Why won't iTunes 9 Home Sharing drag songs?
April 9, 2010 8:38 AM Subscribe
Why won't iTunes 9 Home Sharing let my wife drag songs? She can see the [XP] server's library on her Mac, can browse the library, but cannot drag songs into her own library.
I'm two states away, and hope for an "Oh, sure, do that"-type answer.
Server: Win XP, running iTunes 9.something.
Client: Mac OS X, running iTunes 9.something.
Both computers are authorized on my iTunes Store account.
On my wife's Mac, the server's library shows up in iTunes. She can browse through songs and select them, but cannot drag them to her own library.
I have watched this work in the past on these two machines.
Any ideas? I'll be home in 10 hours, but if there's an obvious answer I'd like to get it working for her sooner than later.
I'm two states away, and hope for an "Oh, sure, do that"-type answer.
Server: Win XP, running iTunes 9.something.
Client: Mac OS X, running iTunes 9.something.
Both computers are authorized on my iTunes Store account.
On my wife's Mac, the server's library shows up in iTunes. She can browse through songs and select them, but cannot drag them to her own library.
I have watched this work in the past on these two machines.
Any ideas? I'll be home in 10 hours, but if there's an obvious answer I'd like to get it working for her sooner than later.
Response by poster: I am sure. I recall the "Hey, cool! Now the family can copy songs from the library to their own iPods without me having to mess with network shares!" moment when I first set up home sharing and saw this happen.
This article describes it, and reading that I thought I'd found the explanation; maybe "Home sharing" hadn't been turned on on the server. That's not the case; it's turned on at both ends.
posted by chazlarson at 8:53 AM on April 9, 2010
This article describes it, and reading that I thought I'd found the explanation; maybe "Home sharing" hadn't been turned on on the server. That's not the case; it's turned on at both ends.
posted by chazlarson at 8:53 AM on April 9, 2010
This hasn't ever worked for me, either. But I've got the Mac as the "server."
I got them both up on the same version of iTunes, and it still would refuse.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 9:00 AM on April 9, 2010
I got them both up on the same version of iTunes, and it still would refuse.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 9:00 AM on April 9, 2010
Two computers, both Macs, running iTunes 9.1.
Select a bunch of songs / apps / movies-- choose "Import"?
I did it last night, and it worked fine.
posted by gregvr at 9:33 AM on April 9, 2010
Select a bunch of songs / apps / movies-- choose "Import"?
I did it last night, and it worked fine.
posted by gregvr at 9:33 AM on April 9, 2010
I'm not sure if "Import" does the same thing as dragging the files-- that's the point of my comment.
posted by gregvr at 9:36 AM on April 9, 2010
posted by gregvr at 9:36 AM on April 9, 2010
I'm guessing something to do with ownership of the files themselves; (forgive me if this is obvious) - the library points at the track, and you can't move the reference in the library; ergo the problem lies with the track.
Might be that the track is no longer where the library expects it, or ownership of the track has changed perhaps? (Could also be format of track - dragging and dropping to add to library won't work if, say, the source is FLAC - but here the rub - *it doesn't tell you* you just sit there wondering why it hasn't worked...)
posted by DrtyBlvd at 9:46 AM on April 9, 2010
Might be that the track is no longer where the library expects it, or ownership of the track has changed perhaps? (Could also be format of track - dragging and dropping to add to library won't work if, say, the source is FLAC - but here the rub - *it doesn't tell you* you just sit there wondering why it hasn't worked...)
posted by DrtyBlvd at 9:46 AM on April 9, 2010
My guess is home sharing isn't turned on, only the regular library sharing where you can play, but not copy music. If the shared library has a house icon next to it, home sharing is on; if it's the stack of playlists icon, it's just regular sharing. This has happened to me before, and the problem ended up being a firewall setting. When Windows connects to a wireless access point, if you choose "Public location", the firewall settings are more restrictive than "Home", and that prevents home sharing from working.
Another possibility is that you aren't running the same version of iTunes any more, because one or the other was auto-updated.
posted by AlsoMike at 10:48 AM on April 9, 2010
Another possibility is that you aren't running the same version of iTunes any more, because one or the other was auto-updated.
posted by AlsoMike at 10:48 AM on April 9, 2010
Response by poster: OK, so it looks like there's not a simple headslapper. I'll look at it tonight and report results for future searchers.
posted by chazlarson at 11:07 AM on April 9, 2010
posted by chazlarson at 11:07 AM on April 9, 2010
Response by poster: Working now.
The Mac was running iTunes 9.0, the server 9.1, so I upgraded the Mac. Still no joy, so I then turned Home Sharing off and back on at the server.
Now the server library shows up with the house icon on the Mac and songs can be dragged from it.
posted by chazlarson at 7:01 PM on April 10, 2010
The Mac was running iTunes 9.0, the server 9.1, so I upgraded the Mac. Still no joy, so I then turned Home Sharing off and back on at the server.
Now the server library shows up with the house icon on the Mac and songs can be dragged from it.
posted by chazlarson at 7:01 PM on April 10, 2010
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