iTunes 5.0 Special Report: Sharing not working; fix

We've received several reports from readers for whom music sharing does not work after the update.

One reader writes:

"Yesterday, I upgraded iTunes from 4.9 to 5.0 on three machines: a DVI powerbook and two windows XP machines. I lost all ability to see other music shares from the powerbook (other machines can still access the powerbook's shared music). I'm fairly certain this is not a network configuration issue, as everything worked immediately before upgrading."

In many cases this issue can be resolved by opening iTunes' Preferences, selecting the "General" pane, then making sure that the "Show Radio" option is checked.

Index:

• Release Notes
• iTunes 5.0.1 coming with several bug fixes
• Album art not displayed, solutions
• Disc burning issues: Drives not recognized, more
• New interface design complaints
• iPod mini problems
• iPod not recognized
• iTunes encoded tracks not playing correctly in other applications
• Jumping from song to song erratically
• Entire library lost, fix
• Make sure your iApps are updated
• Sharing not working; fix
• Persistent "Quit iTunes before installing" message, fix
• Podcasts lost
• Purchased music playlist lost
• Reverting (downgrading) to iTunes 4.9
• Some music (particularly purchased tracks) not transferring to iPod
• Playback problems
• Tracks demanding re-authorization
• Improvements

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