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How to see shared music in iTunes 5.0 Apps
Be aware that to see shared music on your subnet in iTunes 5.0, you must choose 'Show Radio' in your preferences. Strange, but true. I tested this on all of the Macs in our office this morning. They can share to and from v4.7 to 4.9, but v5.0 users cannot see shares until they turn on the radio.

Update: This was an issue in iTunes 5.0, and it has been fixed in iTunes 5.0.1

[robg adds: I beleive the Radio button (in Preferences: General) is checked by default. I also tested this, and it seems quite true -- no radio also means no shared music.]
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How to see shared music in iTunes 5.0
Authored by: phubbard on Sep 12, '05 10:36:53AM

This is correct and bizarre-I figured this out on Friday and tested it on 5 machines on three different networks.



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How to see shared music in iTunes 5.0
Authored by: Mike A on Sep 12, '05 11:02:29AM

I am also having an issue with Music Sharing whereby I see 2 copies of each available Shared Library. Only one of the 2 will actually connect though, the other attempts to connect for ages, and then gives up, informing me that my firewall might be to blame.



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How to see shared music in iTunes 5.0
Authored by: superg on Sep 12, '05 12:12:01PM

I have this exact same issue...I thought it was related to my doing WDS with a Linksys WRT54G using the Satori firmware...Are you using the same setup?



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Ourtunes & Tunes 5.0
Authored by: ericdano on Sep 12, '05 02:43:03PM

Man, I wish I could get OurTunes or something like it to work. We have a computer set up to hold all the collective music we have, and sometimes a person wants to get the file locally......

Oh well........



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Ourtunes & Tunes 5.0 - um, AppleShare?
Authored by: Krioni on Sep 12, '05 05:34:15PM

Well, if you are doing this legitimately, you could do it by allowing AppleShare access to the machine holding the music.



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Ourtunes & Tunes 5.0
Authored by: superg on Sep 13, '05 12:47:16AM

ourTunes works fine for me...



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How to see shared music in iTunes 5.0
Authored by: petervcook on Sep 15, '05 11:59:51AM

Great! This fixed a problem we were having



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