Will Parker

Q: Can see Local Playlists on Computer via Home Sharing but not my Music Playlists in Cloud

Right, so I usually get on pretty well with my Apple TV and I have shared photos in cloud showing as screensaver, AirPlay working from all my devices and Home Sharing shows/connects to my DMZ MacMini that obviously has home sharing enabled, is authorised as one of my 5 computers and has teh full compliment of playlists that I use as mine in the Family Apple Music suibscription.

 

So far so good.

 

What I really want to be able to do is play my Apple Music Playlists in the cloud without downloading a local copy - preferably directly from the Apple TV.  This is apparently not possible so I thought that given that my MacMini shows the family/my playlists in My Music/iTunes and it is home sharing it would share those playlists as part of the home sharing capability.  Thus, if I have a Christmas playlist that I create on my MBP, that I can listen to on my iPad or iPhone and indeed the Mac Mini I should see that playlist on the Apple TV and be able to stream across the LAN.

 

Is this a restriction?  I tried searching but the results were tied to getting home sharing working.

 

The only files I have on the MacMini - due to space constraints are some ring tones etc and these do show up on the AppleTV in Recently Added and Most Played or something.  But not my Cloud Playlists?

 

Cheers for any enlightenment,

Have a great one all and thanks for read

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Posted on Dec 12, 2015 4:47 PM