enable iTunes Home Sharing on Mac OS X

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Home Sharing in iTunes 9 allows you to stream and transfer music, movies, TV shows audiobooks and applications with up to five other computers on your local network. This is good news for those who have two or more computers at home.

Movies, music videos, and TV shows are all now playable on any Mac on your network you authorize via Home Sharing. By authorizing the computers with the same iTunes account, your Home Share libraries should appear in your source list. Below is the step by step tutorial.

Step 1: Open iTunes

Step 2: Go to "Advance" menu and choose "Enable Home Sharing" and you'll find this Home Sharing icon on the left-hand side of iTunes.

Step 3: In the prompt window, enter your iTunes account and password and click Create Home Share".

Step 4: Follow the above steps to enable Home Sharing on additional computers on your local network. Make sure that you enter the same iTunes account and password.

That's it. You can now play the music, movies in Home Sharing library or transfer them to your library.