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Does Home Sharing only work when iTunes is open?
You can use Home Sharing to stream music, movies, and TV shows from one authorized computer to another. Just make sure that your computers are powered on, awake, and have the Music app or iTunes for Windows open. To see all of your shared libraries, click Music in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window.
How do I manage home sharing on iTunes?
In the iTunes app on your PC, choose File > Home Sharing > Turn On Home Sharing. Type your Apple ID and password, then click Turn On Home Sharing. If you don’t have an Apple ID, click Create New Apple ID and follow the onscreen instructions.
How do I open an alternate iTunes library?
How to Use Multiple iTunes Libraries
- Press and hold the Option key (on Mac) or the Shift key (on Windows), then open iTunes.
- In the Choose iTunes Library window, select Choose Library.
- Another window appears, defaulting to your Music/My Music folder.
- iTunes opens using the library you chose.
How do I share my iTunes library with my family?
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing.
- Tap your name.
- Confirm or change the Apple ID that you want to use to share content.
- Tap Back in the upper-left corner to go back to Family Sharing.
- Tap Purchase Sharing and make sure that Share Purchases with Family is turned on.
To access a shared iTunes or Music library on your iPhone, go to Settings > Music and tap Sign in under Home Sharing. Then open the Music app on your iPhone and select the Library tab. Next, tap Edit and select Home Sharing.
What is the default iTunes library location?
By default, your iTunes Media folder is in your iTunes folder. To find it, go to User > Music > iTunes > iTunes Media.
Can you have more than one iTunes library on the same computer?
You can have more than one iTunes library. For example, you could have a library of holiday music that wouldn’t appear in iTunes the rest of the year. Or you could keep your music in a library on your computer and your movies in a library on an external storage device. In the iTunes app on your PC, choose File > Exit.
Why can’t I share my iTunes library?
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing. Tap Back in the upper-left corner to go back to Family Sharing. Tap Purchase Sharing and make sure that Share Purchases with Family is turned on.
To use Home Sharing to access your computer’s media library on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, sign in to Home Sharing on your device: To see a music library, go to Settings > Music. To see a video library, go to Settings > TV > iTunes Videos. Under Home Sharing, tap Sign In.
How to access your Apple home sharing library?
To access your media library: 1 Open the Music app. 2 If you’re not signed in, sign in with your Apple ID. Use the same Apple ID for every computer or device on your Home Sharing network. 3 In the sidebar, click Library. 4 Click the media library.
Do you have to be open for iTunes home sharing?
Based on this test, I can report definitively that inbound port TCP 3689 must be open in order for iTunes Home Sharing to load a shared library and play or transfer songs, and that none of the other rules appeared to have any immediate effect on iTunes Home Sharing.
How do I turn off home sharing in iTunes?
Click Settings at the bottom of the window. Select the types of content you want to automatically import, then click OK. In the iTunes app on your PC, choose File > Home Sharing > Turn Off Home Sharing. Repeat on each computer. If a shared computer doesn’t appear when Home Sharing is on, turn Home Sharing off, then turn it on again.