Friday, August 29, 2008

Re: [Apple iPod] Syncing Libraries

Thanks for your response, but the network sharing with the macbook
wouldn't allow changes to be made or add songs to the library on the
PC.


--- In AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com, "Otto Nikolaus" <otto.nikolaus@...>
wrote:
>
> Why not use the Sharing feature in iTunes: share the one library with
any or
> all other computers?
> You have all your music on the NAS, and your PC's iTunes points to
that,
> yes?
>
> Enable sharing in that iTunes.
>
> In the MacBook's iTunes, switch on the Look for Shared Libraries
option.
> This will then see the iTunes on the PC, which points to the music on
the
> NAS.
>
> I do something similar. I have an old iMac G3. I replaced the
hard-drive
> with a larger one so it can hold all my music and act as an iTunes
"server".
> Using iTunes Sharing, I can listen to any music held on the iMac on my
> PowerBook via our network.
>
> Otto
>
> 2008/8/29 antmichuga michant2@...
>
> > I have a macbook with a small hard drive and a pc desktop. They
both
> > access my music which is stored on a NAS. My question is, which I
know
> > has been asked a thousand times, is how do I get the libraries to be
the
> > same. If I add a song to the macbook library, how do I get the
desktop
> > library to add the same song without having to go and do a manual
add.
> > I tried to find the answer online, but everything is so confusing,
> > nothing talks about using a NAS, they seem to be talking about
making
> > the music libraries the same on multiple computers. I don't want to
> > duplicate the music folder across computers, just the itunes
library.
> > Understand? Is this something that Chronosync or Supersync can do?
any
> > suggestions?
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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