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MacBook Pro owners reporting Home Sharing issues
The new MacBook Pro models powered by Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU may sport the über-fast Thunderbolt I/O interface for incredibly fast connections to external hardware, but those same MacBook Pros are reportedly having problems with a commonly-used wireless interface. According to a post on AppleInsider, a large and growing number of early 2011 MacBook Pro owners are finding that iTunes Home Sharing isn't working for them. Home Sharing, when working properly, allows a single iTunes library to be shared between Macs, PCs and iOS devices over a wireless network. One Apple support forum user reported that he was initially able to stream from his new MacBook Pro to a second-generation Apple TV without difficulty. Later, the Apple TV began reporting that it was unable to connect to the computer or would display an error message stating that "there are no movies in this library." Since the MacBook Pros appeared in February, Apple has released iOS 4.3 and two updates to iTunes that added compatibility to iOS 4.3 and Home Sharing. Those software updates do not appear to have resolved the issue, and a related thread in the Apple support forum now has over 220 posts. Owners of other Macs are reporting similar issues with iTunes Home Sharing, but not to the extent that those using the new, speedy MacBook Pros are. Have you run into this issue or found a workaround? Let us know in the comments.
Apple iOS 4.3 coming March 11 with iPad 2, includes new AirPlay features and FaceTime
Along with the iPad 2, Apple's releasing the final version of iOS 4.3, which features the Nitro Javscript engine from Safari on OS X, new iTunes Home Sharing features that let you play content from desktop iTunes over WiFi, and the updated suite of AirPlay features from the betas -- including the ability for App Store apps to share audio and video. Apple's also finalizing the new option that lets you assign the side switch to either rotation lock or mute, and it's adding Personal Hotspot support. There's also those rumored iOS versions of Photo Booth and FaceTime for the new cameras. It'll be a free download for all iPads, the GSM iPhone 4, the iPhone 3GS and the third- and fourth-gen iPod touch when it's released on March 11. When will it hit the Verizon iPhone 4? We don't know yet. %Gallery-118175%
