM in response to tempily

    Especially the ones Apple knows about for years like "Freak".

     

    i don't like your way to communicate. You don't have any solutions but praying for the next update.

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