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iTunes/Music Home sharing issue (since forever)

I've been experiencing issues since 2 years ago with iTunes home sharing hoping apple would fix it at any time but no dice at the moment.


It is really easy to reproduce, although you are required to have two different macs, or one mac and and ipad.:

  1. Enable Music Home sharing on your main music library in your mac (Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devices - Apple Support)
  2. Acces the 2nd mac or apple device, search for the shared library.
  3. Play a song using bluetooth earphones or speakers.


It doesnt work for me. The 2nd device can find the library and songs, but when I try to reproduce a song, it says stuck at 0:00.


If I switch my bluetooth audio off, it finally resumes reproduction.


It might be something related to home sharing reproduction on bluetooth devices.


It is a shame that apple have this bug for years and never fixed it. Unfortunately this is not the company it used to be... I won't even mention my bad experiences with updates on mac, apple watch etc recently..

I know it is a niched feature, but if you advertise for a feature, you need to support it, otherwise, shut it down.




Mac mini, macOS 14.6

Posted on Oct 25, 2024 6:10 AM

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iTunes/Music Home sharing issue (since forever)

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