Saving Internet Bandwidth with Home Sharing

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Saving Internet Bandwidth with Home Sharing

Hello,

I did some quick searching but wasn't able to find an answer to this...

I have an Apple TV 4 and I buy and stream iTunes movies and TV shows on a regular basis. In an effort to save internet bandwidth I am wondering if I download the movies / TV Shows to my iMac and enable Home Sharing, will my Apple TV then stream these from my iMac or will it continue to stream from the iTunes file servers?

Thank you.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on May 14, 2016 6:38 AM

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Answer 1

sterling r

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May 15, 2016 9:11 AM in response to antonio0279

Hi there Antonio0279,

Yes you can indeed save bandwidth using Home Sharing to view media on your computers! You have to go through the Computers app rather than streaming them from say, iTunes and this article has more info about that:

To find shared libraries, go to the main menu, select Computers, and choose a library.

You can also view photos from your computer on your Apple TV: Open iTunes on your computer. Then go to File > Home Sharing > Choose Photos to Share with Apple TV.

From: Use Home Sharing to share iTunes content with other devices

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

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antonio0279 Author

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May 15, 2016 11:09 AM in response to sterling r

Thank you very much!

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sterling r

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May 16, 2016 9:44 AM in response to antonio0279

You're very welcome!

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