Mac 101: Using Home Sharing in iTunes 9

okay so i did all this but my desktop computer is not coming up. do i have to have a mac to do this cause my home computer is a Pc (an acer) and my labtop is a Pc ( a hp)?????? please help!!!!

I love the home sharing feature. It has doubled my iTunes library. :)

@Randy,

You would think so, But I did that, and didn't get those results. The shared section never reappeared.

Uh... How about the obvious... You cant share a library between two accounts on the SAME MACHINE!!

ARAHHAGGHG!

Yes, I know you can "share" a library, but I cant load my wifes iPod from her account with content from mine.

Lame.

yeah, what's up with that? why can't I just share a library on my home network without having to log everyone into the same iTunes account? I don't want THAT.

I am having a huge problem with this feature. After enabling Home Sharing, entering my account info and clicking the Done button, Home Sharing disappears from the left side of iTunes. Other computers on my home network do the exact same thing under iTunes 9.x

What am I doing wrong?

@etc65

Since you have two separate accounts, you need to authorize your computer, with your son's account and authorize his computer, with your account.

Or if you only want this to work in one direction. Authorize both computers with the one account whose purchased music will be shared.

Open iTunes and under Store in the menu bar, highlight 'Authorize Computer..."

Has anyone figured out a way to easily share "Playlists" from one computer to another?

Unfortunately the fact has been left out that you can only share between computers that are logged in under the SAME iTunes account. Most articles I've read have glossed over this fact. So you can share with yourself, but not with other members of your family, unless the other members of your family are using your iTunes account on their computers.

This feature isn't as easily implemented as I thought. I can't seem to authorize another computer with my account. It would be nice if all the requirements were chained together in the same contextual menu.

Also, Quicktime X really needs a fan noise cancelling algorithm.