iTunes 9.0 Problems: Home Sharing Bug
Filed under: Computers, Software | By: Jamie Pert
Posted on: September 10, 2009 | 36 Comments
A recent article on Cnet is reporting that there is a bug with the new Home Sharing feature in iTunes 9, the bug occurred when a Cnet writer decided to try out the feature, from what we can see when trying to set up Home Sharing he experienced a few issues after logging into different user accounts on his PC.
To cut a long story short initially the Home Sharing feature worked fine, however after logging on as a different user and setting up the connection the Home Sharing icon disappeared, and now whenever he tries to set up Home Sharing the icon disappears as soon as the connection is authorized.
Whether this bug that is a common problem is not known at present, however there are a few comments on Cnet’s article which seem to suggest others have experienced the same problem. As we hear more we will keep you posted.
Have you experienced the same problem? Feel free to add your comments below.
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i had this same problem. frustrating
I had the same home sharing issues when I tried it first.
Turned out it wss a firewall issue. Settings were too high.
Changed them to medium and now home sharing works perfect.
Also, I couldn’t get my Airport Express to work but now after changing the firewall settings everything works and loving the new iTunes 9.
Rgds
Nimo
I had the same problem and notified Apple Canada technical support.
They were not aware of the problem and were very appreciative of having been informed.
If cause has been found they will notify “us” ASAP.
Dr Peter H. Markesteyn
I’ve had this problem too. On multiple machines too, and without the switch logins. Not sure about this, but I am extremely frustrated as well.
I’ve had the same problem. First I enabled home sharing on my Windows iTunes. Then I authorized my Mac Mini. Worked OK. Then I tried to authorize my MacBook. No luck. The Home Sharing disappeared. Hopefully not forever….
Same problem here.
Fome Sharing disappears from Menu Bar on left side when I click “Done.”
if home sharing disapears, click on the advanced tab at the top, then click turn off home sharing, and then turn it back on.
I tried that several times - but still the icon disappears. Looks like Apple are releasing software that isn’t quite ready.
this also happend for me
Yep. Was trying to connect Pc with WinXp and MacBook. Didn’t work from the beginning.
Yup. The “Shared” category appears on my iMac all right, but it disappears on the MacBook Air as soon as I click done.
Same problem here.
I’m also having a problem after the update regarding having “smart playlists” not syncing to my iPods– the playlists show up on the devices, but when I click to enter the playlists there is no content in them–even all the old things on the playlists are gone. Frustrating!! I have of course tried resetting and rebooting.
SAME THING HAPPENED HERE PLZZZ HELP
It’s happening to me too. Sharring worked at first but when I logged on again the icon dissappeared. Now I can’t even get iTunes to open on my other machine it freezes up and I made the mistake of reauthorizing my main system and Itunes tells me I’ve now used up another of my 5 authorized machines when I haven’t. Very frustrating.