geoff1957
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Q: Can't find homesharing option in music app.

i have turned on homeshaing on PC and on IPad, currently using ISO9

nothing seems to work????

iPad, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Feb 26, 2016 4:29 PM

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Q: Can't find homesharing option in music app.

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  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Feb 26, 2016 4:35 PM in response to geoff1957
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    Feb 26, 2016 4:35 PM in response to geoff1957

    You turned it on in Settings > Music > Home Sharing?

  • by geoff1957,

    geoff1957 geoff1957 Feb 26, 2016 5:17 PM in response to deggie
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    Feb 26, 2016 5:17 PM in response to deggie

    I have done everything several times. log in log out turn off and on sharing both on pc and Ipad. it used to work but now the option in the music app where artist, album, songs ect are displayed it wont give me the option for Homesharing?????

    I have checked file sharing on the pc settings, restarted both units but still nothing.

    After an 2 hours stuffing around it still won't work

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Feb 26, 2016 5:20 PM in response to geoff1957
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    Feb 26, 2016 5:20 PM in response to geoff1957

    Go to My Music. Where is says Artists in Rad with a down arrow touch that. Then tap Home Sharing.

  • by geoff1957,

    geoff1957 geoff1957 Feb 26, 2016 5:34 PM in response to deggie
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    Feb 26, 2016 5:34 PM in response to deggie

    the homesharing option is not displayed where it should be, that is the main problem after several tries!

  • by geoff1957,

    geoff1957 geoff1957 Feb 26, 2016 5:36 PM in response to geoff1957
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    Feb 26, 2016 5:36 PM in response to geoff1957

    I have just checked on my spare laptop and home sharing works fine in Itunes so I can't figure out why not on my Ipad????

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Feb 26, 2016 5:43 PM in response to geoff1957
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    Feb 26, 2016 5:43 PM in response to geoff1957

    If you looked where I just described and Home Sharing is not shown at the next to the end of the list, and you are signed in with the correct account in Settings > Music > Home Sharing, try a Forced Restart. Hold down the home and sleep buttons, wait for the Apple logo, let go of the buttons.

  • by geoff1957,

    geoff1957 geoff1957 Feb 26, 2016 6:29 PM in response to deggie
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    Feb 26, 2016 6:29 PM in response to deggie

    Nope and thanks, tried forced restart twice, checked Apple id and home sharing is still on ect ect!! and same result

  • by ariepedia,Helpful

    ariepedia ariepedia Mar 1, 2016 5:19 PM in response to geoff1957
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    Mar 1, 2016 5:19 PM in response to geoff1957

    In the Music app, you need to click the red Artist link and select Home Sharing... but there is an annoying bug in the Music app; if you do not have any music transferred to your iPhone or iPad, the red Artist link is not displayed, so you cannot switch to Home Sharing.

     

    To work around this bug, either download any purchased track to your iPhone or iPad, or copy at least one track to your iPhone or iPad from iTunes. Now the red Artist link will appear in the Music app and you will be able to select Home Sharing.

  • by geoff1957,

    geoff1957 geoff1957 Mar 1, 2016 5:55 PM in response to ariepedia
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    Mar 1, 2016 5:55 PM in response to ariepedia

    In the music app, I have the Red Artist link, I have also downloaded a new Album I have just purchased from itunes on my pc plus downloaded 6 other albums from my itunes.

    Strangely I have the red Artist link but no sign of the home sharing link.

    In previous versions the home sharing link was on the bottom of the screen but again sometimes hard to find.

    I have used it many time before via my iPad and my laptop, "which by the way works fine" and using Apple TV so why not now my iPad???

    The home sharing seems to work fine on everything else I use but the iPad.

     

    This is very frustrating as I am reasonably tech savy so know my way around the apps and pc settings ect.

    I have followed all suggestions from the help page, other advice from forums, pretty much everything I have tried at least once.

     

    Why does it have to be so hard to use something supposed to be so simple, it seems I am not the only one that is having problems so why do the people from Apple have to mess about with things so much? every new ISO update seems to change things lately!!!!

     

    I have just re downloaded the new album via the cloud to see if that made a difference, restarted the iPad and still no luck.

     

    Cheers Geoff