Hi Jane, I agree that if you want to play music files on your new iMac and save disk space on your iBook (by not having to store the files there), you don't need to use remote login on your local network.
It's easy to set up sharing in iTunes so you can listen to anything on the iTunes library of another machine on your local network. Just set up your preferences in the sharing menu of your iTunes preferences -- no need to configure anything under System Preferences. On your iMac, just bring up your preferences menu under iTunes (Command+comma), VO-keys+right arrow to the "Sharing" button and press (VO-keys+space). Then VO-keys+right arrow to the checkbox for "Share my library on my local network". There are radio buttons that allow you to share your entire library, or only selected playlists. You can also set up sharing with password protection, though you probably won't use that option on a home network. There's also a checkbox to "Look for shared libraries" on this preferences menu. You'll want to make sure that box is checked under the iTunes preferences for sharing on your iBook. Now, if your iMac is set to share its iTunes library on your local network and your iBook is set to look for shared libraries, you'll find an entry under the Sources Outline of your iBook's iTunes library after your Music, Movies, Podcasts, Audiobooks, etc. and after the iTunes Store, but before your playlists. This will be for your iMac's iTunes library. If you select it, then when you tab to the Search text or the Songs Outline, you'll be able to select tracks on your iMac's iTunes library and stream them to your iBook's speakers. Just change the selection in your Sources Outline back to your own iTunes library Music, etc. if you want to go back to your own library. Of course, the other way you could handle this if you have an AirPort Express, is to plug in speakers into the AirPort Express and stream music to the remote speakers. VO-keys left arrow from the "play" or "previous" buttons to the "Remote Speaker" button in iTunes when this is set up, then VO-keys+space to select your remote speakers. If you have multiple AirPort Express units with connected speakers, you'll be able to choose which remote speakers you want to stream to (using the identified name locations you defined when you set up your AirPort Express). HTH Cheers, Esther On May 20, 2008, at 02:37PM, Jane Jordan (Gmail) wrote: >Thanks, Ester. It looks like I may not need to use it like I >thought. Mainly I am going on there to play music files or read >documents stored there. I am trying to save space on the iBook, you >see, and storing lots of my stuff on the iMac, and so that's why I was >looking. But it looks simple enough to just open stuff in iTunes-- >assuming it doesn't copy the stuff back over--or read documents or >whatever. > >Jane > >
