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home sharing

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    Apple TV won't recognize Homesharing

    My 4th gen Apple TV will not recognize my computer's home sharing (it give's me the error splash screen telling me to turn it on). However on my mac mini it says i have home sharing turned on, and my library shows up on my wife's macbook pro (just streamed a song as a test). I've tried...
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    Network Setup and ATV/iTunes/Airplay....

    Sorry if this topic gets into the weeds of network setup, but curious how people are setting up their home networks. i finally got around to laying out some ethernet connections and its a huge difference in speed, but in setting it up I started reading about network setup and security. Im a...
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    Will this setup work?

    Alright, I'm buying one of the new MacBooks in the next few months and I'm trying to plan...I apologize for the long post... I currently have an Early 2009 (I know, I know!) iMac and a regular old 2TB external hard drive. A partition on that drive serves as the destination for my automatic Time...
  4. seanrt

    Help! Home Sharing vs iTunes in the Cloud

    Friends, I need some advice/help. My iTunes library consists of iTunes Store purchases and ripped media. I would like to keep all items together and home share to ATV. My problem is 2011 iMac doesn't always wake and when it does it takes a few moments for wi-fi to connect. I like accessing the...
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    2012 Mac Mini - upgrade options?

    Looking to buy a used 2012 Mac Mini that I can upgrade with 2x 8g RAM plus 2tb Samsung SSD and connect to an Apple Display. Will this work ok, and what screen resolution is the older Mini model capable of outputting? Will I be able to obtain full screen resolution on the latest Apple Display...
  6. rkieru

    Home Sharing Video Freezing (ATV4)

    I've recently run into an issue with my ATV4 streaming video via Home Sharing. Essentially what happens (as the title suggests) is that the video will freeze frame or start stuttering (showing 1 frame every 10-15 seconds). Meanwhile the audio continues without issue. I have been able to...