Home Sharing error 5507

I had i.e. HAD the same problem. It was pure luck that what I did turned out to be another step, not quite the 'message on my mobile/iPhone' rather something else. When I attempted to login using my MacBook Mountain Lion, I would receive the 5507 error. Then when I went to my iPad there was a message there indicating someone was trying to login to my Apple Account near Toronto, Ontariol/Canada. I'm 3+ hours away from there via Air Canada. SO, i ticked Don't Allow. When this repeated itself, I reckoned it had to be me that was being attempting the login SO... this time I ticked ALLOW and Bingo up popped the 6 digit code, which I inserted immediately after my pswd. This allowed me to turn on Home Sharing.

Your work-around is great.

@Apple should be mortified by this error. It's bad enough that it happens, but throwing an effing content-free, numbered error message!? Jeez, I might as well be using Windows!

Adding my thanks and a razzie to Apple too.

A further question: Now I am unable to add a family member. When I go to icloud prefs and try to add a family member, I get a request to enter my password to make changes to the account. When I enter my PW the same window pops up again.

This may be due to the fact that I am running Yosemite?

I've tried this numerous times. When I enter the password with the verification code, I then receive a message that states the password is incorrect. It isn't! I can access my other devices using this code. I am unable to set-up Homesharing and Apple TV. I've been at it for about 2 hours, and I am ready to call it quits!!!! I am hating Apple Support right now! ARGGGGG!

I was having trouble connecting home sharing with the apple tv for weeks! Completely fed up! Everything was authorized, logged into the same apple ID, and on the same network (Wifi), yet I wasn't able to see my library on the tv. The apple tv was logging in with the apple ID but when I went to turn on home sharing on the computer I would get the error message "home sharing error 5507." So I decided to check my apple account. I opened safari and went to appleid.apple.com and logged into my account. Scroll down to the security section and check if the two-factor authentication is on. If so, turn it off. Once you finish the steps to turn the two-factor authentication off. Try turning home sharing on, with all your devices. You might have to restart your devices. Very important to make sure that all the devices are authorized and on the same Wifi network. Hope this helps!

See Two-factor authentication for Apple ID - Apple Support. Perhaps you need to set/update your list of trusted devices.

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i am getting same error

I have this issue on my imac, cannot share with iphone, ipad or macbook air very frustrating and no resolution online

Are you getting this on a PC or Mac?

If on a Mac, are you using El Capitan?

OS X El Capitan is OS X 10.11. You can likely get it for free from the Mac App Store.

If you want to know what it's got, there's http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/

You can check your OS X version by using the  menu and 'About this Mac'

It goes:

El Capitan (10.11)

Yosemite (10.10)

Mavericks (10.9)

Mountain Lion (10.8)

Lion (10.7)

If you are using an older mac with a version of iTunes that is 11.4 or later, try typing your password and the passcode that is sent to your mobile device.

This worked for me.

This has just been annoying me for the last two hours!! Anyway, Here's how I finally got it sorted.

1. Type in your apple i.d and password and hit the 'turn on home sharing button'

2. Box shows up with 5507 error ( as usual)

3. Wait until the 6 digit access code pops up on your iPhone. ( I'm assuming it will pop up on your iPad too???) Mine came through after about ten seconds or so while I was cursing at the monitor!

4.Retype your apple i.d. password with the 6 digit code added to it.

Bingo! Home sharing lives!

Hope it works for you too 🙂

YOU GENIUS!!! Thank you. Been spending weeks trying to work out why my phone wouldn't accept my Home Sharing Password.

Thanks Kinhippy, AWESOME, I've spent a week trying to fix this, shame Apple! 😠