With the new update for the iPhone (iOS 4.3) bringing home sharing to the iPhone I thought I would give it a go to see how well it works. On my well established mac and library it worked stright out of the box once it was setup on the phone. Later down the line, after an issue with too many devices for my iTunes account, I started to get problems. Here is how I fixed it so that it might help someone else out.
- Firstly I deauthaorised all my computers so I had 0 out of 5 used.
This step is not essential, but in my case some old PC's were still on the list so I needed to start from scratch. For the following steps always use the same iTunes account.
On your Mac/PC:
- Make sure that the computer is Authorized (Store > Authorize this computer) with your iTunes account.
- Activate home sharing with the account (Advanced > Turn on Home Sharing)
- Sign in to iTunes (may not be needed, but just in case!).
On your iPhone:
- Open up the settings app and goto iPod and add your itunes username/password to the homesharing option.
- Open up iPod and under more you should see a shared option. Select your shared library and listen away!
- That's it. Enjoy your music.
This should also work for iPads and iPod Touches as far as I'm aware.
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A few people have asked me recently “What are the good apps on an iPad”. So I have waded through all the apps I have bought, and come up with a list of the best, most fun and most useful that I have.
Consuming & Discovering
Pulse - $3.99
An RSS reader that is customisable with all your owen feeds or if you use google reader you can also subscribe to that. Pulse displays the feeds as a series of rows with the articles from each feed along them. Really easy to find some interesting stuff and especially good for content with lots of images.
Flipboard - FREE
Similar to Pulse but you can only choose from selected sources, which there are many, but not ideal for anyone with lots of random smaller news feeds. The layour is more magazine like with a contents section laying out all your subscribed feeds. The content is displayed as articles which makes it really nice to browse for stories. Also lets you subscribe to Twitter and facebook feeds which are displayed in the same way.
iBooks - FREE (Classics are free, most are same as the retail stores)
This is one of my favorite apps. I have bought many books as the convenience is brilliant. The books display clearly and the ability to dim/ brighten the screen easily is ideal for reading in different light such as a dark room or a bright garden. The app is linked to the iTunes book store which needs a few improvements such as the Genius feature of the music and app stores. It's still pretty early on so I'm sure they will be coming later down the line. The ability to read PDF's makes it ideal for downloaded brochures and magazines. The app can also sync ...
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