iTunes 9.0 Problems: Home Sharing Bug
By: Jamie Pert | September 10, 2009
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 the same problem. One computer is an iBook; the other is a PC. Once I set up Home Sharing on both, the icon disappeared from the left menu.
Yea, my classic ipod can no longer sync with itunes since I updated to 9. Itunes just shuts down when I plug in the Ipod.
Way to go Apple.
Same thing happening here – can anyone post a fix?
I can’t log into homeshare on multiple computers- if I’m logged into one account on one machine, when I go to log into homeshare on another it says “this computer is not authorized for the account. Please authorize this computer and try again”
What does that mean?
I have the same problem as Chloe and everyone else – Home Sharing Icon has disappeared from iTunes and it now thinks my original PC is not authorised for the account.
I have an iMac with Mac OS 10.5.8 and a PC laptop with Windows XP SP2. I solved this problem by uninstalling Bonjour (Apple networking software) on the PC and installing the latest version of Bonjour (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/bonjourforwindows.html).
This solved the problem.
I hope this helps someone out there.
Cheers.
I have the exact same problem. the exact same. just so you know how common it is
Same problem, on 3 different laptops and a mac desktop. Would be great if it actually worked instead of vanishing everytime you authorize an account for home share. Annoying!
I have 4 laptops – 2 win/xp, 1 vista, 1 imac osX – all but the vista laptop work with homeshare. however, i have tried EVERYTHING that’s been recommended (and then some) to get the Vista laptop working; i.e. adjust firewall, hardwire to modem/router, reboot, change accts, deauthorize & authorize, etc. etc. – NOTHING has worked…so now I’m giving up. I’ll copy my iTunes library from Vista machine to the primary iTunes Share box – and go from there. maybe Apple will figure it out…hope so, this defeats the purpose.
OK, here’s what I did:
This works on 2 (and probably more) Macs—
without messing around with any port settings
with OS X Preferences, Sharing, File Sharing turned OFF on BOTH computers
with iTunes Preferences, Sharing, “Share my library on my local network” turned OFF on BOTH computers
(apologies for documentation overkill—just being thorough)
1. Turn OFF Home Sharing on BOTH computers (this is NOT done in Preferences; instead, go here: Advanced, Home Sharing)
2. Make sure BOTH machines are authorized for BOTH iTunes accounts (Store, Authorize Computer)—i.e., if each has its own iTunes account
3. You do NOT have to be logged into the same account on both computers; each computer may stay logged into the iTunes store under its own login
4. For sanity’s sake on this part, check to make sure of this—i.e., that each machine is logged into the store with its own store account (Store, View My Account, check to see ID is correct)
5. NOW turn Home Sharing back on (Advanced, Home Sharing) on each computer, but use ONE account to log into Home Sharing on both (or all) computers
6. DON’T WORRY, this does not “flip” the login ID for a particular computer’s iTunes Store connection to the ID being used for Home Sharing
7. On each computer now you should see a “Home” icon with the shared library in the left-hand sidebar
8. Open the shared library and drag and drop as desired
The bottom line seems to be this:
1. Keep each computer logged into the store with a separate iTunes ID (if you need to)
2. Get all the computers authorized for all available IDs
3. Use ONE ID to log into Home Sharing on ALL computers
You will of course ONLY see the Home Sharing icon pop up if both computers are on, with iTunes open on each
You’ll know that this whole thing is working if the shared library listed on the left has the correct “Home” icon (and not the blue, “shared” icon that shows up when Preferences, Sharing, “Share my library on my local network” is turned on—yes, this is the one you see in Internet cafes filled with Mac users)
I’ve tested the above over and over again, even completely rebooting my two machines (they have different iTunes accounts), and it still works. This is running Leopard on both machines.
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