We have the majority of our music, videos, and podcasts in our iTunes library (6TB hosted on a cheeze-grater MacPro running Mojave (MacOS 10.14)). The library is shared and we connect to it with our MacBook Pros, iPhone, and Mini.
Can the newer Apple TVs see the older local-network iTunes library or does it only see media streaming from the cloud?
‘Home Sharing’ to Apple TV box (including latest model) will work with local network iTunes Library on Macs with Mojave (or earlier) just fine.
Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devices - Apple Support
‘Home Sharing’ to Apple TV box (including latest model) will work with local network iTunes Library on Macs with Mojave (or earlier) just fine.
Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devices - Apple Support
It took actually getting the Apple TV and plugging it into our network that Home Sharing has to be turned on in the iTunes application, but not where we were used to seeing it: Preferences > Sharing > "Share my files on my local network" tick box.
Now it's working fine and we hope to be able to load up our collection of saved Podcasts.
You can also view the Mac's Photo albums using the Computers app on the Apple TV. This is also an option in the Files menu of iTunes/Mojave where you can select the albums to view with Homesharing.
Thanks but we don’t keep our graphics assets in Photos. And won’t until Apple implements a local shared library solution that does not involve cloud storage.
Can current Apple TVs access legacy iTunes library?
