![]() The following mentions the keyboard, but it should work for other wireless devices that have a on/off switch of the momentary contact type (i.e. If you are having problems with getting an Apple Wireless Bluetooth keyboard, mouse or trackpad from connecting to your Mac (iMac, Macbook or Mac Pro), you can try this trick. The following instructions are fairly generic, but were written relating to the “Apple Wireless Keyboard” from 20 ( Use this to help you identify your model). It wouldn’t surprise me if Apple has different revisions or regional variants that use different switches, so this might not be universal, hence the variation in some of the comments. I’d quite like to understand that better, if you care to comment on your experience that will help me improve this article. ![]() Holding a switch with your finger that stays in position without your finger isn’t likely having any effect on how the keyboard works – unless of course it has a finger or pressure sensor embedded. If its the former, the instructions below for holding the power switch in the on position likely will work, but some people seem to have confirmed it, if its the latter, then probably not. From comments, its not clear if this new design is a momentary contact switch (you slide it and it returns to the neutral position itself), or it locks into the on position, and must be manually moved back to the off position. When I go to the computer in my office, I see that either the screen saver has engaged or the screen has gone to “sleep” this seems to disrupt the signal and I have to go through the logging off and on ritual described above.Apple Magic Keyboard: Apple revamped the bluetooth keyboard and rebranded it ‘Apple Magic Keyboard’ in 2015, and they changed the power switch from a circular ‘momentary’ contact switch on the edge of the keyboard to a losenged shaped slide switch on the back edge. While watching videos from my Computer on the Apple TV, the signal would drop out and I’d get the obligatory error messages, etc., and I am not able to reconnect. Make sure the correct Apple ID appears when you do this. If your Apple TV is not communicating, turn off HOMESHARING in the FILES\HOMESHARING\ section and then turn it on again. ![]() Make sure you have the same Apple Id showing up here and in the ACCOUNT\AUTHORIZATIONS\ menus. iTunes has this redundancy where “home sharing” is configured both in the EDIT\PREFERENCES section and in the FILES\HOMESHARING\ menu. I may have stumbled onto a couple of things today.ġ. I’ve had this issue between my iTunes (on PC) and my Apple TV 3 for sometime now. Please leave a comment and let others know about your experience with this issue. I hope one of these tips fixed your problem with iTunes Home Sharing in Windows. Restart iTunes and try to use the Home Sharing feature again. If Internet “ Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)” is checked, uncheck it, then select “ OK“.It’s usually named “ Wireless Network Connection 1“, “ Wi-Fi 1” or something similar. Choose your active network listed for “ Connections“. ![]() If the Bonjour service isn’t your problem, you may have a problem with iTunes trying to route sharing traffic using IP6 instead of IP4. Open iTunes on both computers and see if Home Sharing works.Double-click the “ Bonjour” service, set the “ Startup type” to “ Automatic“.Select the “ Start” button, type “ services.msc“, then press “ Enter“.To enable the Bonjour service, follow these steps: Otherwise it will tell you that the Bonjour service is not running. This tab should display sharing options if the Bonjour service is running. You can check this by going to “ Edit” > “ Preferences” within iTunes and selecting the “ Sharing” tab. First, make sure that the Bonjour service is running on your computer.
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